Instructions

Contents

1 Getting Started ................................................................................................................... 5

1.1 Key Features ............................................................................................................. 6

1.2 Kit Contents .............................................................................................................. 6

1.3 Out-of-Box Experience .................................................................................................. 6

2 Hardware .......................................................................................................................... 11

2.1 Block Diagram .......................................................................................................... 12

2.2 Hardware Features .................................................................................................... 13

2.3 Measure MSP430 Current Draw ..................................................................................... 20

2.4 Using an External Power Source .................................................................................... 21

2.5 Using the eZ-FET lite Emulator With a Different Target .......................................................... 25

2.6 USB BSL Button ....................................................................................................... 25

2.7 BoosterPack Pinout .................................................................................................... 27

2.8 Design Files ............................................................................................................ 29

2.9 Hardware Change Log ................................................................................................ 29

3 User Experience Software .................................................................................................. 30

3.1 MSP430 Software Libraries: driverlib and the USB API .......................................................... 30

3.2 Viewing the Code ...................................................................................................... 30

3.3 Example Project Software Organization ............................................................................ 32

3.4 USB Configuration Files .............................................................................................. 33

3.5 Out-of-Box Experience: emulStorageKeyboard .................................................................... 34

3.6 Example: simpleUsbBackchannel ................................................................................... 40

3.7 Starting Device Manager .............................................................................................. 48

4 Additional Resources ......................................................................................................... 50

4.1 LaunchPad Websites .................................................................................................. 50

4.2 Information on the MSP430F5529 ................................................................................... 50

4.3 Download CCS, IAR, mspgcc, or Energia .......................................................................... 50

4.4 USB Developers Package ............................................................................................ 50

4.5 MSP430Ware and TI Resource Explorer ........................................................................... 51

4.6 F5529 Code Examples ................................................................................................ 53

4.7 MSP430 Application Notes ........................................................................................... 53

4.8 TI E2E Community ..................................................................................................... 53

4.9 Community at Large ................................................................................................... 54

5 FAQs ................................................................................................................................ 54

6 Schematics ....................................................................................................................... 56

Revision History ......................................................................................................................... 60

Table of Contents SLAU533A–September 2013–Revised January 2014

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