MSP-EXP430F5529 for MSP430F2272

MSP-EXP430F5529 board have (ez430 emulation part, I believe standard) FET that should be based on standard (not only MSP430F5xx related) firmware. You can try it with MSP430F2272, by removing RST/TEST jumpers (JP16 on border between ez430/exp430) and connecting RST/TEST (also with ground line)  to MSP430F2272.

Well,

officially (mean tested), the MSP-EXP430F5529 programmer only works for MSP430F552x devices:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_FAQ#Which_MSP430_target_device_does_my_FET_.28Flash_Emulation_Tool.29_support.3F

It might work for other devices, but there is no guarantee nor support for that.

Or you can use $10 MSP430 Launchpad that support MSP430F2272.

http://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/launchpad-not-limited-to-value-line-chips

That's all good. But the package and pinout are not same between the 2 devices. Is there an an off the shelf adapter board that facilitates this?

Thanks for directing me  to the correct eval board.  We're simply trying to asses the low power savings modes with various 32K Hz options - turning off the LFXT1 osc , etc..

We need to read and write to certain registers.  Do we still need the MSP-FET430UIF for this? Can we not use a command line debugger over the serial port?