Hello: We have two MSP430 development setups using: - the IAR Kickstart 3.42 for TI MSP430 - the USB Debugging Interface MSP-FET430UIF -...

Hello: We have two MSP430 development setups using: - the IAR Kickstart 3.42 for TI MSP430 - the USB Debugging Interface MSP-FET430UIF - the target: MSP430F1612 One of them works fine, we're able to compile and debug. One the other, we can compile but we can't debug/execute. We're getting these messages: Failed to initialize device Failed to load debugee What could it be? ...

i see usb JTAGs selling for ~$70. e.g. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=606 i'm wondering though is i could...

i see usb JTAGs selling for ~$70. e.g. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=606 i'm wondering though is i could get a parallel JTAG for $15: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=15 and combine it with a usb to parallel db25 cable for $5: http://tinyurl.com/2r97te will that work!?? thanks.

newbie question: i've got a device (a radio control transmitter for model airplanes/helicopters) with 'f149. the pads for the jtag are present...

newbie question: i've got a device (a radio control transmitter for model airplanes/helicopters) with 'f149. the pads for the jtag are present and we know the fuse is not burned. i'd like to read the contents of the flash (the firmware), make some edits, and upload the changes. does the mspgcc tool chain include a means to read the flash memory as well as a disassembler? can the IAR kick...

i've got raw msp430 code extracted from a target device. i'd like to disassemble it. msp430-objdump requires the file to be in one of...

i've got raw msp430 code extracted from a target device. i'd like to disassemble it. msp430-objdump requires the file to be in one of many file formats; e.g. symbolsrec, srec, tekhex, binary, ihex. i guess i need to write a converter, but i can only find a spec for the srec format. anyone know where i can find the spec for the other formats? or is there a converter that'll take as input m...

While working on my next book, I've built a small general-purpose prototyping board. This PCB is also intended to be useful for those projects...

While working on my next book, I've built a small general-purpose prototyping board. This PCB is also intended to be useful for those projects where someone says "please prototype this" and it requires a micro that's only available in SMD. Here are the schematic and component placement:

Hi All, I am using a MSP430x4xx series controller. I have a doubt regarding the sharing of the LCD segment pins with I/O pins. I am using...

Hi All, I am using a MSP430x4xx series controller. I have a doubt regarding the sharing of the LCD segment pins with I/O pins. I am using an LCD glass with 30 segments. The LCD controller of the device gives option of either setting S0-S31 OR S0-S27. Is there a way of setting S0-S29. This would save me two very valuable I/O pins. Thanks, Rohan

Hi, Texas have now released the ZigBee Z-Stack for free download. http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/z-stack.html Two versions...

Hi, Texas have now released the ZigBee Z-Stack for free download. http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/z-stack.html Two versions are available for the 8051(CC2430) and MSP430. The problem for me is that even modest applications built for the 8051 can be over 100K in size even when fully optimised. This is worryingly close the the 128K flash limit on the CC2430. I'd like t...

Hello: In several MCUs of the MSP430 family, during the bootstrap loader mode, the normal UART Tx/Rx transmit/pins aren't used. Instead, other...

Hello: In several MCUs of the MSP430 family, during the bootstrap loader mode, the normal UART Tx/Rx transmit/pins aren't used. Instead, other pins are alloted for BSL transmit and receive. Would you know if the normal Tx transmit output pin goes in high-impedance mode during the BSL mode? Also, is there any register bit or pin offering information on "normal" vs "BSL" status? Th...

For anyone who's interested, I've published the editable schematic and PCB files for the AVR/MSP430/Cygnal 8051 board I was discussing a little...

For anyone who's interested, I've published the editable schematic and PCB files for the AVR/MSP430/Cygnal 8051 board I was discussing a little while ago:

Anyone use this peripheral on a regular basis? I'm using an MSP430F2013 and trying to work out if it's possible to reclaim the -ve input pin for...

Anyone use this peripheral on a regular basis? I'm using an MSP430F2013 and trying to work out if it's possible to reclaim the -ve input pin for something useful. It seems to me that if I set P1SEL for that pin to GPIO mode, and set the SD16 into unipolar mode, I should be able to use the pin as an I/O, but it doesn't seem to be working properly. I'm not sure if that's because what I'm trying...

Hi has anyone tried writing to the information memory of the MSP430 with the BSL. I'm trying and failing, I have applied the patch but...

Hi has anyone tried writing to the information memory of the MSP430 with the BSL. I'm trying and failing, I have applied the patch but it doesn't seem to work. Do I need to download the latest BSL? or can you not write to the Info Memory with the BSL commands? Cheers Mark.

I have one of these kits. Very cool, but the IAR compiler won't work with anything other than Win2000/XP, so not much good to me. I went to...

I have one of these kits. Very cool, but the IAR compiler won't work with anything other than Win2000/XP, so not much good to me. I went to the MSPGCC page and looked at the FAQ, but it looks like the USB debugger is not supported yet (at least as of 1 yr. ago). Can anyone confirm if it is supported under WinME or Linux and point me to what I need to know to make it work. Thanks,...

Hello, Does anyone have experience with the bootstrap loader (BSL) feature of MSP430 processors made by TI? I'm having trouble entering the...

Hello, Does anyone have experience with the bootstrap loader (BSL) feature of MSP430 processors made by TI? I'm having trouble entering the BSL from software written in C. According to application note SLAA089D page 16, the following sequence of instructions will enter the BSL: mov #00h,&CCTL0 bic.b #02h, &P1SEL bic.b #04h, &P2SEL, bic.b #32h, &IE1 mov.b #00h, &BCSCTL2 mov #00h, S...

Hi, I'm new to the world of MSP430 programming. The project I'm currently working on involves communication between an MSP430f149 and a PC...

Hi, I'm new to the world of MSP430 programming. The project I'm currently working on involves communication between an MSP430f149 and a PC using RS232. To start, I'm trying to write a simple routine to echo whatever is sent to the MSP430 via Hyperterminal. However, all attempts to send data have failed. I am using a Max3232 to connect to the serial port of a PC; when I connect the TX and R...

Hello everybody ! I am a beginer in MSP430 programing... I have juste finished to code a sofware that generate a a frame and send it to a PC...

Hello everybody ! I am a beginer in MSP430 programing... I have juste finished to code a sofware that generate a a frame and send it to a PC using USART1 (RS232)... Not an hard work :p Now I would like to receive frames from USART0 and then to Send these frame using USART1... for example : TXBUF1=3DRXBUF0; (every RX1 interrupt.) Anyway I have try something : Initialize USART0 and ...

After about an hours browsing TIs website I seem to find out that their debug/initial flash programming interface is secret. I know there are...

After about an hours browsing TIs website I seem to find out that their debug/initial flash programming interface is secret. I know there are people familiar with this part here, so here is the question: Is there a known way I can get enough data to be able to adapt my tools to program the MSP430? Has anyone done it? Or perhaps I am just not looking hard enough? The 430 looks like a ...

Greetings, This is very primitive, but how do you solder wires to target boards that have holes and not solid pads (eg. MSP430 EZ board from...

Greetings, This is very primitive, but how do you solder wires to target boards that have holes and not solid pads (eg. MSP430 EZ board from TI) ? Also what wire thickness do you recommend using? Thank you, -- A

Hi folks, does anyone know whether the MSP430 (F1611 being the one I read about) will execute the opcode it returns to via its RETI whether...

Hi folks, does anyone know whether the MSP430 (F1611 being the one I read about) will execute the opcode it returns to via its RETI whether the interrupt mask is recoved from stack on or off? The 54xx DSPs do execute it (this made tracing an easy ride, no hardware/cycle counting to do an NMI etc). But other CPUs (those from Motorola, 68xx) do immediately take the next IRQ without executi...

I recently acquired a new laptop, which (of course) has no parallel port. I've been looking into MSP430F169 board from Olimex to use in a...

I recently acquired a new laptop, which (of course) has no parallel port. I've been looking into MSP430F169 board from Olimex to use in a prototyping/testing situation for an FPGA. I'm impressed with the MSP430 line, but I'd like to be able to do the device programming and debugging from my usual Linux development environment. Both TI and Olimex make USB-> JTAG programmers/debuggers

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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01D7_01C80657.F2583E90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been looking for a code sample written by IAR compiler for TI MSP430 processor especially when utilizing PRINTF statement for the purpose of transmitting/receiving characters serially to/from = PC ...