This sounds exactly like my problem. The previously flashed program is running but nothing can be done with flash.
I have never used gdb but will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks. (* jcl *) On 9/14/05, David Smead <sm...@mail.amplepower.net> wrote: > Greetngs, > > I had similiar same problem with the F1232 and thought I must have blown > up the chip, although static electricity is not a problem in Seattle. > After the second one `blew' and I hadn't even touched the board, I could > see that the processor was still running the code which had been > previously loaded. > > Thinking I'd poke around using gdb I fired up gdb-proxy which connected to > the chip, and I was able to run gdb. Then I tried an erase command and it > worked, and after that I could load programs again via jtag. I repeated > on the first `blown' processor and it also worked. > > If this fixes your problem then some kind of bug report should probably be > filed. > > > Sincerely, > > David Smead > www.amplepower.com > www.amplepower.net > > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, John Luciani wrote: > > > It is definitely the right chip for the build. > > > > I had successfully downloaded elf files, made a minor change to my program > > and > > tried to download the new elf file and received the error message. > > > > (* jcl *) > > > > On 9/14/05, David Brown <da...@westcontrol.com> wrote: > >> Are you sure you have the right chip on the board, and the right chip > >> selected for the build? Most of the time when I get this sort of error > >> it's > >> because I've built the code for an '149 but the card has an '147, or > >> similar. > >> > >> Other than that, I've sometimes seen msp430 chips die, and fail to > >> communicate on the jtag port. Sometimes the chip still runs fine, but I > >> can't program it or otherwise access the jtag (reseting does not need jtag > >> communication). The only solution I've found is using a new chip. > >> > >> mvh., > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >>> I am working on an MSP430F169 board and have successfully programmed > >>> it with the Olimex parallel port JTAG cable and pyJTAG until now. > >>> > >>> When I run the command msp430-jtag -eEpvr app.elf > >>> > >>> I get the error > >>> An error occoured: > >>> Could not write target memory > >>> > >>> I am able to reset the MSP430F169 using msp430-jtag -r > >>> performing just an erase with msp430-jtag -e > >>> produces the same error message. > >>> > >>> Powering down the MSP430F169 did not help. > >>> > >>> Any ideas on how to determine what is wrong with the JTAG flash > >>> programming would be appreciated. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> (* jcl *) > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> SF.Net email is sponsored by: > >>> Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > >> Download > >>> it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > >>> Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mspgcc-users mailing list > >>> Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: > >> Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > >> Download > >> it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > >> Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mspgcc-users mailing list > >> Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download > > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Mspgcc-users mailing list > > Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Mspgcc-users mailing list > Mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users >
