MSP-EXP432E401Y: Unable to build Quick Start Guide for SimpleLink example

Hi Diana,

  Did you import the example using Resource Explorer from within CCS? Please see below. In the second screenshot, on the upper right, click the Import button. 

Another way to import the example is as follows:

1. In CCS, select File->Import

2. Select CCS Projects and then click Next

3. In the Select search-directory, provide the path to where the examples are located. You can navigate to C:\ti\simplelink_msp432e4_sdk_4_20_00_12\examples\nortos\MSP_EXP432E401Y\drivers. This is where all the non-rtos drivers examples are located. It should discover many projects. You can select all or just select the example you want to import. In this case, you can just click gpiointerrupt_MSP_EXP432E401Y_notros_ccs. 

5. Once the project the imported, you should see the project in CCS Project Explorer. See below. Just click the 'bug' button at the top and it will build the project and the debugger will connect to the target and download the example program to MCU all in one step. 

Hi Charles,

Thank you for your reply.

I followed those exact steps before, as suggested in the quick start guide. But to double-check, I deleted the project from the project explorer and retried following your indications and CCS doesn't allow me to import the gpiointerrupt_MSP_EXP432E401Y_nortos_ccs example anymore, that is the project I'm interested in running. However, I imported the nvsinternal_MSP_EXP432E401Y_nortos_ccs example and tried to build it but I keep getting the same errors. Do you know if it could be a problem with how I installed the IDE, or with the OS? 

Thanks a lot,

Diana

Diana Ramirez said:

But to double-check, I deleted the project from the project explorer and retried following your indications and CCS doesn't allow me to import the gpiointerrupt_MSP_EXP432E401Y_nortos_ccs example anymore, that is the project I'm interested in running.

How did you delete the project?  Did you right-click on the project on the Project Explorer and select 'Delete' like below? This way will completely delete the project including the association of the project in the workspace meta file. If you delete the project by some other means (e.g. delete in the filesystem) then the meta file may still think the project still exists. If that is the case, I will suggest you create a new CCS worksapce and import the project again. 

Diana Ramirez said:

However, I imported the nvsinternal_MSP_EXP432E401Y_nortos_ccs example and tried to build it but I keep getting the same errors. Do you know if it could be a problem with how I installed the IDE, or with the OS? 

It is possible that a problem with OS? Can you try the same on a Windows machine? I just want to know if it is related to MacOS. 

What version of SDK did you download? Is it simplelink_msp432e4_sdk_4_20_00_12?

Diana Ramirez said:

Thanks a lot,

Diana

In this screenshot, it seems that sysconfig is not installed. Can you download from https://www.ti.com/tool/download/SYSCONFIG. I'm not sure if this is what led to the problem not able to build the project. 

Charles Tsai said:

How did you delete the project?  Did you right-click on the project on the Project Explorer and select 'Delete' like below? This way will completely delete the project including the association of the project in the workspace meta file. If you delete the project by some other means (e.g. delete in the filesystem) then the meta file may still think the project still exists. If that is the case, I will suggest you create a new CCS worksapce and import the project again. 

I did deleted it in that way. However I think the meta file think the project stil existed. I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling everything.

Charles Tsai said:

It is possible that a problem with OS? Can you try the same on a Windows machine? I just want to know if it is related to MacOS. 

I think it could totally be a problem with the OS. I will be installing it on a Win VM tomorrow and let you know

Charles Tsai said:

What version of SDK did you download? Is it simplelink_msp432e4_sdk_4_20_00_12?

Yes, the SDK is simplelink_msp432e4_sdk_20_00_12

Charles Tsai said:

In this screenshot, it seems that sysconfig is not installed. Can you download from https://www.ti.com/tool/download/SYSCONFIG. I'm not sure if this is what led to the problem not able to build the project. 

I had a previous version of sysconfig (1.15), I installed the 1.17 anyway, and actually this made me think that the problem might be due to the OS because it opens as its own app, it's not integrated with CCS. I don't know if this is how it should work, but I find it a little bit strange. I tried opening the sample SDK projects with it, but I wasn't able to do it.

 Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Diana

Hi,

  Please check your project properties. See below. If you don't see SysConfig then you need to add it so CCS knows its existence. 

Hello,

I checked and it was already included

Regarding the Windows virtual machine. I tried to installed it but failed. I believe it is because the Win VM I have access to runs with win32 and the only available version I found for CCS is for win64. Do you know if there's a win32 version?

Hi,

  Please refer to the CCS12 release note about the supported OSs. If your OS is not one of them then it is not supported.  CCS12 does not support 32-bit Windows OS. See below. 

https://dr-download.ti.com/software-development/ide-configuration-compiler-or-debugger/MD-J1VdearkvK/12.4.0/CCS_12.4.0_ReleaseNotes.htm

As for MSP432E SDK, In the following link you can find the full release note. Please refer to the supported OS versions.  

https://software-dl.ti.com/simplelink/esd/simplelink_msp432e4_sdk/4.20.00.12/release_notes_simplelink_msp432e4_sdk_4_20_00_12.html

Do you have a Windows machine? Can you try a Windows machine?

Hi Charles,

My OS is macOS Ventura 13.4, which should be newer than Sierra. But I guess it could be a problem.

I only have access to the 32-bit Windows virtual machine right now. I will try to reach out to some colleagues that use Windows machines and see if they could try running the SDK for me. 

Do you think there's any solution other than changing the PC I'm using?