Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP-FLASHER
I recently purchased an MSP-FET programmer to use under Linux (16.04.1-Ubuntu). To get started, I downloaded MSPFlasher from TI, and ran it as:
MSP430Flasher -i ttyACM0
* -----/|-------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* / |__ *
* /_ / MSP Flasher v1.3.20 *
* | / *
* -----|/-------------------------------------------------------------------- *
*
* Evaluating triggers...done
* Checking for available FET debuggers:
* Found USB FET @ ttyACM0 <- Selected
* Initializing interface @ ttyACM0...done
* Checking firmware compatibility:
* The firmware of your FET is outdated.
- Would you like to update it? (Y/N): Y
*********************************************************
*
* Initializing Update Bootloader.
* Programming new firmware:
* |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%* Update failed. (R)etry/(C)ancel? R
* Update failed. (R)etry/(C)ancel? C
# Exit: 49
# ERROR: Could not find MSP-FET430UIF on specified COM port
* * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Driver : closed (No error)
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
Google turned up this bug report from 2018 which is more-or-less identical to what I'm seeing:
I don't have easy access to a Windows machine to update the bricked device from there. Any suggestions on getting it going again?