I'm working on msp430f1611 microcontroller board manufactured by olimex. Can anyone tell me if the code can be written onto the board without a JTAG debugger?
Anushree,
Are you using this one?
I just had a look at the schematic from that board. You will have to program it with a JTAG adapter via the 14 pin header. I was hoping that the BSL pins would match the TxD and RxD of the serial connection, but they don't.
The serial connection is P3.4 and P3.5, while the BSL uses P1.1 and P2.2 - but using the BSL is useless for debugging anyway. It is just for programming a ready and tested program. Do you want to debug your code? Then you need a FET. For only writing the flash, maybe you can solder a BSL programmer onto the BSL pins. I think they are routed out to the solder pins. But in both cases you need some kind of programmer.
Since the 1611 is quite old you possibly can build a LPT printer port device yourself. Programs like FlashPro430 still support those devices, I think. But that program would only be for loading code without debugging, too. I don't know if actual IDEs support those LPT devices at all these days.
Dennis
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