Connect the micro USB end of the
provided USB cable into the MSP430 board, and the other end of the USB cable into an
open USB port on the computer.
Launch the GUI to automatically flash the microcontroller and adjust all
programmable functions. Successful flash can be visually confirmed by the GPO LEDs
flashing in sequence.
Manually set the COM port in the GUI composer to the COM port titled
Microsoft after the successful flash by clicking File → Options →
Serial Port.
When successfully connected to the microcontroller
through the serial COM port, the MSP430 acknowledges successful GUI control actions by
printing to the textbox shown in Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1 PGA2505EVMV2 GUI With Programmable
Functions