MSP432-DEBUGGERS: MSP432 P401R LaunchPad (MSP-EXP432P401R) is dead after firmware update

Awais Yousaf

Part Number: MSP432-DEBUGGERS
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: UNIFLASH

Dear Everyone,

I have three issues:

1- I am using MSP432 P401R LaunchPad (MSP-EXP432P401R). I downloaded BlinkLED example, successfully build it in Keil uVision5. But when I tried to download (F8) on my board, MSP-EXP432P401R, I am getting this error:

I have check the folder and it contains the required file. I installed ti_emupack (64bit). Can someone help me how can I get rid of this message?

2- I opened cmd prompt. Changed director to C:\ti\ccs_base\common\uscif\xds110>

Entered: xdsdfu -m

Next entered: xdsdfu -f firmware_3.0.0.13.bin

After first or second command, green LED of my board turned off and it never turned on again. I have tried to connect multiple times but each time my board is seems to be dead.

Can someone tell me is my board dead? Can I recover it to factory reset state?

3- I am trying to access different documents on TI website, e.g.,

https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/slau575

but I am getting such error messages:

Can someone guide me what is the problem?

over 3 years ago

0 Eason Zhou over 3 years ago

TI__Mastermind 39675 points

The fast way to check if the launchpad is good, is to use a software from TI to double check.

I think you can use uniflash/CCS to try to connect the device. CCS will be better, it can show more information about what happens to the XDS110

0 Chester Gillon over 3 years ago

Guru 92251 points

Awais Yousaf said:
3- I am trying to access different documents on TI website, e.g.,

https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/slau575

MSP432P documents appear to be no longer available on the TI website. Found an archived version of that document at https://web.archive.org/web/20200601174240/http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/slau575k/slau575k.pdf?ts=1591033355653

0 Awais Yousaf over 3 years ago

Prodigy 20 points

Eason Zhou Thanks for your reply. I tried UniFlash. After selection of correct board, I am getting this error! Cannot read property 'DS' of undefined

0 Awais Yousaf over 3 years ago in reply to Chester Gillon

Prodigy 20 points

Thanks for sharing link!

0 Awais Yousaf over 3 years ago in reply to Eason Zhou

Prodigy 20 points

Also in CCS, I am getting this error:

Error initializing emulator:
(Error -260 @ 0x0)
An attempt to connect to the XDS110 failed.
The cause may be one or more of: no XDS110 is connected, invalid
firmware update, invalid XDS110 serial number, or faulty USB
cable. The firmware and serial number may be updated using the
xdsdfu utility found in the .../ccs_base/common/uscif/xds110
directory of your installation. View the XDS110SupportReadMe.pdf
file there for instructions.
(Emulation package 9.4.0.00129)