Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5510, MSP430WARE
I am an analog engineer by trade and I am being forced due to circumstances beyond my control to proof in battery charger code based on the SLAA476A reference design. I have worked out all the bugs and problems inherent to the analog side of this reference design and now need to learn how to get the code going. I wanted to use Grace, since I have programmed an MSP430G2 type microprocessor using Grace and it worked fine. I see on the Grace Wiki there seems to be no plan to support the MSP430F5510 series of microcontrollers.
Since I am developing a product that requires quantities of 10,000 annually or higher I see this as a red flag. (I realize 10,000 units is in the noise for a lot of companies, but not for ours.)
Is the MSP430F5510 going away? Why is there no support for this device in Grace? Why does TI post a reference design that incorporates this device and then has no support for it or uses a microcontroller that is about to become obsolete and according the forum here has a lot of problems? Another red flag is there is not working reference design hardware available for purchase from TI based on the SLAA476A design.
Is there a better, newer device, that is fully supported by TI that I could use in place of the MSP430F5510 that Grace also supports?
I know this sounds like a gripe list, so I apologize for this in advance. Any suggestions anyone has for cutting down my development time would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
