swampdonkeykami 13 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Is there a n00b friendly way to upload sketches to MSP430Gs that don't have built in UART? (How do I use all these free samples? :!!!: ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
semicolo 39 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 It should work, the MSPs are programmed via the Reset and Test pins, but of course you can't use the communication examples. Which ones are you having trouble with? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swampdonkeykami 13 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 2131 2001 2013 Sometimes, I can get a program to upload even if it's not on the "tools/board:" list by using 2231 (1MHz). Just getting lucky? Nothing to do with UART? Will TI's Code Composer get around this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juani_c 66 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 A few days ago I was doing some testing and programed a MSP430F2013 using a ez430-f2013 but only uploaded a "blink" sketch. I select the board "LaunchPad w/ MSP430G2231 1Mhz". If you look in the devices datasheets you'll see that both have the configurations registers (at least the for Port1 and 2) at the same address. Also both chips have the same device ID, so I'm thinking that some code will be compatible. As semicolo said you program the chips using the Spy-By-Wire interface (that is RESET and TEST) it has nothing to do with the UART swampdonkeykami 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
semicolo 39 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I have to apologize about writing "but of course you can't use the communication examples." @@Rickta59 pointed out that TimerSerial.h implements a Timer/software driven UART. This works on the g2231 and g2452 and is automatically configure in Serial.h Yes you'd have better luck with TI's Code Composer studio for chips not supported in energia swampdonkeykami 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swampdonkeykami 13 Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cool, thanks guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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