MSP430 Texas Instruments Launchpad Board Programming - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ChrisGreece52
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2013, 01:00:58 pm
content: Hey guys today my lauchpad arrived and i have no idea how to program it (i know how to mod examples but i can not make my own sketch from scratch)So please help me by giving me some site for helping me with this because i dont know even in what language you program it.

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2013, 03:36:14 pm
content: If you are comfortable with arduino IDE, i'd suggest you start off with energia.It is a wiring/processing fork for msp430.it has built in libraries for the launchpad, even the stellaris version and the IDE comes with example sketches.It should get you started pretty easily though...

author: DaveW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2013, 04:05:10 pm
content: Energia is excellent if you're already au fait with Arduino. If you want to learn native programming for it, have a look through the TI tutorials, meant to be taught as a one day course,http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Getting_Started_with_the_MSP430_LaunchPad_Workshop

author: ChrisGreece52
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2013, 04:32:43 pm
content: Thank you i have energia and i already started learning but i was not sure if the commands were same as the Arduino IDE ones because i have an arduino on the road it would be nice if i had the basics understood with the launchpad thank you.

author: krish2487
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2013, 11:55:34 pm
content: Well,If you went through the examples of energia, you ll notice that they are exactly the same as arduino examples.The only difference is in the base level libraries..You can copy-paste examples(mostly, but dont quote me on that) from arudino into energia and it will still compile.

author: ChrisGreece52
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 12:13:31 pm
content: thank you i noticed that and now ill be ready for the arduino that is on the way

author: olsenn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 01:21:21 pm
content: Forget the Launchpad... get a FET430UIF for $100 (tax and shipping included) directly from TI, and some (any) MSP430 IC's for $0.50 to $2.00 each (or even free samples from TI) and you're ready to go. Bootloaders sucks, and you have much more freedom this way as to what chip to use and even what IDE. Plus it's cheaper in the long run.

author: oPossum
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 02:27:11 pm
content: The Launchpad doesn't use a bootloader. It has an ez430 FET that can program any MSP430 that uses SpyByWire. The MSP-FET430UIF is only needed for older chips that have only JTAG and to enable code protection.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 02:41:14 pm
content: Forget forgetting about the launchpad. That el cheapo launchpad has all the program + debugging goodness you need for them msp430's.

author: ChrisGreece52
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 06:10:26 pm
content: Quote from: mrflibble on February 07, 2013, 02:41:14 pmright i think that it is a great device for getting small projects done.

author: jaqie
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 07:00:26 pm
content: I'm doing the exact opposite (kinda)... bought a boarduino (adafruit dot com) and next month getting an msp430, so Ill be working with an arduino and then the msp. Its good to keep your options open like Dave says.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 07, 2013, 10:34:59 pm
content: Quote from: ChrisGreece52 on February 06, 2013, 01:00:58 pmDon't use Energia, start here instead -http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_LaunchPad_(MSP-EXP430G2)

author: ChrisGreece52
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2013, 01:04:51 pm
content: Thank you.