SLAU664B February 2016 – August 2017
The eZ-FET emulator on the LaunchPad development kit can interface to most MSP430 MCU derivative devices, not just the onboard MSP430FR2311 MCU target device.
To do this, disconnect every jumper in the isolation jumper block. This is necessary, because the emulator cannot connect to more than one target at a time over the Spy-Bi-Wire (SBW) connection.
Next, make sure the target board has proper connections for SBW. Note that to be compatible with SBW, the capacitor on RST/SBWTDIO cannot be greater than 2.2 nF. The documentation for designing MSP430 MCU JTAG interface circuitry is the MSP430 Hardware Tools User's Guide.
Finally, wire together these signals from the emulator side of the isolation jumper block to the target hardware:
This wiring can be done either with jumper wires or by designing the board with a connector that plugs into the isolation jumper block.