Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F1611
Hi All,
First many thanks for taking the time to read my first post here.
I'm from the AVR world but am interested in finding out a little more about the MSP430.
For AVR development I use AVR Studio with a USB programmer and a serial terminal plugin that allows me to talk to the AVR serial ports even when my code is running in the simulator and not on real hardware. As you can imagine when writing something like a BASIC interpreter this is a very nice facility to have while developing the code.
For the MSP430 I have downloaded the most recent version of IAR Embedded Workbench (KickStart), I also have an Olimex devleopment board with an MSP430F1611 MCU.
For programming I am using an Olimex JTAG Tiny USB all of which seems to work just fine in that I can write simple assembler code, simulate it and download it to the device.
Having said all of that my question is how can I "talk" to the MSP430 serial port within the simulator environment so I don't have to keep downloading the code to the MCU every time I make a change and want to test?
I notice the IAR software has a Terminal I/O module but this seems to do nothing for me so does that only work from within C or C++ ?
I very much look forward to your thoughts and comments......
At this very early stage I am quite willing to change the IDE for one that will do what I need if that is whats required.
Regards
Lynton