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Development Tools Overview Software Installation 1.2.1 Installing Tools PC/ATs 100% Compatible Machines With PC-DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2 Getting Started
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MSP430 devices well supported full hardware software development tools. This document discusses software development tools included with MSP430 assembly language package:
Assembler Archiver Linker Absolute Lister Utility
These tools installed following systems:
PC/AT with PC-DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2 MS-Windows
MSP430 assembly language tools create object files that common object file format (COFF) facilitate modular programming. Object files contain separate blocks (called sections) code data that load into different MSP430 memory spaces. will able program MSP430 more efficiently have basic understanding COFF.
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figure shows assembly language development flow. shaded portion highlights most common development path; other portions optional.
Macro Source Files
Assembler Source
Archiver
Assembler
Macro Library COFF Object Files
Linker
Archiver
Object Format Converter
Executable COFF Objekt Files
Library Object Files
EPROM Programmer
Absolute Lister
MSP430
Software Simulator
Evaluation Module
In-Circuit Emulator
Figure 1.1: MSP430 Assembly Language Development Flow
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assembler translates assembly language source files into machine language object files. Source files contain instructions, assembler directives, macro directives. assembler directives control various aspects assembly process, such source listing format, symbol definition, section content. archiver allows collect group files into single archive file. example, collect several macros together into macro library. assembler will search through library only members that called macros source file. also archiver collect group object files into object library. linker will include library members that resolve external references during link. linker combines object files into single executable object module. creates executable module, performs relocation resolves external references. linker accepts relocatable COFF object files (created assembler) input. also accepts archiver library members output modules created previous linker run. Linker directives allow combine object file sections, bind sections symbols addresses within memory ranges, define redefine global symbols. absolute lister provides file that reassembled produce listing absolute addresses object file. MSP430 microcontroller programmer accepts COFF files input, most EPROM programmers not. object format converter converts COFF object file into tagged, Intel, Motorola Tektronix object format. converted file downloaded EPROM programmer. main purpose this development process produce module that executed system that contains MSP430 device. several debugging tools refine correct your code before downloading MSP430 system.
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Software Installation
This section contains instructions installing assembly language tools. 1.2.1 Installing Tools PC/ATs 100% Compatible Machines With DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2 MS-Windows
MSP430 assembly language software package shipped double-sided, high- density disk. Your system must have least 512K bytes memory space harddisk space.
First make backup product disk. Insert backup disk into floppy disk drive your choice. Change that drive enter: INSTALL Follow instructions displayed screen.
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tools will probably most often assembler linker. This section provides quick walkthrough that started without reading whole user's guide. These examples show most common methods invoking assembler linker. Create short source files walkthrough; call them file1.asm file2.asm.
file1.asm start .global call #addq loop .end addq addq loop file2.asm .global .end addq
Enter following command assemble file1.asm.
asm430 file1
asm430 command invokes MSP430 assembler; file1.asm input source file. input file extension .asm, don't have specify extension; assembler uses .asm default. This example creates object file called file1.obj. assembler creates object file only there errors. specify name object file, don't, assembler will append .obj extension input filename. assemble file2.asm; enter:
asm430 file2
This time, assembler creates object file called file2.obj. (lowercase "L") option tells assembler create listing file; listing file this example called file2.lst. Link file1.obj file2.obj; enter:
lnk430 file1 file2 prog.out
lnk430 command invokes linker. file1.obj file2.obj input object files. input file extension .obj, don't have specify extension; linker uses .obj default.) linker combines file1.obj file2.obj create executable object module called prog.out. option supplies name output module.
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