Hello, First of all, let me tell you I'm really sorry if my questions are already answered somewhere, but I've been searching many forums for three days and I haven't got a clue if I can even use my hardware.
I have a MSP-FET430UIF and a custom development board connected to it according to TI's document "MSP430 Hardware Tools User's Guide" (slau278a). The microcontroller is a MSP430F5438 and this is where my doubts begin: is the new MSP430x5xxx series supported by mspgcc tool chain or not? I haven't found a decisive answer, and the most recent version of mspgcc includes a file called "msp430x54xx.h", which makes me believe it is supported. But the main issue is to know if the FET is working or not. When I try to start msp430-gdbproxy, I can either get the message "Could not find device (or device not supported) (4)" followed by "Assertion failed : !msp430_status.is_open, file target_msp430.c, line 745" (if giveio is installed) or "Could not initialize device interface (1)" (if giveo is not loaded). And this happens whether the FET is connected to the USB port or not. I can't also update the firmware, it just says "The FET tool version does not match this program. Update required." when I try to update it, what seems useless, because that's what I'm trying to do. So, my big question is: does the self test, update or something else works just with the FET plugged in? Or must a compatible processor be connected to the FET through the 14 pin interface? A last comment: I've described what happens using windows but under linux the problems are just the same. I appreciate any help anyone can give me, -- José Miguel Catela
