Thread: MSP430 LaunchPad can't flash firmware
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Re: MSP430 LaunchPad can't flash firmware
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Originally Posted by Jdkmotorhead View Post
Our LaunchPad was working fine for a while, but it just stopped connecting to the driver station laptop
When you say it was working, does that mean it was showing up on the driver station as a joystick?

Did anything happen to the board when it disconnected, or was it truly random? (Where you in the process or testing a button/axis? Did the board fall and maybe short a few pins? etc.).

Based on your description, it sounds like the board may be damaged. If you go to the device manager in Windows, you should see two devices based on the MSP430. One is under 'Ports' and one is either under 'ports' or under 'HID' (or something similar).
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