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Question about MSP-FET430UIF tool

Tony Lanier
Prodigy 40 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5438, TUSB3410

 

I recently acquired an MSP-FET430U48 and I have a few questions:

  1. I'm not exactly sure if I have the uC in the ZIF socket in the correct orientation. According to the docs, I need to have the circle on the MSP430 next to the "1" on the PWB. Only thing is the "1" is covered up by the ZIF socket. Without a picture describing the setup, I cannot be sure if it is correct.
  2. When I try to test the setup using a simple LED blinking test, CCS tells me that it cannot determine the part that is installed. I could have the part oriented properly, or the power may not be set up properly. Again, adequate documentation would help.
  3. Ultimately, I want to use this to drive the MSP-EXP430F5438 experiementer board, so I am assuming this is the correct FET tool to use?

thanks,

Tony

 

  • 0
    TI__Intellectual 935 points

    Tony,
    for the MSP430F5438 you need the MSP-FET430U48B or if you are looking for a target board only the MSP-TS430PZ5X100.
    Howefer you can use the USB interface from the MSP-FET430U48 together with the MSP-EXP430F5438

    Regards,
    Tom


  • 0
    Prodigy 40 points

     

    Hi Tom,

    I was able to get the FET430U48 working by using the schematic of the board. What I did not understand is that power to the board wouldn't ramp up until I had started CCS. Also, using the board art work, I was able to determine that the F4270 was installed backwards. In adddtiion, I used MSP4300x4xx example code to flash the LED, although I had to modify the port used (P1.0). Once I did that, I could build and debug the example. So, now I know the FET is working.

    Now, on to the next problem...

    After I had the FET working, I installed the F5438 in the experimenter board, and built, downloaded, and debugged the User Experience example (slac227 - I had to use the non "A" version). Everything worked. Next, I wanted to get the USB-UART example to work, so downloaded and installed the TUSB3410 driver (swrc094). However, this had some issues:

    1. The driver did not complete installation because Windows Vista (x64) states the driver is not compatible with my system.
    2. I deleted the installations of both this driver, and the one for the FET tool.
    3. Reinstalled the driver for the FET tool, and tried to reinstall the TUSB3410 driver - same problem as before
    4. I uninstalled both drivers and tried a second time.
    5. However, now I cannot install the driver for the FET tool, even if I have CCS started.

    Do you have any recommended solutions for a) how to resolve the driver problem, and b) how to properly install the TUSB3410 driver?

    thanks,

    Tony

  • 0 in reply to Tony Lanier
    Prodigy 40 points

     

    I re-installed CCS and tried to reinstall the driver, but it did not work. But I was able to resolve the driver problem by manually selecting the driver from the following location:

    C:\Texas Instruments\ccsv4\emulation\drivers\msp430\USB_FET_Vista_64

    Once I did this, Windows was able to install the correct driver version, and now I can use the MSP-FET430UIF tool. I will try re-installing the USB driver to see if I can get it to work. I posted this information in the event someone else is having the same problem.

    Tony

  • 0 in reply to Tony Lanier
    Guru 17650 points

    Hi Tony,

    maybe here are some usefull links too:

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php?title=MSP430_JTAG_Interface_USB_Driver

    These drivers should support both, the MSP-FET430UIF and the TUSB3410 mounted on the experimenter board.

    Rgds
    aBUGSworstnightmare 

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