SLAU647O July   2015  – April 2020

 

  1.   MSP Debuggers
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Introduction
      1. 1.1 Related Documentation From Texas Instruments
      2. 1.2 Terms and Abbreviations
      3. 1.3 If You Need Assistance
    3. 2 MSP Debug Probe Overview
      1. 2.1 Known Limitations
    4. 3 Hardware Identification
      1. 3.1 How to Determine If Your Hardware is Based on eZ-FET or eZ-FET Lite
      2. 3.2 How to Determine If Your Hardware is Based on eZ430
      3. 3.3 Signal Connections for In-System Programming and Debugging
      4. 3.4 Using the Power Supply Feature of the eZ-FET and eZ-FET Lite
      5. 3.5 Using the Power Supply Feature of the MSP-FET430UIF and MSP-FET
    5. 4 Hardware Installation
      1. 4.1 MSP-FET430PIF
      2. 4.2 MSP-FET430UIF, MSP-FET, eZ-FET, and eZ-FET Lite
      3. 4.3 eZ430-Based Experimenter Boards and LaunchPad Kits
      4. 4.4 Hardware Installation Using the MSP Flasher
      5. 4.5 Hardware Installation Using CCS Cloud
    6. 5 Debug Probes Hardware and Software
      1. 5.1  MSPDebugStack
      2. 5.2  Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) Debug Support
      3. 5.3  EnergyTrace™ Technology
      4. 5.4  Unlimited Software Breakpoints in Flash, FRAM, and RAM
      5. 5.5  JTAG Access Protection (Fuse Blow)
      6. 5.6  MSP-FET Stand-Alone Debug Probe
        1. 5.6.1 General Features
        2. 5.6.2 Backchannel UART
          1. 5.6.2.1 UART Backchannel Activation Commands
        3. 5.6.3 Target BSL Connection and BSL-Scripter Support
        4. 5.6.4 LED Signals
        5. 5.6.5 Hardware
          1. 5.6.5.1 JTAG Target Connector
          2. 5.6.5.2 MSP-FET Pin States After Power Up
          3. 5.6.5.3 MSP-FET HID Cold Boot
          4. 5.6.5.4 Schematics
            1. 5.6.5.4.1 MSP-FET Rev 2.5 Schematics
            2. 5.6.5.4.2 MSP-FET Rev 1.2 Schematics
        6. 5.6.6 Specifications
          1. 5.6.6.1 Hardware
          2. 5.6.6.2 MSP430 MCUs
          3. 5.6.6.3 SimpleLink MSP432 MCUs
      7. 5.7  MSP-FET430UIF Stand-Alone Debugger
        1. 5.7.1 General Features
        2. 5.7.2 LED Signals
        3. 5.7.3 Hardware
          1. 5.7.3.1 JTAG Target Connector
          2. 5.7.3.2 Pin States After Power Up
          3. 5.7.3.3 Schematics
      8. 5.8  eZ-FET and eZ-FET Lite Onboard Emulation
        1. 5.8.1 General Features
        2. 5.8.2 Backchannel UART
          1. 5.8.2.1 eZ-FET and eZ-FET Lite UART Backchannel Activation Commands
        3. 5.8.3 LED Signals
        4. 5.8.4 Hardware
          1. 5.8.4.1 JTAG Target Connector
          2. 5.8.4.2 Connecting MSP-FET to LaunchPad Development Kit
          3. 5.8.4.3 Pin States After Power Up
          4. 5.8.4.4 Schematics
            1. 5.8.4.4.1 eZ-FET Rev 1.2 Schematics
            2. 5.8.4.4.2 eZ-FET Lite Schematics
            3. 5.8.4.4.3 eZ-FET Rev 1.4 Schematic
            4. 5.8.4.4.4 eZ-FET Rev 2.0 ET Schematics
      9. 5.9  eZ430 Onboard Emulation
        1. 5.9.1 General Features
        2. 5.9.2 Backchannel UART
        3. 5.9.3 Hardware
          1. 5.9.3.1 JTAG Target Connector
          2. 5.9.3.2 Pin States After Power Up
          3. 5.9.3.3 Schematics
      10. 5.10 MSP-FET430PIF
        1. 5.10.1 General Features
        2. 5.10.2 Schematics
  2.   Revision History

2 MSP Debug Probe Overview

Table 1 is an overview of the capabilities and features for the available MSP debug probes.

CAUTION

Never disconnect the JTAG or emulator USB cable during an active debug session. Make sure to perform a free-run before disconnecting the JTAG connector to avoid current consumption or functionality issues. And always terminate a running debug session properly, by clicking on the "Terminate" icon, before disconnecting the target device.

Table 1. Debug Probes Features and Device Compatibility(1)(2)(5)

Feature and MSP430 Device Support eZ430-F2013 eZ430-RF2500 eZ430-RF2480 eZ430-RF2560 MSP-WDSxx Metawatch eZ430-Chronos LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) MSP-EXP430FR5739 MSP-EXP430F5529 MSP-FET430PIF MSP-FET430UIF MSP-FET eZ-FET Emulation IP eZ-FET Lite Emulation IP
Supports all programmable MSP430 and CC430 devices                   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Supports only F20xx, G2x01, G2x11, G2x21, G2x31 ✓                          
Supports F20xx, F21x2, F22xx, G2x01, G2x11, G2x21, G2x31, G2x53             ✓              
Supports F20xx, F21x2, F22xx, G2x01, G2x11, G2x21, G2x31   ✓ ✓                      
Supports F5438, F5438A       ✓                    
Supports BT5190, F5438A       ✓ ✓                  
Supports only F552x                 ✓          
Supports FR57xx, F5638, F6638               ✓            
Supports only CC430F613x           ✓                
Supports MSP432Pxx ✓
Allows JTAG access protection (fuse blow)(3)                     ✓ ✓    
Adjustable target supply voltage                     ✓ ✓    
Fixed 2.8-V target supply voltage                   ✓        
Fixed 3.3-V target supply voltage                         ✓ ✓
Fixed 3.6-V target supply voltage ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓          
4-wire JTAG                   ✓ ✓ ✓    
2-wire JTAG(4) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
BSL tool or mode                       ✓    
Backchannel UART   ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓     ✓ ✓ ✓
Supported by CCS for Windows ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Supported by CCS for Linux                     ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Supported by CCS for OS X ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Supported by IAR ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
EnergyTrace™ technology, EnergyTrace++                       ✓ ✓  
(1) The MSP-FET430PIF is for legacy device support only. This emulation tool does not support any devices released after 2011.
(2) See Section 3.1 to identify the hardware.
(3) See Section 5.5 for more information.
(4) The 2-wire JTAG debug interface is also referred to as Spy-Bi-Wire (SBW) interface.
(5) The eZ-FET Emulation IP and eZ-FET Lite Emulation IP are used as the onboard emulation for the MSP LaunchPad tools.