Hardware Organization and Software Programming

Abstract

Objectives: After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to:

• explain the organization of MSP430 hardware functional units;

• use controller software development tools;

• describe available MSP430 operating modes of the MSP430;

• identify and use appropriate assembly instructions;

• explain advantages and disadvantages of using a high-level programming language and the MSP430 assembly programming language;

• program the MSP430 controller for simple applications using both C and assembly language programs; and

• debug programs using joint test action group (JTAG) tools.