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DM816x RTC User Guide v1.1
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Loading the RTC Firmware
An MSP-430 debugger is needed for programming (Figure 1). This can be purchased at:
http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-fet430uif
To load the RTC firmware, perform the following steps:
3.1 Installing the programming software
(1) Download the Elprotronic FET-Pro430 Lite programming software. This can be found at the following site:
http://www.elprotronic.com/download.html
Find the “Flash Programmers for TI’s MSP430 MCU uses TI’s FET Adapter” at the very bottom of the page, and
click on the link that says “(FREE)”:
(2) Install the downloaded software (could take some time, depending on your system).
Figure 1 TI MSP-430 Debugger
Figure 2 Elprotronic Download Page – MSP430 Portion
