Oct 7, 2012

Peter(pabigot), the maintainer for mspgcc, mentioned in a recent forum post about his BSP430 board support package for MSP430 microcontrollers, including the value line series which MSP430Ware does not support. I ended up implementing an alternative solution called BSP430 which does work on all MCU families, but also is designed around my environment and needs...

May 30, 2012

We missed announcing this last week since we were at the Maker Faire. Version 5.2 of CCS is now available. Alot of MSP430 bugs have been fixed, including GRACE bugs. A detailed change log is available here.  Download it from the TI-wiki. MSP430 Related Fixes: Support on Windows and Linux, including SYS/BIOS, ELF, ULP Advisor, and Flash differential...

Jan 20, 2012

Peter Bigot, maintainer of mspgcc, has upped the version of the compiler. The primary purpose of this release was a thorough review of all peephole optimizations.  Most were removed as there was no evidence that they still applied. Conditional branches were completely reworked to more accurately model condition codes. Correct modelling of condition codes also...

Dec 19, 2010

[P]aul from the TI Launchpad Google groups wrote in to tell us that the latest mspgcc compiler now uses TI’s include files. This makes it possible to use code from CCS/IAR examples in mspgcc without messing with header files. I just downloaded/compiled/ran. It appears to work fine with both the CCS examples and the mspgcc examples. Although with one mspgcc...

Dec 3, 2010

TI recently released GRACE – A graphical tool for setting up your MSP430 peripherals. This is a great tool for those starting with the MSP430 or beginners in general. It works seamlessly with Code Composer Studio V4 to generate abstracted  C code and supports the MSP430 Value Line devices as well as a few F2xx devices. CAUTION: You need to update to Code...

Nov 30, 2010

[P]aul from Rowley Associates has released his Butterfly Basic interpreter for the MSP430. This interpreter was modeled after the BASIC  you would find on the Acorn Atom PC. The interpreter has been written for the MSP430F449 on a Softbaugh ES449 development board. Since it has been written entirely in assembly, there is no need for a compiler. Flash the...