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Hello, I need some help installing the MSP430-SDK in Code Composer Studio. The microcontroller I want to design for is the MSP430F5342. My computer does not have a internet connection. I have downloaded the MSP430-SDK from another computer that has an internet connection and I have installed the SDK on the non-internet connected computer. The problem I have is that I don't know how to manually add this SDK within the Code Compose IDE.
I did go to Code Composer General Products setting and added the path to where the SDK is installed.
I don't see this SDK in the l Resource Explorer:
Can anyone help me install this SDK please.
Thank you
Joe
Hi Joe,
Can you change the path of the MSP430 SDK to the path that is set by default (C:/ti/msp430ware_3_80_14_01)?
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
Hello, I re-installed the MSP430Ware_3_80_14_01_setup software. It installed two directories in the ti folder:
I launched CCS and added that directory to the Product Discovery Path
I still not not see the device "MSP430F5342" in the drop down list from the Getting Started tab.
I then added the other msp directory:
I do notice that in the Discovered Products it does have a path the the MP430Ware directory.
Yet, I don't see MSP430F5342 listed in the drop down list in the Getting Started tab.
Any ideas?
Thank you very much,
Joe
Hi Joe,
The MSP430 may not have examples for the specific device you have. However, you should be able to migrate one existing project from a device similar to yours. As a last resource, I will recommend downloading an example from the Resource Explorer on the computer with the Internet and moving it to your offline computer.
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
Hello and thank you for responding to my post. I must admit I am new to CCS so I may not have a full understanding on how to create a new project. I thought you start my selecting the device number from the drop down list in the Getting Started tab. Is that correct? I want to create an empty project not an example.
Joe
Hi Joe,
We recommend using an already-created example since it sets up all the things you need to start interacting with the device. If you need to empty a project, I recommend erasing any code you find in an example until you get what you need. Here's a link for some projects you can download from the online Resource Explorer. https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?node=A__AM87ZxUy0JHsbCU85S-O-g__msp430ware__IOGqZri__LATEST
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
Thank you very much for the link I will download the example.
Here is a screen shot of the Resource Explorer in CCS:
How come I don't see the MSP430 SDK show up?
Joe
Hi Joe,
I noticed that the way Resource Explorer installs the MSP430 SDK is different than downloading it and installing it through the executable in TI.com. I recommend installing it inside your regular CCS with the internet, zip it, and extract it inside the Offline CCS in the directories in the image below.
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
My internet connected computer is only for email and web browsing it does not have CCS.
Hi Joe,
In that case, I would recommend to download it from this message. Let me know if that fixes it.
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
I was able to import the download but I can't find any projects in the Resource Explorer. I'm going to give up.
Thank you for all your help.
Hi Joe,
I'm sorry to hear that. I recommend sticking with importing the projects from our SDK directly. There isn't much of a difference from exporting them from Resource Explorer. If you need further help with this problem, let me know. If you have a different question on this topic, I recommend creating another E2E thread.
Best Regards,
Diego Abad
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