I show how you can program your TI Launchpad MSP430 using Arduino code. The Launchpad costs only $4.30 from Texas Instruments, and comes with two chips. Now you can use the simple Arduino IDE and sketches to program your chips.
In this video I upload the same Arduino LED blink sketch to an Arduino Mega 2560 and a TI Launchpad loaded with an MSP430G2553.