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  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1 Introduction
  3. 2 Configuration of MSP430FR4xx and MSP430FR2xx Devices
  4. 3 In-System Programming of Nonvolatile Memory
    1. 3.1 Ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) Overview
    2. 3.2 FRAM Cell
    3. 3.3 Protecting FRAM Using Write Protection Bits in FR4xx Family
    4. 3.4 FRAM Memory Wait States
    5. 3.5 Bootloader (BSL)
    6. 3.6 JTAG and Security
    7. 3.7 Production Programming
  5. 4 Hardware Migration Considerations
  6. 5 Device Calibration Information
  7. 6 Important Device Specifications
  8. 7 Core Architecture Considerations
    1. 7.1 Power Management Module (PMM)
      1. 7.1.1 Core LDO and LPM3.5 LDO
      2. 7.1.2 SVS
      3. 7.1.3 VREF
    2. 7.2 Clock System
      1. 7.2.1 DCO Frequencies
      2. 7.2.2 FLL, REFO, and DCO Tap
      3. 7.2.3 FRAM Access at 16 MHz and 24 MHz and Clocks-on-Demand
    3. 7.3 Operating Modes, Wakeup, and Reset
      1. 7.3.1 LPMx.5
      2. 7.3.2 Reset
    4. 7.4 Determining the Cause of Reset
    5. 7.5 Interrupt Vectors
    6. 7.6 FRAM and the FRAM Controller
    7. 7.7 RAM Controller (RAMCTL)
  9. 8 Peripheral Considerations
    1. 8.1  Overview of the Peripherals on the FR4xx and FR59xx Families
    2. 8.2  Ports
      1. 8.2.1 Digital Input/Output
      2. 8.2.2 Capacitive Touch I/O
    3. 8.3  Communication Modules
    4. 8.4  Timer and IR Modulation Logic
    5. 8.5  Backup Memory
    6. 8.6  RTC Counter
    7. 8.7  LCD
    8. 8.8  Interrupt Compare Controller (ICC)
    9. 8.9  Analog-to-Digital Converters
      1. 8.9.1 ADC12_B to ADC
    10. 8.10 Enhanced Comparator (eCOMP)
    11. 8.11 Operational Amplifiers
    12. 8.12 Smart Analog Combo (SAC)
  10. 9 ROM Libraries
  11. 10Conclusion
  12. 11References
  13. 12Revision History

3.5 Bootloader (BSL)

The BSL is software that is used to reprogram the MCU, for example, during field firmware updates. On the FR4xx family of devices, the BSL uses a Timer_A-based UART and is located in ROM. The BSL is not erasable or customizable by the user.

Both the FR4xx MCU and FR59xx MCU use the hardware eUSCI_A module to implement UART communication in BSL. Hence, the module pins UCA0TXD and UCA0RXD are used for BSL communication. And the RST/NMI/SBWTDIO pin and TEST/SBWTCK pin are used for BSL entry sequence.

The BSL on the FR2433, FR263x, FR253x, FR231x, FR235x, FR215x, FR267x, and FR247x devices support both UART and I2C communications. The BSL scans the UART and I2C peripherals to detect which interface is used by the host programmer. When a transmission is detected on one of the peripherals, that interface is selected and the other is disabled by the BSL. For details, see the MSP430 FRAM device bootloader (BSL) user's guide.

FR59xx device variants using an I2C hardware interface for the BSL are also available. However, for a given device variant, only the factory-configured interface can be used.

Blank device detection function is supported in some FR4xx device. For details, see the MSP430 FRAM device bootloader (BSL) user's guide.

The BSL in both the FR4xx MCUs and FR59xx MCUs can be disabled by programming a specific signature to the BSL signature location. For detailed on the FR4xx setting, see Table 3-2.