SLAU330B May 2011 – April 2017
The connection between the eZ-FET emulator and the MSP-EXP430F5529 can be opened by removing the jumpers on JP16. This is necessary only to ensure there is no interaction between the two sub-systems. The eZ-FET Emulator can program other eZ430 tools such as the eZ430-F2013 target board as well. A six-pin header on J17 would need be installed on the PCB for this feature.
The USB interface on the eZ-FET emulator also allows for UART communication with a PC host, in addition to providing power to Experimenter's Board when the power switch is set to 'eZ'. The USCI module in the MSP430F5529 supports the UART protocol that is used to communicate with the TI TUSB3410 device on the eZ-FET emulator for data transfer to the PC.