SLAU533D September 2013 – April 2017
When you attach the LaunchPad development kit to the PC, a storage volume is mounted on the host. This volume can be seen in "My Computer", with the name "F5529LP":
This storage volume is stored within the MSP430F5529's on-chip flash. It is small compared to most flash drives, but it is large enough for the demo's needs. The MSP430 software presents it to the host through the MSC interface.
If you open the volume, you see these files:
Table 1 describes the function of these files.
File | Description |
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Button1.txt | Contains the text that will be "typed" by the keyboard interface when button S1 is pressed. By default, its contents are "Hello World". |
Button2.txt | Contains the text that will be "typed" by the keyboard interface when button S2 is pressed. By default, it contains "ASCII art" of the LaunchPad development kit "rocket" logo. |
MSP430 USB LaunchPad.url | Opening this file causes your web browser to launch the MSP-EXP430F5529LP LaunchPad development kit web page |
README.txt | A "readme" file that helps explain how to use these files. |
If you place other files inside the volume, they are stored inside flash of the MSP430 MCU. The volume is only approximately 60KB in size. If you later download the software demo (or any software) to the F5529 target, any data that you have placed in the volume will be lost.
If you change the name of the Button1.txt or Button2.txt file, the pushbutton functionality no longer works. This is because the MSP430 demo software looks for these files by name.