CCS/MSP430F6736: SLAA517e

Caleb Overbay said:

Hi Vladson,

You can use the same source files in the software provided in SLAA517e in CCS. Their may be some slight modifications in terms of compiler pragmas which I can help you with when you come across them. I would start by creating a new CCS project and adding the source files, then trying to build. I'm happy to help with any issues you may encounter.

Best regards,
Caleb Overbay

Caleb,

Thanks for the reply. I did what you said, just added the files from SLAA517e in a new project and tried to build it. The compiler showed 3038, more than the error bar can show. What should I do? I have another project that my training supervisor gave to me that is basically the same thing I did, a IAR project copy-pasted on CCS, with just 32 errors, what is the difference between them?

Here's the file.
CCS-Teste.rar

Hi Caleb,

So, this code is part of a project my training supervisor made and my work is to fix this erros and add some features not implemented yet. We're using the free license of both IDE and they just compile programs with a maximum size. IAR give less space than CCS, and our code need this extra size to work and he chose to try it on the freeware of CCS.

Vladson Henrique.

Hi Vladson,

Assuming you have converted all the .s43 files correctly there will still most likely be keywords that are specific to IAR in the code. This shouldn't be too hard to fix though. The first thing I would attempt is to build the library. As I stated previously, two projects need to be compiled; a library project and then the project that gets loaded onto the MSP430 that utilizes the library.

Lets start with the library:

1. If you follow the instructions in section 5.2.1 of SLAA517e you'll see that you need to import the IAR project emeter-toolkit-6736.ewp.
   1. I would start by doing this in IAR. Take note of which files are imported into the workspace.
2. Now in CCS you'll need to create a new library project.
   1. This is done in CCS by navigating to Project --> New CCS Project .
   2. Setup the project according to your needs (e.g. device, project name, etc).
   3. Under the "Project Templates and Examples" tab select Empty Project.
   4. Then under the "Advanced Settings" tab select the output type to be a Static Library. Once you've done this, you can click finish.
3. From here I would import the files you took note of in step 1. 
   1. For the .s43 files import the converted .asm files instead
4. Build the project
5. If there are any errors, take a screenshot and post to the forum. We'll work from this point after you post again. 

Best regards, 
Caleb Overbay

I did the same you said but I got stuck with some syntax errors, probably due to an incorrect conversion of s43 files

Hi Valdson,

Our team is working on updating these files and we've recently ported the .s43 files to .asm format. Please see the attached zip file and let me know if you have any questions.

ccs.zip

Best regards,

Caleb Overbay

Hi Caleb,

First I want to apologize again for taking too long to respond.

The file you sent me just contain 9 of 22 files that need to be converted. The following ziped file contain all the files that still need conversion. I'm trying to do this by myself using the already converted files as base, but it's being a task quite hard to me.

iar.rar

Att.: Vladson Henrique

Hi Caleb,

I've done most part of the conversion but I got stuck in one code that I couldn't find anything on the converted files you sent me to guide me.

mul48.asm

Can you convert it? One part of the code I knew I have to change but I don't know how.

 mul48(int32_t x, int16_t y)
    public mul48
    extern ?Mul32Hw

    .text       
mul48

Thanks for helping me,

Att.: Vladson Henrique

Hi Caleb,

I have found other problem on my conversion:

.if ($defined(__MSP430_HAS_MPY__)  ||  $defined(__MSP430_HAS_MPY32__))

I don't know how to do this "OR" operation in the .if $defined, can you help me with this?