This manual describes only the setup and basic operation of the MSP430™ GCC toolchain and the software development environment. It does not fully describe the MSP430 GCC toolchain or MSP430 microcontrollers or the complete development software and hardware systems. For details on these items, see the appropriate documents listed in Section 1.1.
This manual applies to the use of MSP430 GCC as stand-alone package or within the Code Composer Studio™ (CCS) IDE v10.x and with the TI MSP-FET, MSP-FET430UIF, eZ-FET, and eZ430 development tools series.
These tools contain the most up-to-date materials available at the time of packaging. For the latest materials (including data sheets, user's guides, software, and application information), visit the TI MSP430 website or contact your local TI sales office.
The primary sources of MSP430 information are the device-specific data sheets and user's guides. The MSP430 website contains the most recent version of these documents.
The GCC documentation can be found at http://www.gnu.org. All related information for the MSP430 GCC toolchain is available at http://www.ti.com/tool/msp430-gcc-opensource.
Documents that describe the Code Composer Studio tools (CCS IDE, assembler, C compiler, linker, and librarian) can be found at http://www.ti.com/tool/ccstudio. The TI Resource Explorer and the Tools forum on TI E2E™ provide additional help.
MSP430 GCC documentation
Using the GNU Compiler Collection, Richard M. Stallman (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc.pdf). Refer to the MSP430 Options section.
GDB: The GNU Project Debugger, Free Software Foundation, Inc. (https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/)
GCC for MSP430™ Microcontrollers Quick Start Guide
Calling Convention and ABI Changes in MSP GCC
CCS documentation
MSP430™ Assembly Language Tools User's Guide
MSP430™ Optimizing C/C++ Compiler User's Guide
Code Composer Studio™ IDE for MSP430™ MCUs User's Guide
MSP430 development tools documentation
MSP430™ Hardware Tools User's Guide
eZ430-F2013 Development Tool User's Guide
eZ430-RF2500 Development Tool User's Guide
eZ430-RF2500-SEH Development Tool User's Guide
eZ430-Chronos™ Development Tool User's Guide
MSP-EXP430G2 LaunchPad™ Development Kit User's Guide
Advanced debugging using the enhanced emulation module (EEM) with Code Composer Studio IDE
MSP430 device data sheets
MSP430 device family user's guides
MSP430x1xx Family User's Guide
MSP430x2xx Family User's Guide
MSP430x3xx Family User's Guide
MSP430F4xx Family User's Guide
MSP430F5xx and MSP430F6xx Family User's Guide
MSP430FR4xx and MSP430FR2xx Family User's Guide
MSP430FR57xx Family User's Guide
MSP430FR58xx, MSP430FR59xx, and MSP430FR6xx Family User's Guide