This thread has been locked.
If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.
Hello,
I'm having trouble connecting to my MSP430F5529 (sitting on the MSP-TS430PN80USB development board) using the MSP FET. I've installed CCSv6.1.2, and all the drivers for the MSP FET seem to have installed properly. When I connect the MSP FET to my computer via USB, the green LED stays lit on the MSP FET, and my Windows Device Manager (Windows 10) seems to properly detect the hardware and load the appropriate driver.
When I try to start a new project in CCS to run the 'Hello World' example to blink the LED on the development board, it won't let me identify the target. CCS just hangs on the popup saying "Starting Debug Server..." It continues to hang until I unplug the USB cable, at which time it shows an error message saying there was a communication error.
I've also installed CCSv6 on an Ubuntu system and had the same problems.
I've tried searching through similar problems in the forums, but none of the solutions there seemed to help (update drivers, re-install CCS, try another computer, etc...)
Any help or redirection to another post would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Mike
Unfortunately, no that hasn't worked either. After loading up the new project using the blink.c example, and pressing 'debug' to compile the project and download to target, it hangs when it gets to the part where it's trying to configure the debugger. The popup does say it "may take a few minutes on first launch", however I've let it run for roughly 30 minutes with no change to the screenshot attached.
Cheers,
Mike
One thing I noticed in the past were problems with connecting to the target when the FET was connected via an external USB hub. It took quite some time until I could figure out it was the hub in between that caused the problem. In my case I used FET-Pro-430 and the program often said FAIL when trying to program the device, but not everytime - it was absolutely unpredictable. After connecting the FET directly to an USB port of the PC it worked 100%. The hub was externally powered by the way.
**Attention** This is a public forum