SLAS797C August 2014 – August 2018 MSP430FR6927 , MSP430FR69271 , MSP430FR6928 , MSP430FR6977 , MSP430FR6979 , MSP430FR69791
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Table 8-1 lists the debug features supported by the MSP430FR697x(1) and MSP430FR692x(1) microcontrollers. See the Code Composer Studio for MSP430 User's Guide for details on the available features.
| MSP430 ARCHITECTURE | 4-WIRE JTAG | 2-WIRE JTAG | BREAK- POINTS
(N) |
RANGE BREAK- POINTS | CLOCK CONTROL | STATE SEQUENCER | TRACE BUFFER | LPMX.5 DEBUGGING SUPPORT | EnergyTrace++ TECHNOLOGY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP430Xv2 | Yes | Yes | 3 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
EnergyTrace™ technology is supported with Code Composer Studio version 6.0 and newer. It requires specialized debugger circuitry, which is supported with the second-generation onboard eZ-FET flash emulation tool and second-generation stand-alone MSP-FET JTAG emulator. For additional information, see:
Advanced Debugging Using the Enhanced Emulation Module (EEM) With Code Composer Studio Version 6
MSP430™ Advanced Power Optimizations: ULP Advisor™ and EnergyTrace™ Technology
Design Kits and Evaluation Modules
The MSP-EXP430FR6989 LaunchPad Development Kit is an easy-to-use evaluation module (EVM) for the MSP40FR6989 microcontroller (MCU). It contains everything needed to start developing on the ultra-low-power MSP430FRx FRAM microcontroller platform, including onboard emulation for programming, debugging, and energy measurements.
The MSP-TS430PZ100D is a stand-alone 100-pin ZIF socket target board used to program and debug the MSP430 MCU in-system through the JTAG interface or the Spy-Bi-Wire (2-wire JTAG) protocol.
The MSP-FET430U100D is a bundle featuring the MSP-FET programmer and debugger with the MSP-TS430PZ100D, a stand-alone 100-pin ZIF socket target board. This bundle can be used to program and debug the MSP430 MCU in system through the JTAG interface or the Spy-Bi-Wire (2-wire JTAG) protocol.
Software
MSP430Ware software is a collection of code examples, data sheets, and other design resources for all MSP430 devices delivered in a convenient package. In addition to providing a complete collection of existing MSP430 MCU design resources, MSP430Ware software also includes a high-level API called MSP Driver Library. This library makes it easy to program MSP430 hardware. MSP430Ware software is available as a component of CCS or as a stand-alone package.
C Code examples are available for every MSP device that configures each of the integrated peripherals for various application needs.
The TI FRAM Utilities software is designed to grow as a collection of embedded software utilities that leverage the ultra-low-power and virtually unlimited write endurance of FRAM. The utilities are available for MSP430FRxx FRAM microcontrollers and provide example code to help start application development.
Follow the simple graphical instructions and connect upto three LC sensors to the Extended Scan Interface module. The tool provides fully functional CCS and IAR projects or source code than can be incorporated into custom projects.
The MSP430 Touch Pro Tool is a PC-based tool that can be used to verify capacitive touch button, slider,and wheel designs. The tool receives and visualizes captouch sensor data to help the user quickly and easily evaluate, diagnose, and tune button, slider, and wheel designs.
The MSP430 Capacitive Touch Power Designer enables the calculation of the estimated average current draw for a given MSP430 capacitive touch system. By entering system parameters such as operating voltage, frequency, number of buttons, and button gate time, the user can have a power estimate for a given capacitive touch configuration on a given device family in minutes.
The Digital Signal Processing library is a set of highly optimized functions to perform many common signal processing operations on fixed-point numbers for MSP430 and MSP432 microcontrollers. This function set is typically used for applications where processing-intensive transforms are done in real-time for minimal energy and with very high accuracy. This optimal use of the MSP intrinsic hardware for fixed-point math allows for significant performance gains.
The abstracted API of MSP Driver Library provides easy-to-use function calls that free you from directly manipulating the bits and bytes of the MSP430 hardware. Thorough documentation is delivered through a helpful API Guide, which includes details on each function call and the recognized parameters. Developers can use Driver Library functions to write complete projects with minimal overhead.
EnergyTrace technology for MSP430 microcontrollers is an energy-based code analysis tool that measures and displays the energy profile of the application and helps to optimize it for ultra-low-power consumption.
ULP Advisor™ software is a tool for guiding developers to write more efficient code to fully use the unique ultra-low-power features of MSP and MSP432 microcontrollers. Aimed at both experienced and new microcontroller developers, ULP Advisor checks your code against a thorough ULP checklist to help minimize the energy consumption of your application. At build time, ULP Advisor provides notifications and remarks to highlight areas of your code that can be further optimized for lower power.
The IEC60730 MSP430 software package was developed to help customers comply with IEC 60730-1:2010 (Automatic Electrical Controls for Household and Similar Use – Part 1: General Requirements) for up to Class B products, which includes home appliances, arc detectors, power converters, power tools, e-bikes, and many others. The IEC60730 MSP430 software package can be embedded in customer applications running on MSP430s to help simplify the customer’s certification efforts of functional safety-compliant consumer devices to IEC 60730-1:2010 Class B.
The MSP IQmath and Qmath Libraries are a collection of highly optimized and high-precision mathematical functions for C programmers to seamlessly port a floating-point algorithm into fixed-point code on MSP430 and MSP432 devices. These routines are typically used in computationally intensive real-time applications where optimal execution speed, high accuracy, and ultra-low energy are critical. By using the IQmath and Qmath libraries, it is possible to achieve execution speeds considerably faster and energy consumption considerably lower than equivalent code written using floating-point math.
Continuing to innovate in the low-power and low-cost microcontroller space, TI provides MSPMATHLIB. Leveraging the intelligent peripherals of our devices, this floating-point math library of scalar functions is up to 26 times faster than the standard MSP430 math functions. Mathlib is easy to integrate into your designs. This library is free and is integrated in both Code Composer Studio IDE and IAR Embedded Workbench IDE.
Development Tools
Code Composer Studio (CCS) integrated development environment (IDE) supports all MSP microcontroller devices. CCS comprises a suite of embedded software utilities used to develop and debug embedded applications. CCS includes an optimizing C/C++ compiler, source code editor, project build environment, debugger, profiler, and many other features.
MSP Flasher is an open-source shell-based interface for programming MSP microcontrollers through a FET programmer or eZ430 using JTAG or Spy-Bi-Wire (SBW) communication. MSP Flasher can download binary files (.txt or .hex) directly to the MSP microcontroller without an IDE.
The MSP-FET is a powerful emulation development tool – often called a debug probe – which lets users quickly begin application development on MSP low-power MCUs. Creating MCU software usually requires downloading the resulting binary program to the MSP device for validation and debugging.
The MSP Gang Programmer is an MSP430 or MSP432 device programmer that can program up to eight identical MSP430 or MSP432 flash or FRAM devices at the same time. The MSP Gang Programmer connects to a host PC using a standard RS-232 or USB connection and provides flexible programming options that let the user fully customize the process.