On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 03:23:20PM -0500, Andy Warner wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Randall Nortman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > [...] > > But I guess the question really just boils down to: parallel port, > > USB, or other? > > This is going to sound strong, but if you want good linux support, > you might want to consider using AVR/arm instead. I think it's important > that TI hear it stated that simply. [...]
Thanks for the heads-up, but unfortunately the MSP choice has been made for me already. And setting aside Linux support issues, they certainly seem to be very good chips -- I like the low power consumption and the built-in oscillator. I have used both AVR and ARM7 chips in the past under Linux -- I really like how easy the AVR environment is to set up under Linux. With ARM it's a little more tricky to get a working libc in my experience. Atmel's documentation is also a lot friendlier than TI's from what I've seen so far. I think I'm going to get both the USB programmer that comes in the kit from TI (because it's bundled anyway) and the cheap parallel port programmer from SparkFun in case I have troubles with USB. Nothing wrong with wearing both belt and suspenders. Thanks to everybody for the advice. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions at some point. -- Randall
