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MSP430FR2433: Mass production using MSP GANG

Randhir Kalsi
Expert 4545 points

Part Number: MSP430FR2433

Hello team,

Hope you are well. One of my customers wants to use MSP GANG to program MSP430FR2433.

Question:

What is the recommended process for increasing number of chips being programmed as the limitation of MSP GANG is 8 chips only

I looked on Elprotronic's web page and it seems that the FlashPro-430-STD does not support FR2433 - please verify

Also, to verify we wont be able to use 8x Gang Splitter with 1x MSP GANG due to software limitation?

Goal is to increase the output without purchasing more MSP GANGs.

Regards,
Randhir

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    TI__Guru* 84731 points
    Hi Randhir,

    I'll reach out to Elprotronic to see what is their recommended solution here.

    For the 8x GANG splitter - that is what is already used to program 8 devices from 1x MSP-GANG, and you can't further split the signals without running into issues. Instead you'd have to connect multiple MSP-GANGs to support more units.

    Even with FlashPro-430, you can only support 1 device at a time but up to 64x units of the FlashPro-430 tool can be connected to 1 PC - so you have the same problem here of needing many programmers to program many more parts.

    Regards,
    Katie
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    TI__Guru* 84731 points

    Hi Randhir,

    I reached out to Elprotronic and they confirmed that while FlashPro430 can support programming 64 devices simultaneously, that requires use of 64 FlashPro430 tools connected to the same PC. Similarly, up to 64 devices can be programmed simultaneously using several GangPro430 tools but only 6 devices per tool. MSP-GANG supports 8 devices per tool but I'm unsure how many tools could be used simultaneously on a single PC. So in summary you will need multiple programmers to be able to program a large number of devices with either Elprotronic or TI MSP-GANG programmers.

    Does this answer all of your questions? Is their more guidance that we can provide?

    Regards,
    Katie

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