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CCS/MSP-FET: Dear santa, for this Xmas I'd like..

Olli Mannisto
Expert 1750 points
Part Number: MSP-FET
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: UNIFLASH, , MSPDS

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

A firmware for MSP-fet that both CCS debugger and the uniflash tool are happy with at the same time!

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    TI__Genius 13670 points
    Olli,

    That is a great suggestion! I am going to reach out to a representative on the MSP Tools team to inquire about your request.

    Best regards,

    Matt Calvo
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    TI__Genius 13670 points

    Olli,

    Here is a summary of the response given by the tools team:

    "Generally, you can say that the tools team is only handing off one version of the MSPDebugStack to different IDEs (CCS, Uniflash, IAR, etc.). As long as UniFlash and CCS are on the same MSPDS version, there should be no reason why a firmware update should be triggered. On IAR, however, we have seen that they seem to force an update even if they’re already on the correct version. That was or even still is a bug on their side. Of course, one can never guarantee that there will be “the one” firmware working for any environment. There might be new features/improvements, changes due to silicon issues or bug fixes that drive for a firmware update on the MSP-FET itself."

    Hope this clears things up and resolves your inquiry!

    Best regards,

    Matt Calvo

  • 0 in reply to Matt Calvo
    Expert 1750 points
    Well, the problem is that I don't think I've ever seen the CCS and Uniflash using same versions. Right now for example they're clearly using different versions. You *can* ignore the message but since it pops up every single time before flashing it's not very practical.
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    TI__Genius 13670 points
    Olli,

    What message are you referring to is popping up? Is it a message in CCS and/or in Uniflash?

    Best regards,

    Matt
  • 0 in reply to Matt Calvo
    Expert 1750 points

      

    Popping up, yes.

  • 0 in reply to Olli Mannisto
    TI__Genius 13670 points
    Olli,

    Thank you for sharing this, I have downloaded the most recent versions of Uniflash and CCS and was able to recreate the update error you are experiencing as well. I will forward this to the tools team to see if there is a way to sync the MSPDebugStack versions on Uniflash and CCS so as to not trigger a firmware update.

    Best regards,

    Matt Calvo
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    TI__Genius 13670 points
    Olli,

    I have determined the cause of the firmware update window. It is directly associated with the version of the MSP430 tool-chain being used by the programming tool. Both CCS7.3.0.00019 and UniFlash 4.2.1.1562 ship with MSP430 tool-chain 7.3.3 (which has MSP DLL v3.10.1.000). But CCS has an update for MSP430 tool-chain to 7.4.2, which will make it not align with UniFlash.

    In my case, I ran the updater for CCS which caused the MSP430 tool-chain to upgrade to the newest version, triggering the firmware update when going from Uniflash to CCS. If you really don't want to update the MSP-FET firmware each time you program your device using CCS and Uniflash then you will need to revert the CCS7.3 download back to the original settings which uses the 7.3.3 MSP430 tool-chain so that it matches with what is shipped with the newest Uniflash software. Hope this clears everything up!

    Best regards,

    Matt Calvo