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how to use ccs for production purpose

sands ss
Prodigy 210 points

Hi,

I am using CCs v4 for MSP430F development. shall i use Evolution version for production programming? how can i identify the Executable code or file in compiled output?  how can i generate it?

i have the same doubt with IAR?

 

 

regards

pratheep.

 

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    TI__Guru**** 478571 points

    sands ss said:
    I am using CCs v4 for MSP430F development. shall i use Evolution version for production programming?

    There are two evaluation versions for MSP430. One is the 30/90 day limited license and the other is a code size limited (16KB) license. You can use either one but be aware of the limitations (timeout for the first one and a 16KB code size limit for the second).

    sands ss said:
    how can i identify the Executable code or file in compiled output?  how can i generate it?

    Output program in CCS has a default extension of  "*.out". When you build your CCS project, it will create on. When you tell CCS to load that program, it will flash it code to the MSP device.

    sands ss said:
    i have the same doubt with IAR?

    I don't have any experience with IAR. You may want to ask about IAR in the MSP430 forums.

    Thanks

    ki

     

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    TI__Guru*** 130875 points

    Hi Pratheep,

    for production programming what you need to do is generate a .hex file.  This is the easiest and can be used by flash programmers.

    You can add this output to your MSP project under Project->Properties and then in the build steps tab (see the screen shot as that will direct you best).


    This hex can be used for production programming in our or third party tools (eg from Elprotronic - www.elprotronic.com)

    From TI ourselves, we offer a gang programmer to program 8 of the same MSP430s with the same firmware simultaneously.  Please see the following links

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP-GANG430

    http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-gang430

    I hope this helps!

    Best Regards,

    Lisa

     

  • 0 in reply to Lisa TI
    Prodigy 210 points

    hi lisa,

    Thank you so much for all your responses.  I ill try with your suggestions and come back  again.

    regards,

    Pratheep.K