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SLAU772A – June 2018 – Revised March 2020

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MSP430G2553 LaunchPad™ Development Kit (MSP

‑EXP430G2ET)

Contents

1

Getting Started

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1.1

Introduction

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1.2

Key Features

........................................................................................................ 4

1.3

What's Included

..................................................................................................... 4

1.4

First Steps: Out-of-Box Experience

.............................................................................. 4

1.5

Next Steps: Looking Into the Provided Code

................................................................... 5

2

Hardware

...................................................................................................................... 6

2.1

Block Diagram

....................................................................................................... 6

2.2

Hardware Features

................................................................................................. 7

2.3

Power

............................................................................................................... 10

2.4

Measure MSP430 Current Draw

................................................................................ 11

2.5

Clocking

............................................................................................................ 11

2.6

Using the eZ-FET Debug Probe With a Different Target

.................................................... 11

2.7

BoosterPack Plug-in Module Pinout

............................................................................ 12

2.8

20-Pin DIP Socket

................................................................................................. 13

2.9

Supported Devices

................................................................................................ 14

2.10

Design Files

........................................................................................................ 15

2.11

Hardware Change log

............................................................................................ 15

3

Software Examples

........................................................................................................ 15

3.1

Out-of-Box Software Example

................................................................................... 16

3.2

Blink LED Example

................................................................................................ 17

4

Resources

................................................................................................................... 17

4.1

Integrated Development Environments

......................................................................... 17

4.2

LaunchPad Development Kit Websites

......................................................................... 20

4.3

MSPWare and TI Resource Explorer

........................................................................... 21

4.4

MSP430G2553 MCU

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4.5

Community Resources

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5

FAQ

.......................................................................................................................... 23

6

Schematics

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List of Figures

1

MSP-EXP430G2ET LaunchPad Development Kit

...................................................................... 1

2

MSP-EXP430G2ET Overview

............................................................................................. 6

3

MSP-EXP430G2ET Block Diagram

....................................................................................... 6

4

MSP430G2553 20-Pin N Package (Top View)

.......................................................................... 7

5

eZ-FET Debug Probe

....................................................................................................... 8

6

eZ-FET Isolation Jumper Block Diagram

................................................................................. 9

7

Application Backchannel UART in Device Manager

................................................................... 10

8

MSP-EXP430G2ET Power Block Diagram

............................................................................. 10

9

BoosterPack Checker Tool

............................................................................................... 13

10

Pinout of Connector From LaunchPad Development Kit to BoosterPack Plug-in Module

....................... 13

11

Insert Device Into Target Socket

......................................................................................... 14

12

TI Resource Explorer Cloud

.............................................................................................. 18

13

CCS Cloud

.................................................................................................................. 18

14

Directing the Project>Import Function to the Demo Project

.......................................................... 19

15

When CCS Has Found the Project

...................................................................................... 20

16

Using TI Resource Explorer to Browse MSP-EXP430G2ET in MSPWare

......................................... 21

17

Schematics (1 of 3)

........................................................................................................ 24

18

Schematics (2 of 3)

........................................................................................................ 25

19

Schematics (3 of 3)

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