jetjaguar 0 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hello everyone! I'd like some help getting my new ti Launchpad working with Energia... part: MSP430G2, chip M430G2553 All I've done to it so far is replace the pins with female headers. Now I'm trying to upload the example blink code and all I ever get is this: Binary sketch size: 677 bytes (of a 16,384 byte maximum) tilib: MSP430_OpenDevice: Could not find device (or device not supported) (error = 4) tilib: device initialization failed On computer #1 (win7, 64bit) I first installed CCS, then Energia. When I plug in the launchpad the green and red lights blink. When I try to upload using the 2553 board selection, I get the error above. I've tried all of the other board selections as well. On computer #2 (win7, 64bit) I installed the MSP-EXP430G2 64bit win7 driver from Energia's website. Then I installed Energia, tried uploading Blink and got the same errors. It's like I'm missing some crucial step... Any suggestions? Thank you very much in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxx1 35 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Did you put your chip on backwards? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 This could be a damaged or incorrectly mounted device. You should also have gotten a MSP430G2452 in the box. I would give that chip a try and see if it works. Also make sure that TST/RST/VCC jumpers on J3 are mounted correctly. I assume that on computer #2 you installed the LaunchPad drivers available here: http://energia.nu/Guide_Windows.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetjaguar 0 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Thank you both for your quick responses! The board came with the chip on it, I have not removed it. Yes, I used Energia's drivers for comp 2. I switched out the chip with the 2452, changed the board in the program, uploaded blink, but got the same error=4 message. Maybe I did somehow damage something. I'll be able to try another launchpad on Monday... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Make sure you're not connecting through a USB hub. The LP should be the only device on any particular USB port. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 mspdebug seems to be able to talk to the board but the programmer is not able to talk to the chip. I would try one more thing and that is to remove all jumpers on J3 and reinstall them just in case that there is a bad connection. Also check if the chip is actually getting power on the VCC pin. Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxx1 35 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Check if appears as virtual COM port in Device Manager. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetjaguar 0 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 No USB hubs. Only one Launchpad plugged in, no other boards. Device manager only shows "MSP430 Application UART" under COM ports. No mention of "virtual" or FET. However, I do remember seeing FET430UIF in the device manager of my other computer (#1), which is at work. I took off all of the jumpers and put them back. No change. 3.53v is going to the VCC pin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Did you get a chance to try with the 2nd LaunchPad? Given that you see the same failure on 2 machines I still think it could be something with the LaunchPad itself. Let us know what the results are for the 2nd LaunchPad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetjaguar 0 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 I did. I tried another and it work just fine, so I must have damaged the first launchpad... Thank you everyone! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulo 0 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I had this same problem. I solved pushing harder the chip against the board because I swapped the MSP430G2553 for MSP430G2452 (first week using MSP) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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