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MSP Debug Probe Overview
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SLAU647L – July 2015 – Revised February 2018
Copyright © 2015–2018, Texas Instruments Incorporated
MSP Debuggers
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MSP Debug Probe Overview
is an overview of the capabilities and features for the available MSP debug probes.
CAUTION
Never disconnect the JTAG or emulator USB cable during an active debug
session. Always terminate a running debug session properly, by clicking on the
"Terminate" icon, before disconnecting the target device.
(1)
The MSP-FET430PIF is for legacy device support only. This emulation tool does not support any devices released after 2011.
(2)
See
to identify the hardware.
(3)
The eZ-FET Emulation IP and eZ-FET Lite Emulation IP are used as the onboard emulation for the MSP LaunchPad tools.
(4)
See
for more information.
(5)
The 2-wire JTAG debug interface is also referred to as Spy-Bi-Wire (SBW) interface.
Table 1. Debug Probes Features and Device Compatibility
(1) (2) (3)
Feature and MSP430 Device Support
eZ430-F2013
eZ430-RF2500
eZ430-RF2480
eZ430-RF2560
MSP-WDSxx
Metawatch
eZ430-Chronos
LaunchPad
(MSP-EXP430G2)
MSP-EXP430FR5739
MSP-EXP430F5529
MSP-FET430PIF
MSP-FET430UIF
MSP-FET
eZ-FET
Emulation
IP
eZ-FET
Lite
Emulation
IP
Supports all programmable MSP430 and
CC430 devices
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Supports only F20xx, G2x01, G2x11,
G2x21, G2x31
✓
Supports F20xx, F21x2, F22xx, G2x01,
G2x11, G2x21, G2x31, G2x53
✓
Supports F20xx, F21x2, F22xx, G2x01,
G2x11, G2x21, G2x31
✓
✓
Supports F5438, F5438A
✓
Supports BT5190, F5438A
✓
✓
Supports only F552x
✓
Supports FR57xx, F5638, F6638
✓
Supports only CC430F613x
✓
Supports MSP432Pxx
✓
Allows JTAG access protection
(Fuse Blow)
(4)
✓
✓
Adjustable target supply voltage
✓
✓
Fixed 2.8-V target supply voltage
✓
Fixed 3.3-V target supply voltage
✓
✓
Fixed 3.6-V target supply voltage
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
4-wire JTAG
✓
✓
✓
2-wire JTAG
(5)
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
BSL tool or mode
✓
Backchannel UART
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Supported by CCS for Windows
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Supported by CCS for Linux
✓
✓
✓
✓
Supported by CCS for OS X
✓
✓
✓
✓