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MSP430F5528: EZ Fet Lite throwing a Exit: 44 Could not set device Vcc error

CCS/MSP-FET: mspflasher error 44 Could not set device Vcc

Tudor Patroi
Prodigy 50 points
Part Number: MSP-FET
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: UNIFLASH

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Hi,

any help will be highly appreciated. I am an HW engineer and have to deal with updating a test fixture which among others can program an MSP430.

It uses an MSP-FET USB programmer working fine wih the MSPFlasher_1.3.8 in a production setup.

Then by mistake I temporarily applied 12V on the test board on the Vcc pin, instead of 3.3V. This rendered the board dead and the original programmer was affected too.

So I get a new MSP-FET from Digikey, a new board to be programmed, and now cannot get past this error:

"C:\Users\pr34x\Desktop>cd \ti\MSPFlasher_1.3.8\

C:\TI\MSPFlasher_1.3.8>MSP430Flasher.exe -n MSP430G2x55 -w "prx_pmic_v17.hex" -v
* -----/|-------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* / |__ *
* /_ / MSP Flasher v1.3.8 *
* | / *
* -----|/-------------------------------------------------------------------- *
*
* Evaluating triggers...done
* Checking for available FET debuggers:
* Found USB FET @ COM8 <- Selected
* Initializing interface @ COM8...done
* Checking firmware compatibility:
* FET firmware is up to date.
* Reading FW version...done
* Setting VCC to 3000 mV...
# Exit: 44
# ERROR: Could not set device Vcc
* Powering down...done
* Disconnecting from device...
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* ERROR on close: Could not set device Vcc
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

C:\TI\MSPFlasher_1.3.8>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

"

Any ideas?

Thank you

  • 0
    TI__Mastermind 39130 points

    Hello,

    There are a few things to try here.

    Power cycle the MSP-FET and try programming again.  I assume you have done this.

    Try programming with Uniflash or CCS and let me know if you get the same error.  

    It seems the only item that has changed from your working set up is replacing the MSP-FET.  Is there some intermediary board that goes between the MSP-FET and board you are programming?  If so, could that have been damaged?  Could cabling have been damaged as well?  

  • 0 in reply to Eddie LaCost
    Prodigy 50 points

    Hi Eddie and everyone,

    turns out that I had to update the MSPFLASHER to the latest version 1.3.19, which I downloaded from TI. That one asked to update the MSP drivers, which I did too. When running the mspflasher it detected that my MSP-FET had old FW (new out of the box), so it automatically did the update then it started working fine.

    The conclusion is that the new MSP-FET is not compatible with the flasher 1.3.8 that I initially had, and the error message is totally confusing.

    Thanks, case closed.

    Tudor

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