I haven't read your references but I do know that the older msp430's used true JTAG while the newer ones use SpyByWire (which is what your new cpu uses). Does your referenced document guide you to the SpyByWire means of connection? Or does the custom board assume the old JTAG style connection?
Can you connect to the board using IAR tools? You could get a temporary Kickstart to try it out, right? frank --- On Thu, 7/23/09, José Miguel Catela <[email protected]> wrote: > From: José Miguel Catela <[email protected]> > Subject: [Mspgcc-users] using JTAG debugger - several issues > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 12:22 PM > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Mspgcc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users >
