IAR Information Center for MSP430

Release notes

for IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430 version 7.20.1

Read about the latest features, new device support, and program corrections in the release notes.

Highlights

Version 7.20.1

New devices
The following new devices have been added
- MSP430FR6007, MSP430FR6005, MSP430FR2672 and MSP430FR2673
Elprotronic XStream-Iso and XStreamPro-Iso
Support for the new XStream-Iso and XStreamPro-Iso adapters has been added. See Elprotronic MSP430 products for details.
Improved source browser
The following improvements have been made to the source browser:
- The source browser data is generated faster as it is now running as a separate thread
- New source browser log window
- New status indicator in the status bar
- Enhanced feedback when source browsing data cannot be generated
Error corrections
Several reported issues have been fixed. See release notes of individual components for details.

Important information

Upgrade information

Before you install

To avoid any problems, do not install this release in a directory where you have previously installed any older version of IAR Embedded Workbench. It is recommended that you either uninstall an earlier product, or install this release in a separate directory. As before, however, it is possible to install different products, all using the same version of the main application, in the same root directory.
License renewal

The upgrade to this version requires a license renewal. This can be performed by starting the IAR License Manager and selecting License→Check for License Renewal, or by using the Light License Manager with the command LightLicenseManager renew YOUR_PROD.EW.

Microsoft SCC interface no longer supported

Microsoft SCC-compatible version control systems are no longer supported by IAR Embedded Workbench.
Microsoft Windows

Windows Vista and newer operating systems have a security mechanism called UAC (User Access Control). Disabling UAC will automatically grant you permission when a task requires administrative rights but this is not recommended because it will reduce the security of the computer. It is not necessary to run the IAR Embedded Workbench IDE as an administrator. However, if you are not, modifications to the installed product tree in C:\Program Files\IAR Systems might not work as intended and could give unexpected results. One example is opening and building projects directly from the installed product tree. The build will succeed, but the resulting files (object, list, ...) will not appear where expected. Instead all output files will be redirected by the OS to C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\IAR Systems. To avoid this, the preferred way is to copy the examples to a location outside Program Files, either manually or automatically by opening them via the IAR Information Center.

Network licenses

For network licenses, this version of the IAR Embedded Workbench requires IAR License Server Tools version 2.17.2 or later, for more information see technical note TN21842. The latest IAR License Server Tools are backwards compatible with previous IAR Embedded Workbench versions.

Upgrade from Kickstart to the full version

It will be possible to use a Kickstart project without modifications in the full or Baseline version of IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430.

File locations

The IAR XLINK Linker, IAR XLIB Librarian and IAR XAR Library Builder have been moved from the common\bin directory to the 430\bin directory. Related documentation files and code examples have been moved to 430\doc and 430\src\xlink respectively.

CLIB deprecated

The CLIB library is deprecated. It will no longer be supported in some future version of the IAR Embedded Workbench for MSP430. Use the DLIB library instead.

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