I am a complete MSP newbie, though not new to embedded development. I'm just wondering what kind of JTAG interface is most friendly to developing on a Linux host using mspgcc and related tools. Looks like there are parport and USB interfaces out there. My first choice would usually be USB for convenience, but a quick perusal of the list archives here turn up some difficulties using the USB version. I want to do both programming (upload/download Flash images) and debugging over the JTAG interface. My target device is an MSP430F247TPM (64-pin LQFP), if that matters, and the final board will have a 14-pin JTAG header, as well as a 10-pin bootstrap header (which I don't think I'll have any use for, since everything can be done via JTAG -- correct me if I'm wrong). I'll need to do some preliminary work before the final boards are ready, though, so I was planning to order one of TI's development board and programmer bundles to get started.
But I guess the question really just boils down to: parallel port, USB, or other? TIA, -- Randall
