Creating an EZ430-F2013 debugger for MSP430 microcontroller.

I purchased a few of the EZ430-F2013 devices. I figured out that with a little bit of work you can use the device as a debugger for an MSP430 that supports spy-bi-wire interface. This includes some of the small 14 pin parts such as the MSP430F2002 etc. I took an MSP430F2013 device in the DIP package plopped it down on a bread board hooked up an ez430-F2013 debugger board and was able to program and debug it. You can pick this device up from Mouser or for about $20. It was great. The following schematic shows how I hooked it up.

The 4 pin port is a small connector I used to create the debugger. I took one of the MSP430F2012 daughter boards I picked up with the device and took off the MSP43F2012. I used an Xacto knife to cut off the part and then used my iron to remove the pins left on the board. I made this before I had my SMD rework machine. With the rework machine I could’ve pulled off the part and still had it. Pin 1 is attached to P10 in the debugger. Pin 2 is attached to P11 in the debugger. Pin 3 is attached to P14 in the debugger. Pin 4 is attached to P1 in the debugger as in the following photograph.

NOTE: R1 is the recommended 47k and U1 is the MSP430F20XX.