jbremnant 17 Posted May 2, 2011 Gosh, it's been such a long time since I posted here... Do any of you guys have experience with TI's msp430 jtag programmer? https://estore.ti.com/MSP-FET430U64A-MSP430-64-Pin-Target-board-and-USB-Programmer-Pinout-A-P1643.aspx http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/msp-fet430u64a.html I wanted to try my hands at beefier msp430 mcu's and thought I needed a programmer that can cover range of products besides the ones with SBW. Let me know if this is worth getting? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 692 Posted May 2, 2011 I have it. It's the only thing that will work on the older devices that only have JTAG. I think it's worth it. 1 jbremnant reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OCY 19 Posted May 2, 2011 It is better than the LaunchPad. But not 34 time better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,890 Posted May 2, 2011 If you have attended the seminar, you can buy this one at 50% discount. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbremnant 17 Posted May 3, 2011 Thanks all for the feedback. I actually ordered one. I'll post my impression of it once I play around with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbremnant 17 Posted May 10, 2011 Hi guys Has anyone managed to get fet430uif working on linux using mspdebug? I am on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, and I get the following error: msp430-gcc -Os -Wall -mmcu=msp430x5438 -o ex.elf ex.o mspdebug -d /dev/ttyUSB0 uif "prog ex.elf" MSPDebug version 0.15 - debugging tool for MSP430 MCUs Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Daniel Beer This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Trying to open UIF on /dev/ttyUSB0... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed Trying again... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed make: *** [upload] Error 255 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,578 Posted May 10, 2011 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost4211460 Connect to an eZ430-F2013 or a FET430UIF device. The device argument should be the filename of the appropriate tty device. The TI serial converter chips on these devices are supported by newer versions of the Linux kernel, and should appear as /dev/ttyXX when attached.USB connection is not supported for this driver. Probably not a USB but a tty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsolarski 94 Posted May 10, 2011 Try using the named drivers for mspdebug, I had issues with it when i pointed it to the launchpads TTY device,but when i used just rf2500 (uif in your case) it worked with out issue. also try using the -U command -U bus:device Specify a particular USB device to connect to. Without this option, the first device of the appropriate type is opened. http://mspdebug.sourceforge.net/manual.html also any dmesg's or error in your sys logs may help point out what the issue is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbremnant 17 Posted May 11, 2011 So mspdebug manual says the uif device is only supported via tty serial interface. -U won't do. My dmesg tells me the following: root@linux-desktop:/usr/lib# dmesg | grep TI [3460489.105892] ti_usb_3410_5052_1 ttyUSB0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 [3460489.123453] ti_usb_3410_5052 2-2:2.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected [3460489.124292] usb 2-2: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0 root@linux-desktop:/usr/lib# lsmod | grep usbs usbserial 33019 1 ti_usb_3410_5052 root@linux-desktop:/usr/lib# lsusb | grep Tex Bus 002 Device 015: ID 0451:f430 Texas Instruments, Inc. MSP-FET430UIF JTAG Tool Looks ok as far as drivers are concerned. I wonder if it has to do with the firmware on the FET430UIF... Any ideas will be appreciated.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsolarski 94 Posted May 11, 2011 drivers look good, nothing that i can see looks out of place. list of things that I would try if you havent already. can you access the uif-bsl? on that device have you tried another usb cable and port? are you able to test this on a windows box? have you tried a different chip to program? have you tried both SBW and jtag optioins? have you tried the force-reset command? it could be the firmware as a cause to your issue, but i couldnt find any posts or info on that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbremnant 17 Posted May 11, 2011 Hey jsolarski, thanks for your response. I haven't tried it on windows yet. Will do next. I did try to toggle -j option for jtag vs sbw. Also tried force-reset option. No luck. I couldn't find much info online either. I'll post my findings if I manage to get it working in linux. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsolarski 94 Posted May 12, 2011 post your findings even if it doesn work and Good luck!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxmill 0 Posted September 26, 2011 I also have EXACTLY the same issue: the MSP-FET430UIF, gcc-msp430 version 20110612-1 and other commensurate .deb packages (installed on Ubuntu 11.04) Here's what I get: # mspdebug uif -d /dev/ttyUSB0 MSPDebug version 0.16 - debugging tool for MSP430 MCUs Copyright © 2009-2011 Daniel Beer This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Trying to open UIF on /dev/ttyUSB0... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed Trying again... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed ---------------------------------- The only clue I can see is the following (from dmesg when I connect the MSP-FET430UIF): [ 9383.452058] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [ 9383.684130] ti_usb_3410_5052 3-2:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected [ 9383.684150] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 3-2:1.0 failed with error -5 [ 9383.687291] ti_usb_3410_5052 3-2:2.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected [ 9383.687434] usb 3-2: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0 ---------------- Also, after running the mspdebug command, the "Mode" LED illuminates on the MSP-FET430UIF. Any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gordon 229 Posted September 27, 2011 Here's a tip, based on this post, try mspdebug -j -d /dev/ttyUSB0 uif (that is, JTAG mode instead of SBW, -j). Does that change anything? Sorry, wasn't reading the previous posts carefully enough :oops: 1 linuxmill reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxmill 0 Posted September 27, 2011 Here's what I got (exactly the same as before): # mspdebug -j -d /dev/ttyUSB0 uif MSPDebug version 0.16 - debugging tool for MSP430 MCUs Copyright © 2009-2011 Daniel Beer This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Trying to open UIF on /dev/ttyUSB0... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed Trying again... Initializing FET... FET protocol version is 20105000 fet: FET returned NAK fet: init failed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
