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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.
It appears that the very latest firmware version does not work nor can be it be changed with the newer libmsp430.dll
