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Description

The USB Developers Package for MSP430 is a software package that contains all necessary source code and sample applications that are required to start developing a USB-based MSP430 application. The package only supports MSP430 USB devices.

Features

• MSP430USBDevelopersPackage_4_00_00.zip  contains components that are all BSD licensed.
• MSP430 USB API that supports Virtual COMport (CDC), Human Interface (HID), Mass Storage (MSC) and Continua Medical (PHDC) device classes.
• MSP430 USB Descriptor Tool  which is BSD licensed and requires the user to install Java.
• Java HID Demo - A Java based host application that makes it easy for a USB host PC to communicate with an MSP430-based device running the MSP430 HID Datapipe APIs. It is designed to make HID easy for general-purpose USB communication. Requires the user to install Java.
• Python USB Field Firmware Upgrader - Allows customers to easily customize and release an installer package for upgrading MSP430-based devices in the field, using the MSP430's on-chip USB bootstrap loader (BSL). The package contains all necessary source code to enable quick and easy custom modification.
• DescriptorTool-4_00_00-Setup.exe and  DescriptorTool-4_00_00-Linux-x86-Install
• MSP430 Descriptor Tool Installers for Windows and Linux which do not require Java to be installed separately .
• MSP430_USB_Firmware_Upgrade_Example-1.3.0-Setup.exe
• Installer for Visual Studio based Field Firmware Upgrader. 
• Python_Firmware_Upgrader-4_00_00.zip
• Installer for Python based Field Firmware Upgrader (This is also included in MSP430USBDevelopersPackage_4_00_00.zip).

Dependencies

• Requires Code Composer Studio v5.5 or IAR Embedded Workbench v5.51 to build and run. (older versions of CCS can be used with workarounds. See Release Notes).
• Some tools require user to install Java.

New in 4.00.00

• New Python based firmware upgrader
• Supports Windows and Linux
• Developed using open source python-msp430-tools
• Improved Examples
• New Simple Rx/Tx examples for CDC and HID
• New example That shows how to use a timer to reduce interrupt latency
• Examples better structured to work on various boards/devices.
• Examples now use driverlib.
• Improved Documentation
• Programmers Guide re-worked
• Documentation of examples moved into Examples Guide
• API Documentation  is now in html format using doxygen.
• Better CCS integration
• TI-REX integration. The examples and tools can be found under MSP430Ware in TI-REX.
• Examples now use CCS project spec files instead of entire CCS projects. This makes import and build easier. NOTE: See Release Notes for information on using with CCS v5.3 and CCSv5.4
• Improved Directory Structure
• Directories renamed to better describe their contents
• Examples renamed to better describe their functionality.
• Improved Descriptor Tool
• Icons bigger and better
• Interface views improved to reflect functionality
• Help text bigger and better
• Manipulation of views simplified
• MSC structs generated. Less work for application.
• USB_API changes
• New USB API USB_setup() simplifies USB initialization
• USB10 workaround can be enabled by defining USB10_WORKAROUND on the compiler command line
• Resume interrupt latency can be reduced by defining USE_TIMER_FOR_RESUME on the compiler command line.
• USB API now computes MCLK value at runtime to compute accurate delays when required.