F2131 Header Board setup

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Hi,

I’m just getting started with an MSP430F2131 and I’m having some trouble getting the program onto the actual MCU.

Here is what I have right now:

[TI MSP-FET430U28 Development Kit

[Olimex MSP430-H-2131 Header Board JTAG

My goal here is to load a program onto the MCU that’s on the header board through the onboard JTAG connector. I have the IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart software and the [USB Debugger/Interface that came with the TI kit. Is there any way that I can easily configure the software to enable the USB interface to recognize and program the MCU on the header board? If not, what would be another (and hopefully not very expensive) solution?

Thank you very much in advance.](http://www1.conrad.de/xl/1000_1999/1700/1700/1702/170258_BB_00_FB.EPS.jpg)](MSP430-H2131)](http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/msp-fet430u28.html)

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So I figured that it might be a power issue, so instead of powering the board through the JTAG connector (which dicumentation says I can do), I decided to apply external power. So I connected the P_OUT jumper and powered the board by appying 3V (2 brand new C’s) and then tried going into debug mode in IAR.

I got the following message:

“External voltage too low: 1.1V”.

I tested the voltage at the Vcc of the MCU and it was 3V. I tested the voltage at the JTAG connector Vcc_OUT and that was also 3V with or without the interface connected. The notes of the Olimex F2131 say that the voltage of the debugger should follow the power supply of the board, so why would it be reading it as 1.1V?