IFoundry Systems IFSYS-5651 MSP430 - Manual (Page 34)

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10 DOWNLOADING FIRMWARE TO MSP430 MICROCONTROLLER
There are two ways in which firmware can be downloaded to the MSP430 microcontroller. If
you are using commercial development tools such IAR Embedded Workbench or TI Code
Composer Studio, you should use the JTAG firmware download features that are built into
these tools. To download code using this approach, please refer to the documentation
provided by the manufacturer of your development tools.
If you are not using these tools, and simply want to try out the sample/demo applications
provided by iFoundry, you can use the procedure outlined in the following sections. This
downloading method uses the UART port provided through the miniUSB connector on the
IFSYS-5651 board, and obviates the requirement for JTAG based tools. This approach uses a
software download utility provided by iFoundry.
For complete instructions on using this utility to download firmware to the MSP430, please
refer to the document MSP430 Flash Utility User Guide.