MSP430F5529: __delay_cycles is not supported in gcc GNU lianaro compiler ? what is the alternative ?

Hi Chiranth,

Looking at the user's guide for the MSP430 GCC compiler I do see the same intrinsic should be available. There are a couple things you can do to create your own.

1. Set a for loop with for(i = 0; i < DelayValue; i++); this would cycle through DelayValue of times, but the compiler might optimize this out.
2. Create your own function to delay. Here is a link to an example note this example was for an arm device, you would need to adjust for the MSP430 instruction set instead 

I would check your includes -> compiler and look for an intrinsics.h file or something similar. Another possibility John found a couple years ago, I find this unlikely to be the cause but I would still double check.

Regards,

Luke

I had no idea what a "lianaro" compiler version was so I Googled. it. This appears to be only for the ARM processor so the reference to a MSP430 here is confusing.

The MSP430 version of the GCC compiler has had __delay_cycles for a long time. An ARM version, perhaps not.