Software Installation And Debugging; Installing Code Composer Essentials; Working With The Example Software - Texas Instruments MSP-EXP430F5438 User Manual

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4.1

Installing Code Composer Essentials

To edit and download code to the MSP430, Code Composer Essentials must be installed.

1. Download Code Composer Essentials Core Edition from www.ti.com/cce.

2. If necessary, extract the zip file and run the installation program.

3. Respond to the prompts to install the IDE.

Note:

IDE Selection

The software example is provided for both Code Composer Essentials and IAR Embedded

Workbench, and the user has the option to select the IDE of their choice. However, the

firmware is larger than IAR KickStart's 4-KB limit so a full license of IAR Workbench is

required to compile the application using IAR. A 30-day evaluation version of IAR is also

available from http://supp.iar.com/Download/SW/?item=EW430-EVAL.

This document describes working with Code Composer Essentials.

4.2

Working With the Example Software

The MSP-EXP430F5438 example software is written in C and offers APIs to control the MSP430F5438

chip and external components on the MSP-EXP430F5438 Experimenter Board. New application

development can use this library for guidance.

The example software can be downloaded from the MSP-EXP430F5438 tools page, MSP-EXP430F5438

Example Software and USB Drivers (SLAC227). The zip package includes the MSP-EXP430F5438

example software and the USB driver required for communication with the Experimenter Board. The code

is ready for compilation and execution.

To modify, compile, and debug the example code the following steps should be followed:

1. If you have not already done so, download the sample code from the MSP-EXP430F5438 tools page

MSP-EXP430F5438 Example Software and USB Drivers (SLAC227).

2. Connect the JTAG programmer to the computer. If you have not already done so, install the drivers for

the programmer.

3. Connect one end of the 14-pin cable to JTAG programmer and another end to the JTAG header on the

board.

4. Extract, move, or copy the sample project, MSP-EXP430F5438 User Experience CCE, into the target

workspace directory.

SLAU263B – January 2009 – Revised August 2009

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