Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS320F28335, MSP430F2619
System Configuration:
Windows XP Professional, CCS4.2.3.00004, CCE Product Branding 4.0.0.201102161800, Eclipse Platform 3.2.0vTI-201102161800, Eclipse C/C++ Dev Tools V.3.1.0.vTI-201102161800, XDCtools UI Plugin 3.20.8.88, 3.20.0.41. Target: eZdsp F28335 kit.
Problem description:
The system was installed to use with two different microcontrollers from TI (i) MSP430F2619 (ii) TMS320F28335. Project for MSP430F2619 was built first, using GRACE tool for configuration. Then to test out the build tools, F28335_example_BIOS_flash project for CCS4 in sample code provided with spra958i was imported into the workspace.
Initial problems were encountered during build. Upon investigation, the following two issues were identified and resolved:
(i) System Macro XDC_CG_ROOT was pointing towards XDC Tools plugin subdirectory for MSP430 (xdstools_3_21_01_57_msp430 in the XDC Tools install directory, instead of xdctools_3_20_08_88 subdirectory for X2000 microcontrollers). A User macro was defined to override this system macro.
(ii) In the “C/C++ Build” options in project properties, in “Include options”, "${PROJECT_ROOT}/DSP2833x_headers/include" and "${PROJECT_ROOT}/include" were missing, and had to be added.
After that, the project built successfully. However, an error window pops up with the following message when F28335_example_BIOS_flash.tcf file is double clicked to bring up the DSP/BIOS Configuration Tool:
js: "D:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/xdctools_3_21_01_57_msp430/include/utils.tci", line 952: Error: Can't find Platform.tc[ip] file for 'ti.platforms.ezdsp28335'
Correct any script errors in D:/PNX_Firmware/workspace/F28335_example_BIOS_flash/.gconf/F28335_example_BIOS_flash/F28335_example_BIOS_flash.tcf
using the Configuration Tool or a text editor, if necessary.
TConf initialization arguments:
-e environment['config.importPath']='D:/PNX_Firmware/workspace/F28335_example_BIOS_flash;D:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/bios_5_41_10_36/packages' -e environment['config.scriptName']='F28335_example_BIOS_flash.tcf'
As can be seen here (highlighted), the path is still pointing towards the MSP430 XDC Tools. Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. One option is to uninstall everything, and install just the C2000 tools, which may resolve any conflicts between build tools for the two processors, but it is preferred to use the same machine to build and maintain these two microcontrollers, since the images generated are for the same project.
Thanks
-Ahmad
