MSP430 JTAG to use at IAR Kickstart

In article , mgemb writes

I think you will find that the best bet is the IAR J-link or the Segger J-link which are not quite the same thing (though both made by Segger)

Unless your time is free writing the interface software in more trouble than it is worth. Also you will have to uses the more limited RDI interface.

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Thanks to Chris Hills

, but I found in the specifacation page of MSP430-JTAG that it can use with IAR Kickstart,

Another problem is that, I also found that only 2k limit of C Code can write in IAR Kickstart. How i can overcome it. i am not expert in Asembly to change.

I have to try with hard MSPgcc or other good and cheap :) way available ?

Regards, mgemb

Only by buying a full license from IAR. Did that at work. Good compiler but expensive and (at least at the time) updates need a current, paid-up maintenance contract.

Another option is the ICC430 compiler from Imagecraft. Not free but not expensive either, and quite easy/fast to get up and running. The compiler's IDE supports the TI FET device and so, presumably, it would work with the Sparkfun clone.

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In article , mgemb writes

That is because the Kickstart version is free. You could buy various versions including the base line version which has a 12K limit for C code.

1 Learn assembly. You should do this anyway. It is important to understand the architecture and how it works with assembly even if normally 99% of your work is in C 2 Buy the base line version not cheap but not expensive either for a good quality compiler.

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Anything that will work with the parallel port FET will work with the Olimex one that sparkfun sells. Is that what you're asking?

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Thanks Grant Edwards,

I ask this. I know that MSP430-JTAG is also for Flash Emulation but IAR has no model no match with MSP430 JTAG and only MSP-FETxxxxx nos so I am not sure and asked this.

And as I mentioined , IAR's C code limit is so bad, and as suggested above, I don't want to pay 100s of $$$ for IDE,

so i think i have to try on MspGcc at that case where can i get good tutorials about mspgcc especially for msp430 i found some, msp430.info and some, but just a little they explained..

Thanks Chris Hills and Rich Webb

Regards mgemb

In article , nyt writes

It is very good for a Free version of a commercial compiler. The full compiler has no limit.

You are not paying for an IDE but a very good compiler.

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ImageCraft's compiler is fully-functional for 45 days, then limited to

4k code. The licensed version is a lot cheaper than IAR, and the support is excellent.

mspgcc is probably the most powerful and flexible C compiler available for the msp430, and is certainly the best value for money in pure cash terms (being free). But if you are not used to the world of gcc, you might have to do a bit more thinking, learning, and website reading, compared to the download-and-install ImageCraft compiler.

Thanks,

but Is ImageCraft fully support my board and my programmer MSP430-JTAG(14.95$) parallel port JTAG from

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if so i will try ImageCraft first.

Regards,

The Olimex parallel port JTAG adaptor is functionally identical to the TI MSP-FET. It's smaller and cheaper, but the software can't see that!