MSP430G2111 USB interface

What is your intention of the FTDI chip?  Is it simply to convert UART to USB or something else?

Since the Launchpad provides access to all of the pins of the MSP430, what do you classify as "faster prototyping"?

I intend to use it if it is possible in this application to use it to provide a usb interface to a computer for programming. And what i meant by faster prototyping was i wanted something i could slap onto a breadboard and program and not rebuild a launchpad.

I would suggest that you create your prototype board with the JTAG interface (Spy-Bi-Wire) and use the Launchpad's emulation hardware.  That way you don't need to recreate everything.

Do you think you could help by suggesting how to do that, i am confused by the whole JTAG thing.

Joshua Zenn said:

what i meant by faster prototyping was i wanted something i could slap onto a breadboard and program and not rebuild a launchpad

If fast is your key concern, why not just buy a launchpad?!

Thanks, the schematics really helped