SLAU664B February   2016  – August 2017

 

  1.   MSP430FR2311 LaunchPad™ Development Kit (MSP‑EXP430FR2311)
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Getting Started
      1. 1.1 Introduction
      2. 1.2 Key Features
      3. 1.3 What's Included
        1. 1.3.1 Kit Contents
        2. 1.3.2 Software Examples
      4. 1.4 First Steps: Out-of-Box Experience
        1. 1.4.1 Connecting to the Computer
        2. 1.4.2 Running the Out-of-Box Demo
      5. 1.5 Next Steps: Looking Into the Provided Code
    3. 2 Hardware
      1. 2.1 Block Diagram
      2. 2.2 Hardware Features
        1. 2.2.1 MSP430FR2311 MCU
        2. 2.2.2 eZ-FET Onboard Emulator With EnergyTrace™ Software
        3. 2.2.3 Emulator Connection: Isolation Jumper Block
        4. 2.2.4 Application (or "Backchannel") UART
        5. 2.2.5 Special Features
          1. 2.2.5.1 Smart Analog Combo (SAC)
      3. 2.3 Power
        1. 2.3.1 eZ-FET USB Power
        2. 2.3.2 BoosterPack Plug-In-Module and External Power Supply
      4. 2.4 Measure MSP430 MCU Current Draw
      5. 2.5 Clocking
      6. 2.6 Using the eZ-FET Emulator With a Different Target
      7. 2.7 BoosterPack Plug-in Module Pinout
      8. 2.8 Design Files
        1. 2.8.1 Hardware
        2. 2.8.2 Software
      9. 2.9 Hardware Change log
    4. 3 Software Examples
      1. 3.1 Out-of-Box Software Example
        1. 3.1.1 Source File Structure
        2. 3.1.2 Power Measurement
      2. 3.2 Blink LED Example
        1. 3.2.1 Source File Structure
      3. 3.3 Software I2C Example
        1. 3.3.1 Source File Structure
    5. 4 Resources
      1. 4.1 Integrated Development Environments
        1. 4.1.1 TI Cloud Development Tools
          1. 4.1.1.1 TI Resource Explorer Cloud
          2. 4.1.1.2 Code Composer Studio Cloud
        2. 4.1.2 Code Composer Studio IDE
        3. 4.1.3 IAR Embedded Workbench for Texas Instruments MSP430
        4. 4.1.4 Energia
      2. 4.2 LaunchPad Websites
      3. 4.3 MSPWare Software and TI Resource Explorer
      4. 4.4 FRAM Utilities
      5. 4.5 MSP430FR2311MCU
        1. 4.5.1 Device Documentation
        2. 4.5.2 MSP430FR2311 MCU Code Examples
        3. 4.5.3 MSP430 MCU Application Notes and TI Designs
      6. 4.6 Community Resources
        1. 4.6.1 TI E2E Online Community
        2. 4.6.2 Community-at-Large
    6. 5 FAQ
    7. 6 Schematics
  2.   Revision History

1.5 Next Steps: Looking Into the Provided Code

After the EVM features have been explored, the fun can begin. It's time to open an integrated development environment and start editing the code examples. Refer to Section 4 for available IDEs and where to download them.

The quickest way to get started using the LaunchPad development kit is to use TI's Cloud Development Tools, dev.ti.com. The cloud-based Resource Explorer provides access to all of the examples and resources in MSPWare™ software. Code Composer Studio IDE Cloud is a simple Cloud-based IDE that enables developing and running applications on the LaunchPad development kit.

The out-of-box source code and more code examples are provided for download from www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr2311. Code is licensed under BSD, and TI encourages reuse and modifications to fit specific needs.

Section 3 describes all functions in detail and provides a project structure to help familiarize you with the code.

Using the onboard eZ-FET emulator, debugging and downloading new code is simple. A USB connection between the EVM and a PC through the provided USB cable is all that is needed.