Re: Upgrading from gdbproxy to mspdebug - a couple of questions

> 
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 06:44:11PM +1200, Andrew McLaren wrote:
> > I've done a bit more poking, and understand this a bit 
> more. I gather 
> > the TI3410 is a USB-serial chipset used internally in the 
> FET, not the 
> > FET itself. Still unsure why this decided it needed new 
> firmware after 
> > connecting once?
> > 
> > Was just going to ask where this firmware came from, but have just 
> > found the hex file in the mspdebug build directories. I had 
> moved the 
> > mspdebug into my mspgcc runtime structures from where it was built, 
> > but of course had left the TI3410 firmware behind... I appear to be 
> > running again!
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Glad to hear you got it working.
> 
> By default the TI3410 contains no firmware except for a very 
> basic bootloader. Every time you plug it in, the bootloader 
> is fed the firmware in the HEX file, which goes into the 
> TI3410's RAM. The chip restarts, and then you have a 
> functioning USB-UART.
> 
> Since the firmware is only ever stored in RAM, this needs to 
> be done every time you repower the chip, but it should 
> ideally be automatic and seamless.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
Thanks for the help and explanations Daniel. I referred to the FET as a
black box before - now its become a bit more of a gray box (which, funnily
enough, it is!)

I've now got mspdebug running outboard of Eclipse, which is back where I was
with gdbproxy (unfortunately it didn't resolve the problem that triggered
this, but that was always a long shot).

Who looks after the mspdebug documentation? I picked up a couple of things
that are probably simply out of date (for example, it refers to a gdbc
command, which is now gdb, and the FAQ notes on running under Eclipse refers
to the Zylin CDT, which is ancient stuff now). Particularly with the Eclipse
side, I could probably redo this.

Thanks

Andrew


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