Dear All, While I was looking for Linux tools/source code for programming MSP430 F54xx using BSL from Linux . please let me know if you have any Linux tools/source code which I could use to do BSL based firmware update of MSP430 F54xx (or MSP430 F5419 ) ?
Thanks in advance. Best regards Padua Dmitry Zuikov wrote: > > Hi, > > There is some information about msp430x5xx MCUs that I have discovered. > Please correct me if I wrong. > > 1) gdbproxy is not work and not even going to work with the 54XX > devices, regardless of version HIL.dll and MSP430.dll. > > This is because the 54xx are devices with X architecture and there are > some changes in JTAG for thouse MCU's. JTAG version is changed too, > that's one of reasons (but not the only one) why gdbproxy is broken for > the 54XX. JTAG Memory writing routines are changed also. > > 2) fetproxy is in the same situation. Probably it works with the older > series, but not with 54XX. > > 3) Parallel port JTAG adapters (like Olimex) do not work for the same > reason > > 4) BSL for the 54XX is significantly changed too. So old BSL tools are > also useless for the 54XX. > > For the moment I see only one way to program 54XX under Linux / mspgcc > toolchain - to use self-made programmer like GoodFET11 ( see > http://goodfet.sourceforge.net/ ) and implement JTAG functions manually. > > Personally I have got the GoodFET11 board and make some JTAG functions > to work. Actually, I have ported a code from the SLAU265a (for > MSP430Xv2). For the moment it may read, write RAM and FLASH, set > registers, acquire and release JTAG and so on. I'm going to write kind > of working programmer to read, write and erase flash memory in a week. > If anyone interested in the results or have any questions or need > sources - please write to [email protected] > > The useful documents regarding this issue: SLAU265a, SLAU208d > > PS. Why there are only attempts to use the MSP-FET430UIF with > proprietary TI's code or with reverse-engeenered protocol as fetproxy > does, but there is no any attempts to write an open firmware for > MSP-FET430UIF ? The FET is well-documented, the source code from > SLAU265a seems enough to implement all functions required by gdb and > gdbproxy. > > > --- > Regards, > Dmitry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Mspgcc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/msp430x5xx-flash-programming-issues-tp24052081p27324767.html Sent from the MSP430 gcc - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
