On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Baruch Siach wrote: > A fully open-source implementation exists, it's called mspdebug > (http://mspdebug.sourceforge.net/). And the protocol is not a USB one, it's a > serial protocol over a USB-to-serial chip (the TI3410). So, all you need is a > driver for the TI3410 for your OS, and you're done.
Thank you for the hint! With only minor pain, I got mspdebug to build on my Mac, found and installed the serial port driver from TI and configured it to recognize my eZ430 dongle and MSP430-UIF device, and successfully programmed a simple LED-blinker program into the MSP430F2012 from my original eZ430 kit. Hooray! With my eZ430-RF2500, I found it to be necessary to use the --fet-force-id option to get mspdebug to correctly identify the chip type and program it properly. Otherwise, it seems to work ok. I am very pleased that I now have a no-code-size-limitation, open-source toolchain for the MSP430, and that I can build for and program the devices on my Mac without needing to bring up another OS in a virtual machine. It took some minor pain to get everything up and running, but I think it was well worth the effort. Woohoo! BTW, I also tried the FET-Pro430 Lite program, and it worked just fine on my virtual WinXP machine. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <[email protected]> Web page: http://www.nf6x.net/ GnuPG public key available from my web page.
