Hi All,

Can someone suggest me the best tool for msp430. and is there any open source IDE's for MSP430

Thanks and Regards
Hari

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CCE is open source. But that would not do you any good. And the "best tool"? Good question.

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> Hi All,
>
> Can someone suggest me the best tool for msp430. and is there any open source IDE's for MSP430
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Hari
>
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On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:43:21 +0100, old_cow_yellow
wrote:

> CCE is open source. But that would not do you any good. And the "best
> tool"? Good question.

I hardly think you can call CCE open source software. Free in limited
form, but for sure not open source.

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I had the impression that CCE is open source while TI MSP-CCE430 is not. That is why I said "it would not do you any good"

--- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Curtis" wrote:
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> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:43:21 +0100, old_cow_yellow
> wrote:
>
> > CCE is open source. But that would not do you any good. And the "best
> > tool"? Good question.
>
> I hardly think you can call CCE open source software. Free in limited
> form, but for sure not open source.
>
> -- Paul.
>
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On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:28:41 +0100, old_cow_yellow
wrote:

> I had the impression that CCE is open source while TI MSP-CCE430 is not.

No, Eclipse is open source. Code Composer Essentials is a TI product that
comes in a free version and a paid-for version. No version of CCE is open
source. Where are the sources ofor the compiler that *any* version of CCE
uses, for instance? That's a TI compiler, it is not based on GCC. Even
so, I believe the plug-ins that TI provide are also closed source even for
the freebie CCE.

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The following web page shows what compiler people like to use.
https://community.ti.com/forums/t/2610.aspx
Though not popular the MSP GNU compiler chain is open source.

Howard

shrihari_u wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can someone suggest me the best tool for msp430. and is there any open
> source IDE's for MSP430
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Hari

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You are right. "CCE open source" has nothing to do with Code Composer Essentials.

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/CCE.shtml

--- In m...@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Curtis" wrote:
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> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:28:41 +0100, old_cow_yellow
> wrote:
>
> > I had the impression that CCE is open source while TI MSP-CCE430 is not.
>
> No, Eclipse is open source. Code Composer Essentials is a TI product that
> comes in a free version and a paid-for version. No version of CCE is open
> source. Where are the sources ofor the compiler that *any* version of CCE
> uses, for instance? That's a TI compiler, it is not based on GCC. Even
> so, I believe the plug-ins that TI provide are also closed source even for
> the freebie CCE.
>
> -- Paul.
>
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Howard Hansen wrote:
> The following web page shows what compiler people like to use.
> https://community.ti.com/forums/t/2610.aspx
> Though not popular the MSP GNU compiler chain is open source.
>

I use mspgcc. I like it fine. It seems to do a very good job of
optimizing size. It might be fun to benchmark this someday.

The only thing I found, what I think is messed up, was the logical shift
right. (some_int>>= 1;) It does an arithmetic shift right without
clearing the carry flag first.

Best, Dan.

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On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:31:37 +0100, Dan Bloomquist
wrote:

> Howard Hansen wrote:
>> The following web page shows what compiler people like to use.
>> https://community.ti.com/forums/t/2610.aspx
>> Though not popular the MSP GNU compiler chain is open source.
>> I use mspgcc. I like it fine. It seems to do a very good job of
> optimizing size. It might be fun to benchmark this someday.
>
> The only thing I found, what I think is messed up, was the logical shift
> right. (some_int>>= 1;) It does an arithmetic shift right without
> clearing the carry flag first.

Integers should use arithmetic right shifts, RRA. 32-bit ones use RRA
with RRC. Only unsigneds should clear the carry first then shift right
using RRC. MSP430X now has unsigned shifts! :-)

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