Getting Started Guide

IAR KickStart Kit™ for TI MSP430FR5739

This getting started guide briefly describes how to get started using IAR Embedded
Workbench® with the TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter’s Board.

For more detailed information, see the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE Project Management
and Building Guide and C-SPY Debugging Guide. These documents are available from the
Help menu and IAR Information Center in the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE.

Features of the MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter’s Board

• Integrated TI MSP430FR5739 device

• USB debugging and programming interface
• 3-axis accelerometer
• NTC thermistor for temperature sensing
• 2 user input switches and a reset switch
• 8 LEDs for output display
• Connectivity to the MSP-EXP430F5438 Experimenter Board
• Connectivity to CCxxx radio daughter cards
• Easily accessible device pins for
debugging purposes
• Separate power jumpers to measure
power to the MSP430 and the RF
daughter card. High quality stereo audio
output
• User experience: Demo code with 4
modes to test FRAM features

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 Software installation
1 Download the latest IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430 from www.iar.com/kit_updates.
2 Run the software installer. It may take several minutes for the installation files to unpack.

Figure 1 - Software installer

3 Click Install IAR Embedded Workbench and follow the prompt instructions to install the
software. We recommend that you use the default directories on your installation.
4 When you start IAR Embedded Workbench for the first time, the License Wizard will open.
Choose Register with IAR Systems to get an evaluation license (the internet access is needed).

Figure 2 - Register to get an evaluation license

5 Click Register, choose a time or code size limited evaluation license, and then register to get your
license number, which will be delivered to you via e-mail within a few minutes.
6 Activate the license in the License Wizard window.
You may register both the kickstart and the evaluation license, activate and switch in between
from the License Manager. For further information, see the IAR Embedded Workbench,
Licensing Guide, under the User Guide section in the Information Center (Figure 2).
We assume that you have already installed Java software in your computer. A free version is
available from www.java.com.

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 Hardware configuration
1 Connect the MSP-EXP430FR5739 evaluation board to the PC using the enclosed USB cable. The
driver files will be automatically located and installed. This also supplies power to the board.
For more details, please read the MSP-EXP430FR5739 FRAM Experimenter Board User's Guide.

Running example application

To take the full advantage of the example application, some working knowledge of IAR
Embedded Workbench IDE is preferred. For a quick introduction, see the GETTING STARTED
and the TUTORIALS in the IAR Information Center for MSP430.
The example application described here is MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter's Board
User Experience Demo.
1 From the Start menu, start the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE by choosing All Programs> IAR
Systems> IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430 x.xx >IAR Embedded Workbench. You
will get straight into the IAR Information Center for MSP430.
2 Click EXAMPLE PROJECTS and select Hardware boards>MSP-EXP430FR5739.

Figure 3 - IAR Information Center for MSP430

3 Open project MSP-EXP430FR5739 (click the icon).

4 Click Choose to select a destination folder to save a copy of this project for testing, so that the
original project will not be updated for any changes you made during testing.
5 Read the demo description and make sure that the compilation target, at the top of the workspace
window is set to Debug.

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 Figure 4 - Example description and compilation target

6 Choose Project>Make or click the Make button on the toolbar (Figure 5). The project
should be compiled and linked without any errors (you may ignore the warnings).
7 Click the Download and Debug button to download your program to the evaluation board.

8 Click the Go button to start the application. The user LED on the board will blink.

Figure 5 - IAR Embedded Workbench IDE - Menu and Toolbar

9 Start the PC GUI application by double clicking FRAM_GUI.exe, which is located under the
IAR Embedded Workbench installation path
IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench 6.5\430\examples\examples\Hardware
boards\MSP-EXP430FR5739\MSP-EXP430FR5739\FRAM_GUI
Note: The Java software must be installed on your computer when running this application.

Figure 6 - PC GUI for FRAM User Experience Demo

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10 Press switch S1 and S2 on the board to select the demo mode:
- Press switch S1 for mode selection. After you press S1, LED8 through LED5 light up to
show the corresponding mode.
- Press switch S2 when inside a mode to turn off the display (LED and UART output). This
is useful when measuring power.
- Press S1 to exit a mode and return to mode selection.

11 To stop C-SPY, click the Break button .

12 To exit C-SPY, click the Stop Debugging button .

Learning more
You can find more information about TI FRAM technology and kit documentation at
http://www.ti.com/fram and http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr5739
For the latest updates on the kit and IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430, please check at
http://www.iar.com/kit_updates and http://www.iar.com/ew430

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 Troubleshooting

If you are unable to find the cause of a problem, try resetting the evaluation board by using the
reset button on the board. Then restart the C-SPY Debugger in the IAR Embedded Workbench
IDE. You can also try disconnecting and reconnecting the power to the evaluation board, pressing
the reset button and then restarting C-SPY.

Disclaimer

Information given in this document is intended as a help for the user. IAR Systems shall not be
held liable for any losses or problems arising from using the information given in this document.
Neither whole nor any part of the information in this document may be adapted or reproduced.

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Part number: GS-MSP-EXP430FR5739-4

The fourth edition: February 2014

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