Friday, September 16, 2011

Setting up Code Composer Studio

Time to go over some basics for myself and you. You retain 85% of what you teach.

When you get the MSP430 Launh Pad you can down load the Code Composer Studio (CCS) for free. Here is the link to the TI CCS. There are two version one you have to pay for and one is free for use with the Launch Pad. The code limited version is for the Launch Pad applications. It limits code to 16KB which is more than enough from my tinker at the moment.

A TI account is needed to download the CCS.Then you need to fill out an export form don't worry too much about that part and fill in what you can.

You should be downloading the CCS now, I received version 4 of CCS.

Go through the install process.

Now open CCS which is eclipse based so if you have ever used eclipse to program Java,C/C++ this will feel familiar.

When you first open CCS it will ask for a workspace. It will store all your source files in this workspace.

Code Composer Studio v4

Here is a video I made on how to make a project for your MSP430.


Enjoy till next time!
-Matt L.

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