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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

Extract files and apply makefile fix.

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

This patch is required to stop the app entering an infinite loop.

 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
         {

Whether this patch is actually required was not tested.

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)
     {

Install

Make the binary and install it.

make
cp ../MSP430Flasher /usr/local/bin/

Usage

When you run this app unpatched with args it will enter an infinite loop, 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.

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