MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

RE: MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

DAB — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:57:09 GMT

Another nice update Jan.

It is too bad they do not have these tools for the older MSP430.

RE: MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

Qbit — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:32:36 GMT

Nice update on the series! Great write up on the cmake setup and VS Code project files.

RE: MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

Jan Cumps — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:05:58 GMT

I learned that the conversation between GUI and firmware is over debug protocol, not via UART. The GUI knows firmware variable addresses (by inspecting hte binary). And uses the debug instructions to directly set and read those variables.

So there is no UART to reuse as interface. I tested the VS Code generated firmware by doing the same as TI. Change variable values in a debug session.
That works, and I now know how to start from this code and build my own.