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MSP430FR5969 LaunchPad Development Kit with Sharp ® Memory LCD BoosterPack Bundle

Colin Ives
Prodigy 100 points


I'm planning on starting developing with this launchpad and booster but the user guide suggests that the sample code is too big for the free CCS - I'm a bit confused as there seem to be mixed messages.  Is it just the full sample (with multiple programs running inc. game, temp sensor, clock etc) that takes over the 16K limit so I can recompile ok for reduced function - although it says that CCS sample code is locked for edit???

Could someone from the FRAM launchpad team please help to clarify the situation as I can't afford the $700+ for the full version at the moment (this is an amateur development that may go into production if successful)

Thank you

Colin

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    Guru 23000 points
    You can install the ‘Code Limited’ version, this contains for a few of the functions a library which cannot be edited, but with the main part you can freely play around.
    If you remove or ‘Exclude’ some of the examples you can replace the space with your own code.
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    TI__Guru* 79301 points
    Hi Colin,

    A couple of things that will hopefully help you out:
    1. I think you can use the free CCS, and select to use the built-in GCC compiler (instead of TI compiler) in the project settings to be able to build larger code in free CCS. (Note the GCC compiler is a bit different than the TI compiler and so the code may build larger due to different optimizations).
    2. You can try the free online CCS Cloud at http://dev.ti.com. I believe that this is not code size limited, but I don't think it has debug features (though you can at least load code with it).
    3. "- although it says that CCS sample code is locked for edit???" You can of course modify the sample code. I think the confusion here is because we provided two versions of the project - a full project that is too big to build in free CCS but includes all source code, and a version that can build in code-size limited CCS but it uses a library for some of the functions. That library would not be modifiable, and I think that's what is being referred to as being locked. However, if you took the full code version, you should be able to pull out applications that you don't want to try to build a smaller application. Or do as I've mentioned in #1 or #2 above.

    Regards,
    Katie
  • 0 in reply to Leo Bosch
    Prodigy 100 points
    Thanks - are all of the libraries usable, though, in other projects just not when they are in the one 'big' demo program?
  • 0 in reply to Colin Ives
    Guru 23000 points
    The library contains (many) little pieces.
    If you have not already installed then install CCS and add MSPWare to it. From MSPWare you can install the demo software and explore, edit and compile the program without the need for the actual LaunchPad.

    Thanks Katie, good addition
  • 0 in reply to Leo Bosch
    Prodigy 100 points
    Thanks - I've installed CCS for OS X - is MSPWare available for OSX - its not listed in the App Centre
  • 0 in reply to Colin Ives
    TI__Expert 3390 points

    Colin Ives said:
    Thanks - I've installed CCS for OS X - is MSPWareavailable for OSX - its not listed in the App Centre

    Colin,
     
    MSPWare is not yet available for OSX. We are currently working on porting parts of MSPWare and plan to release a new version with Mac OSX support by the end of June.
    Thanks for the interest,
    Zack
  • 0 in reply to Zack L.
    Guru 23000 points
    In the main time have a look at: http://www.ti.com/tool/MSPWARE, from here you can download a standalone version, not sure if that works with OSX, but you can also use the ‘MSPWARE-CLOUD’ version and download, unpack and import the files into CCS, this must work.

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