[Grace - Getting Started Guide]

Grace software supports all MSP430FR5xx, MSP430F2xx and G2xx Value Line MCU devices

This means it supports the MSP430 MCUs most popular tools such as MSP-EXP430G2 LaunchPad, eZ430-F2013, eZ430-RF2500 and other tool kits.

Stand-alone program or seamless integration into TI's eclipse-based Code Composer Studio software

Grace software generates easy-to-understand C code, which is directly inserted into your active project. This seamless integration into the integrated development environment (IDE) allows the Grace generated code to be debugged and downloaded into your MSP430 microcontroller just as if it was handwritten.
Grace is also available as a stand-alone tool to support other IDEs, such as IAR Embedded Workbench.

OPTION 1 - Code Composer Studio

• Grace 2.0 is a pre-installed plugin in CCS version 5.3 and later and is included by default with the MSP430 package. If you don't have it already, download and install Code Composer Studio 5.3 from here: http://www.ti.com/ccs
  You can check which version of Grace you have by finding the Grace icon in the Help->About Code Composer Studio menu in CCS.

• If you have an existing installation of CCSv5.3: Please run the latest CCS installer again and select the components you want to have installed. You can also use the Install new software function of Eclipse.

OPTION 2 - IAR Embedded Workbench

• For those developing in development environments other than CCS, especially for IAR users, a stand-a-lone version of Grace is also provided. Downloaded it from theGrace product folder.
• For those using IAR, check out How do I use Grace-generated files with IAR Embedded Workbench?

Questions? Feedback? Please use the MSP430 section of the E2E forum at www.ti.com/gracefeedback. to contact us!

You can find all flavors of Grace @ the Grace Product Folder

Prevents collisions & contradicting configurations.

As developers enable and configure the various peripherals, Grace will provide instant notifications of configuration errors. This ensures inter-peripheral configurations are consistent. 

Edits & changes in one peripheral can be compensated in other modules as well. For example, changing the CPU clock speed will not break a pre-configured baud rate in the Universal Serial Communication Interface module!

Grace generates human-readable C-code.

Once you're done enabling and configuring the various peripherals required for your application, Grace will generate fully-commented, easy-to-read C-code at build time.

Unlike other options that are available, which output cryptic assembly language, Grace generates C-code that is fully modular and is automatically inserted into the active project in Code Composer Studio.

This code can be debugged and downloaded to your MSP430 device just like traditionally written code.