Flashing the other microcontroller using Msp430 microcontroller

Hi,

Probably yes, If the other device supports some kind of bootstrap load and you have the required info about how to do it.

Best Regards,

AES

Thank you first of all for your reply, Yes the other microcontroller has the bootstrap load and i know how can flash the microcontroller through Bootstrap load. But if i am using the TI MCU(msp430) and connect to the other vendor microcontroller using RS-232, how can i flash the other microcontroller. Actually i am doing a project on PROFIBUS protocol implementation and for that they have their board which include Profichip ASIC(VPC3+C) and it communicate with a atmel 89c5132 microcontroller parallelly. But i want to use my TI MCU(msp430fg4618). So can i simply replace the atmel microcontroller with my TI MCU or i have to connect TI MCU with the atmel microcontroller using RS-232. here is board image below....this is in two part....

Please reply me....

Hi,

If I  understand it, you want to replace the AT89C5132 board with your board that includes a MSP430. This new board will connect with the board VPC3+/C and flash it ?

Best Regards,

AES

Ya right.... i want this. But is it possible to replace or i have to connect my MSP board  with the VPC3+ via Atmel microcontroller.

You seem to have totally changed the question?

You started by asking just if you could use an MSP430 to program another microcontroller; now you're talking about completely replacing a board.

The programming part is simply a matter of understanding the programming process, and implementing that in the MSP430.

If you want to replace the original microcontroller, then you will need to do a complete new board design - taking the original as your requirement specification.

But the  AT89C5132  is more than just a microcontroller:

Atmel said:

Mass storage device that controls data exchange between flash modules, HDD, and CD-ROM. The device includes 64KB of flash memory and ISP through an embedded 4KB of boot flash memory 

http://www.avr.asia/devices/AT89C5132.aspx

To replace it with any other device, you are going to need a full understanding of what, exactly, all that involves - and then you are going to have to design & code it all yourself...

Thank you Andy for your reply, actually I am bit confused what to do. Mainly i have to do the job(project) by using MSP430Fg4618 microcontroller instead of AT89C5132 microcontroller which is present in the Profichip board, so i suggest  2 option one is communicate the Profichip ASIC with MSP430 through AT89C5132 and the second one is just replacing the AT89C5132 microcontroller with the MSP430FG4618 microcontroller. So that's why i am asking is the two options are feasible or there is any other better option to do the job.

Souvik,

souvik metia said:

I am bit confused what to do

Golden rule in project management: be very specific with your project definition...

souvik metia said:

option one is communicate the Profichip ASIC with MSP430 through AT89C5132

yes, seems to be the right approach.

souvik metia said:

second one is just replacing the AT89C5132 microcontroller with the MSP430FG4618 microcontroller

with replacing you mean remove the AT89C5132 (80 pins) from the board and replace it with the MSP430FG4618 (100 pins) ?!?!

AES

Yes AES, I want to replace the AT89C5132(80 pin) with the MSP430FG4618(100 pin) and want to make my own PCB.

souvik metia said:

I am bit confused what to do. Mainly I  have to do the job(project)

If the project had been given to you to do, then the first thing that you must do is to ensure that the project requirements are clear, complete, and unambiguous.

As already noted, you cannot do the job if you don't know what the job is!

Nobody on this forum can do that for you;  you must do it by discussing with your "customer",  whoever that may be - teacher, boss, whatever...