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SLAU772A – June 2018 – Revised March 2020

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MSP430G2553 LaunchPad™ Development Kit (MSP

‑EXP430G2ET)

1.4.2

Running the Out-of-Box Experience

The LaunchPad development kit includes a pre-programmed MSP430G2553 MCU already installed in the

target socket. When the LaunchPad development kit is connected through USB, the Out-of-Box

Experience (OOBE) demo starts with a two LED toggle sequence.

Press button P1.3 to switch the application to the Live Temperature mode. The LaunchPad development

kit should start streaming live temperature data to the PC to be visualized in the MSP-EXP430G2ET

OOBE GUI or displayed in a serial terminal. A reference temperature is taken at the beginning of this

mode, and the LEDs of the LaunchPad development kit signal a rise or fall in temperature by varying the

brightness of the on-board red or green LED, respectively. The reference temperature can also be

recalibrated to the ambient temperature with another button press on P1.3.

You can influence the temperature of the MCU by blowing hot or cold air onto it, and you can then see

changes in the LED brightness or data changes on the GUI.

This GUI is created with GUI Composer 2.0 with the source available for customization, imported from the

TI Cloud Gallery. The serial communication port on the PC must be configured with 9600 bps, one stop

bit, and no flow control to display the values correctly.

NOTE:

The OOB cloud GUI is supported in only the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari

browsers. An installer for the offline standalone GUI can also be downloaded from the TI

Cloud Gallery.

1.5

Next Steps: Looking Into the Provided Code

After the EVM features have been explored, the fun can begin. It is time to open an integrated

development environment and start editing the code examples. See Section 4 for available IDEs and

where to download them.

The quickest way to get started using the LaunchPad development kit is to use TI's Cloud Development

Tools. The cloud-based Resource Explorer provides access to all of the examples and resources in

MSPWare. Code Composer Studio Cloud is a simple cloud-based IDE that enables developing and

running applications on the LaunchPad development kit.

The out-of-box source code and more code examples are provided and available on the download page.

Code is licensed under BSD, and TI encourages reuse and modifications to fit specific needs.

Section 3 describes all functions in detail and provides a project structure to help familiarize you with the

code.

With the onboard eZ-FET debug probe, debugging and downloading new code is simple. A USB

connection between the EVM and a PC through the provided USB cable is all that is needed.