Texas Instruments MSP-FET430 - Manual (Page 50)

Frequently Asked Questions
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35) Special Function Registers (SFRs) – or the peripheral registers – are
now displayed in VIEW->REGISTER; there is no longer an SFR
Window.
36) The putchar()/getchar() breakpoints are set only if these functions
are present (and the mechanism is enabled). Note that
putchar()/getchar() could be indirectly referenced by a library function.
37) The Flash program/download progress bar does not update
gradually. This behavior is to be expected. The progress bar updates
whenever a “chunk” of memory is written to Flash. The development
tools attempt to minimize the number of program chunks in order to
maximize programming efficiency. Consequently, it’s possible for, say,
a 60K byte program to be reduced to a single chunk, and the progress
bar will not be updated until the entire write operation is complete.