rockets4kids 204 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 If all else fails, you can always use Elpotronics' FET-Pro430 Lite to make the LaunchPad a standalone programmer. Is this just a GUI front end to TI's MSP430.DLL or something else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oPossum 1,083 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 FET-Pro430 programming software for Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontrollers FET-Pro430 requires device drivers and libraries (MSP430.DLL, HIL.DLL) provided by adapter manufacturers, while supplying the software features you have come to expect and rely upon from Elprotronic Inc. bluehash, ohmselectronics and hlipka 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Edit: Anyone know how to select the G series? It's F by default. uhh.. I never knew that.. Has this been is secret for long? Good to know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moderboy 1 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Succesfully programmed MSP430F5508 and MSP430F2274 today with the launchpad! :clap: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hlipka 11 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Edit: Anyone know how to select the G series? It's F by default. Just installed it - there is a drop-down box for the chip series. it contains the G series, then you can select anything up to the 2553. (did not test it though) bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorB 64 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Edit: Anyone know how to select the G series? It's F by default. Just installed it - there is a drop-down box for the chip series. it contains the G series, then you can select anything up to the 2553. (did not test it though) Hi, Ive tested this recently with a G2553 without any problems. Works easy ! Cor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
username 198 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Yea, launchpad works great as an external programer. I used that on my oven project. Just use a 3pin header of RST, TEST, and GND. All you need are those 3 pins provided your board has its own power source. One thing to note is the caps you put on the TEST and RST line. Comically enough its programing the 2kb flash memory ICs at about a 1 MB CLK speed... I accidentally put a 1uF cap on the RST line and it couldn't even come close to programing. Ensure you don't have a cap bigger than a nF on any of these lines or else you will run into some fun programing troubles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenemon 29 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Has anyone been able to employ the launchpad a s a BSL flash tool? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greeeg 460 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Has anyone been able to employ the launchpad a s a BSL flash tool? I don't think the LP would work as a BSL flasher by itself. As the BSL interface requires 4 pins. the two serial pins RX,TX and then two pins connected to RST and TEST to perform the proper BSL entry signals. However a simple BSL flasher from a simple FTDI 232 usb->UART breakout board green wiring the CTS and DTR pins out to a header to connect to RST and TEST. If you have one of these breakout boards on had this will be an easy option. Otherwise... Since those signals need only be applied once to enter BSL mode, one could easily place a G series device to enter BSL mode on the target device by pressing the button on the launchpad or receiving a serial command, then just feed the serial data straight though from the LP to a BSL target...I might look into this. kenemon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kfishy 1 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I don't think the LP would work as a BSL flasher by itself. As the BSL interface requires 4 pins. the two serial pins RX,TX and then two pins connected to RST and TEST to perform the proper BSL entry signals. The Launchpad has the TX/RX going from the MSP430 chip to the TUSB3410's "pseudo UART", which you can then access through the virtual com port. If you can find a way to pulse the RST and TEST ports there's no reason why you can't do BSL. Well, at least theoretically 8-) kenemon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 693 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 You know, this isn't as simple as I thought. I've been trying to do this on a virgin computer at work and I conclude that someone at TI needs a slap. I have to download CCS (1.2Gigs!) just to get the Launchpad drivers installed in order to use the Elpotronix program. Something smells really bad here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomKraut 17 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I don't have a PC without CCS installed at hand, but shouldn't this help? http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php ... USB_Driver Cheers TomKraut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatihinanc 14 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hello, There is some good news from my side that I would like to share in this same context. I have tested MSP430 LaunchPad to successfully program MSP430F5310, MSP430F5418 and MSP430F5438 over SBW!! :thumbup: I would detail the setup in my blog. These are all bigger microcontroller and have lots of features. They are the ones I use to make embedded products at work. Some of them can give a battery lifetime of 5years on 2.4G Wireless networks. Well now I can use them at home too. Thanks to TI , MSP430. And a Big Thanks to the 43oh Community :clap: I have new board coming up that I have developed using MSP430F5310. Hope that this would enable more advanced projects. Can you help me how to program to F5438A device with LaunchPad ? I tried it but I got an error message as below. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fatihinanc 14 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hello, There is some good news from my side that I would like to share in this same context. I have tested MSP430 LaunchPad to successfully program MSP430F5310, MSP430F5418 and MSP430F5438 over SBW!! :thumbup: I would detail the setup in my blog. These are all bigger microcontroller and have lots of features. They are the ones I use to make embedded products at work. Some of them can give a battery lifetime of 5years on 2.4G Wireless networks. Well now I can use them at home too. Thanks to TI , MSP430. And a Big Thanks to the 43oh Community :clap: I have new board coming up that I have developed using MSP430F5310. Hope that this would enable more advanced projects. Can you help me how to program to F5438A device with LaunchPad ? I tried it but I got an error message as below. Thanks. The problem was solved. This is a hardware problem as you see the scheme below. The upper limit for RST capacitor is 2.2nF. I changed to 100nF with 2.2nF capacitor. And LaunchPad successfully download and debug the MSP430F5438A device. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gordon 229 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The upper limit for RST capacitor is 2.2nF. Do you have a source for this information handy? I've been battling similar problems with the interesting twist being SugarAddict seeing kinda-sorta different behaviour on the exact same (production run) board. Smallest I tried was .1uF I think (also the LP schematics indicate LP uses 1nF, not really sure what was I thinking, but I'd like to read up on this now ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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