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Flashing MSP430F5633 over USB via command line

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5633, MSP430F5529

Hello,

I know this has to be something very simple, however being new to embedded field i am confused. i have got 2 tools: MSP430_USB_Firmware_Upgrade_Example-1.2.1-Setup and MSP430Flasher-1_02_02_00-windows-installer.

Former is a GUI and i am not able to find any command that can be executed from command line, but i could flash using UI

With later one i could do nothing. It kept saying "Couldn't find any connected USB FETs!"

I have firmware file ready simply need a way to flash my chip. I am a PC programmer so am not too familiar with embedded jargons.

Does there exist a tool or way to flash MSP430F5633 from command prompt?

Thanks

  • dhaval pandya said:
    With later one i could do nothing. It kept saying "Couldn't find any connected USB FETs!"

    It utilizes a FET (TIs JTAG programming and debugging tool for MSPs) for flashing the MSPs.

    On MSPs with serial bootloader, the BSL scripter or BSL-Demo programs can be used to uplaod a new firmware from a commandline. I'm not sure whether they also support an USB-based BSL.

  • Jens-Michael Gross said:

    On MSPs with serial bootloader, the BSL scripter or BSL-Demo programs can be used to uplaod a new firmware from a commandline. I'm not sure whether they also support an USB-based BSL.

    The BSL scripter is a command line utility that supports all 5xx/6xx and FR5xx device BSLs. This includes USB BSL as well as the serial UART BSL. (As a note, BSL-Demo supports only 1xx/2xx/4xx devices).

    www.ti.com/lit/pdf/slau319 describes the communications between the MSP430 and the host PC. The BSL scripter itself is found in the associated zip file www.ti.com/lit/zip/slau319 under BSL_Files/BSL Scripter and includes example scripts for the MSP430F5529 device under Demo Scripts/5529_application_Download that you can use as a guide for using this scripter tool with USB BSL devices. There is also a Scripter Usage Guide found inside the zip file.

    Regards,

    Katie

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