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CCS 5, How can I erase a part? (like CCS 2.2 & 3.3)

BadMonkey
Expert 2110 points

In CCS 2.2 & 3.3, the flash download utility offers the option to erase only, erase only particular blocks, program, program & verify, etc. My experience with that is on the 2812.

I am using CCS 5.5 on the MSP430. There have been occasions where I want to erase the part just to insure that I loaded what I think I loaded. That is, I want to erase, attempt to run as verification, and then go back and program & verify.

I do not see where these options are in CCS 5.5. It seems to have very limited control here. That is, Program and Verify are separate menu items. No way to combine them as a standard way of operation. In CCS2 & 3, once you select Program & Verify, it stays that way.

I know that I can use an outside tool like Elpotronic to do this. But then I will have to go between the 2 tools and I don't know if they will share the FET430, or any other debugger pods, gracefully.

Is this capability in CCS and I just missed it?

Regards,

Jim

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    TI__Guru**** 163225 points

    Jim,

    Right click on your project and select properties.  Go down to Debug.  From there you can access all of the debug settings.  This option is only available if you have a target configuration file in your project.

    That capture is for F2812.  If you do not have a target configuration in your project you can access the same options from within a debug session from the Tools menu.  

    Regards,

    John

  • 0 in reply to JohnS
    Expert 2110 points

    Thanks John,

    While I mentioned the 2812 as a reference, my question is really in regard to the MSP430. But from your response, I did look at the Tools menu for the MSP430. I see where I can define which memory segments to erase for a download of code, there seems to be NO option for ERASE ONLY of various or all segments.

    Maybe it is in a different menu option for MSP430. If this functionality does not exist for the MSP430, I do hope it will get added to the "new features" list for future development.

    Regards,

    Jim

  • 0 in reply to JohnS
    TI__Guru**** 163225 points

    The functionality varies by target.  The screen capture above is for an F28027 (should be there for any C2000) but you can see an action to erase the flash within the flash settings.  This is not there for MSP430 unfortunately.  I will check if we have an enhancement filed to add this for MSP and if not I will file one.

    Regards,

    John

  • 0 in reply to JohnS
    TI__Guru**** 163225 points

    I couldn't find an existing request so I have filed a new one.  You can use this number to track it if you want: SDSCM00049211

    Regards,

    John