UNIFLASH: Generate Standalone Command Line Package Cannot erase device Memory for MSP430FR4133

Ethan Miller

Part Number: UNIFLASH
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430FR4133, MSP-FET

When using Uniflash 7.1 and up when a Standalone Command Line Package is created for the MSP430FR4133 the program will give the following error if the Traget voltage is set to anything but exactly 3300:

Connecting...
Loading Program: user_files/images/Program.out
Preparing ...
.data: 0 of 8 at 0x1910
error: MSP430: Trouble Writing Memory Block at 0x1910 on Page 0 of Length 0x8: Could not erase device memory
error: MSP430: File Loader: Verification failed: Target failed to write 0x01910
Finished
Failed: File: user_files/images/Program.out: Load failed.

I have tested Uniflash versions 7.0 though 8.3 and something was changed between 7.0 and 7.1 that causes this in the Standalone Command Line Package. I have also tried entering Target Voltages from 3000- 3400mV (including 3301mV and 3299mV) and only 3300mV will allow the device to erase the device memory.

I have also tried this on 3 different computes, with 3 different MSP4304133 and 3 different emulation tools.

The program can still be loaded onto the MSP430FR4133 using the Load Image action...

However, I need to use 3000mV as my target voltage and I need to create a standalone command line package.

10 months ago

0 Gary Gao 10 months ago

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

How do you set the target voltage below?

0 Ethan Miller 10 months ago in reply to Gary Gao

Prodigy 10 points

I set the Target voltage to a lot of different values within the operating range of the MSP430FR4133 but Ideally I would like it set to 3000 (mV) The bug seems to be present at any value that is not 3300

0 Ethan Miller 10 months ago in reply to Ethan Miller

Prodigy 10 points

A screen shot if that helps

0 Gary Gao 10 months ago in reply to Ethan Miller

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

Hi Ethan,

How about not using the standalone command line package? What's the debugger do you use?

0 Ethan Miller 10 months ago in reply to Gary Gao

Prodigy 10 points

I have no trouble compiling when not using the standalone package. So I think this issue is related to the standalone package.

I am using:

Code Composer Studio

Version: 10.4.0.00006

compiler version TI v20.2.5.LTS

0 Gary Gao 9 months ago in reply to Ethan Miller

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

Hi Ethan,

Sorry for the late response. I have do some test on myside and found that it will not download image if you set the voltage to 3.0v in uniflash. But if you set it as 3.3v it also works if you just provide a 3.0v supply in hardware. So you can just keep the setting to 3.3v in uniflash and with 3.0v power supply to do the image download.

0 Ethan Miller 9 months ago in reply to Gary Gao

Prodigy 10 points

Gary,

No worries, thank you for investigating this thoroughly. We appreciate the work around for the mean time. Can you confirm this will be addressed in a future update to Uniflash? And If so do you know what version that might be?

0 Gary Gao 9 months ago in reply to Ethan Miller

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

Not sure about that, I will change this thread to our software team to see if any comments there

0 Ki 9 months ago in reply to Gary Gao

TI__Guru**** 420760 points

After consulting with UniFlash engineering, it appears that it could be related to a previously known issue with the UniFlash GUI where setting the Target Voltage value was not always being applied correctly. Hence from the GUI, it may have still been using the default 3300 even if you explicitly set it to 3000. Running from CLI seems to correctly apply the 3000 value and that is failing. UniFlash engineering is investigating this on their end.

As for why setting to 3000 is not working, this is a question for the MSP430 experts.

0 Ki 9 months ago in reply to Ki

TI__Guru**** 420760 points

Ki said:
After consulting with UniFlash engineering, it appears that it could be related to a previously known issue with the UniFlash GUI where setting the Target Voltage value was not always being applied correctly.

We feel that it is related to: https://sir.ext.ti.com/jira/browse/EXT_EP-11234

This is an old bug that I just made public.

Ki said:
As for why setting to 3000 is not working, this is a question for the MSP430 experts.

I will reassign this back to the device experts.

0 Gary Gao 9 months ago in reply to Ki

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

Ki said:
why setting to 3000 is not working, this is a question for the MSP430 experts.

That should be a software issue. Let's wait for the Uniflash update in future.

0 Ki 9 months ago in reply to Gary Gao

TI__Guru**** 420760 points

Gary Gao said:
That should be a software issue. Let's wait for the Uniflash update in future.

The voltage setting of 3000 is correctly passed to the MSP430 driver by UniFlash. The issue is with the MSP430 driver on why a value besides 3300 causes the failure. This issue can not be fixed in UniFlash

0 Gary Gao 9 months ago in reply to Ki

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

ok, that means this is the MSP-FET driver's issue, right?

0 Ethan Miller 8 months ago in reply to Ki

Prodigy 10 points

I am not sure I follow that this cannot be fixed in UniFlash as I tested Uniflash versions 7.0 though 8.3 and something was changed between 7.0 and 7.1 that causes this in the Standalone Command Line Package. Either way though I would like to know what version a fix can be expected in for either Uniflash or the MSP-FET

0 Gary Gao 8 months ago in reply to Ethan Miller

TI__Mastermind 32545 points

Hi Ethan,

I think you can just keep seting Uniflash as 3.3v, it can works if you just provide a 3.0v supply in hardware.

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UNIFLASH: Generate Standalone Command Line Package Cannot erase device Memory for MSP430FR4133