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MSP430FE4272: MSP Gang Programmer ERROR 13: Vcc is too low

Getaneh Alesew79
Prodigy 70 points
Part Number: MSP430FE4272
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP-FET, , MSP-GANG

I programe my MSP430FE4272 MCU  using MSP-FET and of couarse the MSP Gang programer(if "Target Power supply" is set to "Supplied by Programmer,whole range")

I was wondering if the external VCC is realy low as reported by MSP-Gang Application, but the external voltage is 3.1 V. Beyond that I programmed the Same MCU using an MSP-FET.

here is the snap shot of the error I faced.

Any thing I should do please?

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    TI__Genius 15370 points

    Hi Getaneh,

    Please ensure you have the MSP-Gang correctly connected to your PCB when using a external supply for the MSP430 VCC. An excerpt from the MSP-GANG Programmer User's Guide:

    Also please checkout this related E2E posts where the user experienced a similar issue:

    Best regards, 

    Caleb Overbay

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    TI__Genius 15370 points
    Hi,

    Have you been able to solve this issue? If so could you post your solution to the forum to help others who may experience the same issue?

    Best regards,
    Caleb Overbay
  • 0 in reply to Caleb Overbay
    Prodigy 70 points

    Sorry for not sharing my experience soon,though it's kind of tricky. Setting the power supply option to"supplied by the Programmer" resolved my issue. But there is no path(trace) on the PCB to let the target device powered by the Gang programmer. It seems there is some problem on the Gang programmer on switching the "power supply option".

  • 0 in reply to Getaneh Alesew79
    TI__Genius 15370 points
    Hi Getanah,

    Have you verified that you are connecting the MSP430 VCC to the Vextin (pin 4) of the MSP-GANG when choosing the external VCC option? Without this connection, you can get the error's you are seeing above.

    When switching to "supplied by the Programmer" the MSP-GANG is no longer trying to sense the MSP430's VCC and you don't receive an error. This still doesn't mean that communication is working properly and you are operating out of spec.

    Best regards,
    Caleb Overbay

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