
Getting Started With the MSP-EXP430FR5739 FRAM Experimenter Board
1.2
Kit Contents
The MSP-EXP430FR5739 FRAM Experimenter Board kit includes the following:
•
The MSP-EXP430FR5739 board
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Mini USB-B cable, 0.5 m
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12-pin PCB connectors (two male and two female)
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32.768-kHz clock crystal from Microcrystal (
)
The 32.768-kHz crystal can be used as the low-frequency XT oscillator. It is not required for the User
Experience code and can be populated as needed.
•
Quick start guide
See
for details on the associated software and source code.
1.3
MSP-EXP430FR5739 Board Overview
The experimenter board (see
) comes equipped with the following features:
•
USB debugging and programming interface that uses a driverless installation and provides an
application UART to communicate back to the PC
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On-board ADXL335 accelerometer
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NTC thermistor for temperature sensing
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Two user input switches and a reset switch
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Eight LEDs for output display
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Connectivity to the MSP-EXP430F5438 Experimenter Board
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Connectivity to CCxxx radio daughter cards
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Easily accessible device pins for debugging purposes or as socket for adding customized extension
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Separate power jumpers to measure power to the MSP430 and the RF daughter card.
1.4
Connecting the Hardware
Connect the MSP-EXP430FR5739 to the PC using the enclosed USB cable. If the PC has an MSP430
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as Code Composer Studio
™
or IAR Embedded
Workbench
™
already installed, the driver files are automatically located and installed.
If there are no IDEs installed in the PC, unzip the folder associated with this user's guide (see
and point the installation to the [Install Path]\MSP-EXP430FR5739\Drivers folder.
After the drivers are installed, go to My Computer
→
Properties
→
Hardware
→
Device Manager to verify
that the board is enumerated under Ports COM
&
LPT as MSP430 Application UART.
1.5
Starting the PC GUI
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the PC is located in the associated zip file (see
) under
[Install Path]\MSP-EXP430FR5739\Graphical User Interface.
Double click on FRAM_GUI.exe to load the PC application. More information on how to use this
application is provided in
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MSP-EXP430FR5739 FRAM Experimenter Board
SLAU343B
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May 2011
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Revised February 2012
Copyright
©
2011
–
2012, Texas Instruments Incorporated