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mspgcc extends the GNU toolchain to support the TI MSP430 microcontroller.

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There are two ways to install the toolchain components: from the distribution packages listed above, or from the source code itself via the links below. We have tested with Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit.

Source code links:

• gcc-msp430 (tutorial)
• mspdebug (download)

Windows

1. Install the mspgcc packages for mingw. mingw is a "minimalist GNU for Windows", i.e. it contains the build tools you typically find in a Linux distribution, but runs on Windows.
   
   1. Download the latest version from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mspgcc/files/Windows/mingw32/. At the time of writing, mspgcc-20120406-p20120911.zip.
   2. Unzip somewhere on your computer. We recommend C:\mspgcc\mspgcc-20120406-p20120911.
2. Add the bin/ directory to your PATH. Use one of the following:

   1. To add it temporarily, open a command prompt and type
      

      Code Block
      C:\Users\Thomas>set PATH=%PATH%;C:\mspgcc\mspgcc-20120406-p20120911\bin\

   2. To add it permanently:
      
      1. Type Ctrl+Windows.
      2. Click on Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables.
      3. In User Variables for <you>, select PATH and click Edit.
      4. At the end of the Variable Value text field, append;C:\mspgcc\mspgcc-20120406-p20120911\bin\.

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• install gcc-multilib library as you will need some extras from gcc: apt-get install gcc-multilib
• download the sources of the libmsp430.so library. I've put together the lib sources, a patch to correct errors on the library (only for 64bit version) and the firmware files for the FET. [download]
• unzip it and apply the patch to the folder. 
• Then you will need to install libboost-*. Boost is a set of extension libraries for cpp and it is used by the libmsp430 library sources.  download latest version (I used 1.5.2). Unzip it and execute: 
  

         ./boostrap.sh --prefix=[dir]
         ./b2 link=static cxxflags=-fPIC -d+2 -a

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