SLAA600E June 2013 – January 2024
MSPBoot forces a reset when the Communication Protocol detects that the download is complete and the device should jump to the application.
Devices that support software BOR (for example, MSP430F5529) use this method to force a reset, which is an efficient method to restore the MSP430 to a default state. This method is enabled when HW_RESET_BOR is defined.
Devices without this mechanism (for example, MSP430G2xx) use a PUC reset, which also forces a reset but does not clear all registers. The bootloader clears relevant registers when HW_RESET_PUC is defined.