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MSP430F5132 Experimenter’s Board (F5132EX) User Guide EA Electronics 8 Maple St. Ajax, ON Canada www.eaelec.com F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 1...
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The JTAG header (J1) is used to connect the MSP-FET430UIF. The MSP-FET430UIF is and in- circuit programming/debugging tool made by Texas Instruments. It is not included with the F5132EX but can be purchased from any large distributor of TI products such as Digi-Key. The Code Composer Studio IDE can be downloaded for free from www.ti.com...
Pin 10 DVCC (+3.3v) Pin 10 DVCC (+3.3v) *= not available if using JTAG debugger #= not available if using serial port ^= Used to drive LED2 if JP2 is installed F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 3...
Power Supply The F5132EX board can be powered in from either the MSP430-FET debugger or through the on board 3.3V regulator. When powering from the MSP430-FET debugger remove jumper JP3 and short pins 2 & 3 on JP1 (see photo below). When powering from the on board regulator, install jumper JP3 and short pins 1 &...
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Using Battery (or DC supply) Power Minimum input voltages (on W1) for proper regulation: 3.8 volts if using only the 3.3V supply 5.5 volts if using both the 3.3V and 5 volt supplies F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 5...
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PC (Hyperterm or Tera Term, for example) set the port for 9600 bps, 1 stop, no parity, HW control off. Connect the F5132EX to a DC power supply or battery using connector W1. You will see the banner on the PC:...
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// check for end of line or buffer full if( (inbuf[b] == '\r') || (b == END_OF_BUFFER) ) // echo the message send_msg( inbuf, b-1 ); send_msg( newline, sizeof(newline) ); b = 0; F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 7...
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P3DIR = 0xFF; // all pins as outputs PJDIR = 0xFF; // all pins as outputs You can download the entire Code Composer project for the demo program, go to: www.eaelec.com\ea_eval\eval.htm F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 8...
The serial port utilizes only 3 pins on the DB9M connector (TX, RX and GND). A null modem serial cable is included for connection to a PC serial port . Cable Drawing F5132EX User’s Guide Rev. 1.1 – Apr./2016 Page 9...
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