Debugging

mspdebug rf2500 gdb

msp430-gdb -x firmware.gdb

Attention: the gdb in the TI toolchain package is broken, use the one from Debian

Signals Working Cycler

These signals are related to code under tag cycler_works_include_output_stage.

First octets:

Last octets:

Schematics and legend for signals:

Timing

Complete cycle: 2.48us

Short pulse: 550ns

Long pulse: 1.18us

Load Time

During of loading data into five LEDs: 297us

During of loading data into six LEDs: 297us

# of LEDs	Load Time measured	calculated
5	297us
6	354us	356.4us
10		594us
100		5.9ms
200		11.8ms

Reset Circuitry

It appears that the output voltage of the power supply raises that slow, that the MCU will not handle the reset correctly.

The following circuitry should generate a valid reset signal far enough from the raise of the supply voltage:

The circuit generates the following signals: