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MSP430 Flasher
The only way to fetch the source for this tool is to install a binary blob for AMD64.
Fetch
wget "https://dr-download.ti.com/software-development/software-programming-tool/MD-szn5bCveqt/1.03.20.00/MSPFlasher-1_03_20_00-linux-x64-installer.zip" unzip MSPFlasher-1_03_20_00-linux-x64-installer.zip chmod +x ./MSPFlasher-1.3.20-linux-x64-installer.run ./MSPFlasher-1.3.20-linux-x64-installer.run cd "$HOME/ti/MSPFlasher_1.3.20/" tar -zcvf mspflasher.tgz Source/
Dependencies
First install libmsp430.so.
Build
sudo -s mkdir -p /opt/src/MSPFlasher cd /opt/src/MSPFlasher tar zxvf ~/mspflasher.tgz cd Source sed -i 's/-lmsp430/-lmsp430 -lpthread/' Makefile
Patch
diff -u Support.cpp.orig Support.cpp --- Support.cpp.orig 2023-11-09 19:17:11.714300113 +0000 +++ Support.cpp 2023-11-09 19:18:32.873483304 +0000 @@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ } // get parameter - while ((cOpt = getopt(argc, ( char**)argv, g_cAllOpts, RTE)) != EOF ) + while ((cOpt = getopt(argc, ( char**)argv, g_cAllOpts, RTE)) != (char)EOF ) { // choose code for determined parameter switch (cOpt) @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ } // get additional use case specific parameters - while ((cOpt = getopt(argc, ( char**)argv, g_cAllOpts, RTE)) != EOF ) + while ((cOpt = getopt(argc, ( char**)argv, g_cAllOpts, RTE)) != (char)EOF ) { for(i = 0; i < g_lCountOpt; i++) // for every element of struct of additional parameters {
diff -u StdUseCase.cpp.orig StdUseCase.cpp --- StdUseCase.cpp.orig 2019-05-13 10:02:00.000000000 +0100 +++ StdUseCase.cpp 2023-11-09 19:20:18.204412719 +0000 @@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ StdUseCase_Exit(EXIT_INITIALIZE, 0); } + // load device database + MSP430_LoadDeviceDb(NULL); + Print_N_Log(STD_MSG,"* Loaded device database.\n"); + // set interface speed if(sOpt->pcFETspeed != NULL) {
Build
make cp ../MSP430Flasher /usr/local/bin/
Usage
When you run this with parameters it sits in a infinite loop reading the arguments, hence it's useless without the fixes found on the TI forum.
Whether the target works or not in Linux is also dependant upon the firmware version in the target which can be downgraded using an old libmsp430.so and then upgraded with a newer libmsp430.so with mspdebug.