CCS/MSP432P401R: PinMux Tool - Change board name to custom name?

Keith Padgett64

Part Number: MSP432P401R

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Is there a configuration option in the PinMux tool that allows changing the generic "board" to a custom string? Making the change manually takes additional time and may result in errors.

over 5 years ago

0 Ki over 5 years ago

TI__Guru**** 421230 points

Hi Keith,
I'm looking into this. When I have an answer, I will let you know

Thanks
ki

0 AndyW over 5 years ago in reply to Ki

TI__Genius 16270 points

Hi Keith,

I want to make sure I understand what you're looking at. Are you using the PinMux tool for MSP432P401R to generate board.c and board.h files that you later use with TI Drivers? You want to change the generated file names to something else, correct?

If so, there is no way to do this in the PinMux tool. The "board.c" and "board.h" names are kind of baked into a lot of areas.

I would also suguest you have a look at the Sysconfig Preview examples in the more recent SDKs. The SysConfig tool makes it easier to configure TI Drivers. The "board" file names are still not configurable here though.

0 Ki over 5 years ago in reply to AndyW

TI__Guru**** 421230 points

Hello,
I haven’t heard back from you, hence this issue is being closed. If you wish to continue the discussion, please post a reply with an update below (or create a new thread).

Thanks,
ki

0 Keith Padgett64 over 5 years ago in reply to Ki

Prodigy 170 points

Ki,

To answer your question; yes, board.c and board.h are very generic so I was looking for an easy way to rename them to <board_name>.c and .h. It's not critical as the project itself will be named for the target board.

Your suggestion to use the SysConfig tool looks promising and I've been reading the available documentation for the tool (http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:SysConfig). Also, in the SimpleLink Academy -> SysConfig Tool Basics tutorial, there's mention of a future lab to integrate custom boards.

Custom Hardware

SysConfig supports all the SimpleLink LaunchPads and many BoosterPacks. Documentation (and a SimpleLink Academy Lab) will be provided in the future to show how to integrate in your custom board(s).

Has this tutorial been written yet? If not, can you provide pointers to any other documentation that might assist in generating a custom board project?

Thanks!

Keith

0 Keith Padgett64 over 5 years ago in reply to Keith Padgett64

Prodigy 170 points

One more question:
Under Prerequisites in dev.ti.com/.../sysconfig_basics.html SimpleLink SDK User Guide's SysConfig section is mentioned as a reference; however, no mention of SysConfig occurs in the user guide.

What's the most recent release of simplelink_academy_msp432e4sdk? I currently have v2.40.00.17.

0 AndyW over 5 years ago in reply to Keith Padgett64

TI__Genius 16270 points

Keith,
Documentation for custom hardware has not been written yet. The basic idea was for users starting with a LaunchPad to use the "Switch to device" action found under the preferences and actions menu. This one-way switch would remove all the board restrictions from the SysConfig project and lock down the current selections. From this point, you can make selections appropriate for your custom hardware.

0 Keith Padgett64 over 5 years ago in reply to AndyW

Prodigy 170 points

Thanks, Andy. I found the "Switch to device" option in the SysConfig editor and was able to configure the SW to map the IO to my board.

0 AndyW over 4 years ago in reply to Keith Padgett64

TI__Genius 16270 points

Hi Keith,

To answer your other documentation questions...

I think the "SDK User Guide's SysConfig" referred to can be found here.

You also appear to have the most recent SimpleLink academy version (v2.40.00.17).

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