ProgramLaunchpad¶

There is a program called Energia, which is very similar to the Arduino IDE. It comes with some useful examples to get you started.
If you prefer a more C-based hardware approach or want more functionality from the chip, use Code Composer. A tutorial on MSP430 with Code Composer and information about the MSP430 microcontroller can be found at the ProgramMSP430 page.

On Windows¶

USB Driver¶

Download and unzip the file from http://www.ti.com/tool/stellaris_icdi_drivers. Then open Device Manager from the Control Panel. After plugging in the Launchpad, you should see "In-Circuit Debug Interface" (maybe several of them) under "Other Devices".

• Right click, select "Properties"
• Click "Update Driver..."
• Click "Browse my computer for this driver software"
• Navigate to where you unzipped the folder above and choose "Next"
• It should say "Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device: Stellaris ICDI [something something]"
• Repeat for all "In-Circuit Debug Interface" entries shown
• Success!

Energia¶

On http://energia.nu/download/, download and unzip energia-0101E0010-windows.zip.

On Linux¶

USB Driver¶

You shouldn't need to install any extra driver. In order to access the device as non-root, however, you'll need to create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/55-ti-usb.rules with the contents

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1cbe", ATTR{idProduct}=="00fd", MODE="660", GROUP="dialout" 

Add yourself to the group dialout with gpasswd -a $USER dialout, then log out and log back in. Next time you plug in the Launchpad, you should be able to program it without using sudo.

Energia¶

On http://energia.nu/download/, download energia-0101E0010-linux64.tgz (or energia-0101E0010-linux.tgz if you don't have a 64-bit computer or OS). Untar it somewhere with tar xzf energia-0101E0010-linux64.tgz and run ./energia-0101E0010/energia.