The current (April 2016) situation with the msp430 USB Debug Interface (Jtag pod) is very confusing. I have ordered various units from TI as well as various distributors. Sometimes I get V3 sometimes I get V2. I've been trying to get the V2s updated to V3 but haven't found a good method. Here is what I know...
1) The MSP-FET430UIF is the older (gray body). If you order it from TI or a distributor you get it loaded with V2 fw.
2) You can also order a MSP-FET. It is the latest version and comes in a smaller form factor and a black case. It comes with V3 fw.
The big question is how to get the V2 FETs upgraded to V3. The TI page processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSPDS_Debugger_Up-_and_Downgrade only references windows and I'm exclusively on Linux.
MSPFlasher doesn't seem to know how to deal with V2 FETs.
I've tried installing CCS 6 onto my Linux box but it doesn't seem to understand V2 FETs.
There is a tool, Uifv3Updater that the mspdebug package knows about that used to work but now seems to break setting Vcc. I can work around that by manually flashing the V3 into the grey body FETs but that is a pain.
How can I update from V2 to V3 on a Linux box?
thanks.
eric