Texas Instruments MSP-FET430 manual TI to IAR 2.x/3.x Assembler Migration

Appendix E

TI to IAR 2.x/3.x Assembler Migration

Texas Instruments made a suite of development tools for the MSP430, including a comprehensive assembler and device simulator. The source of the TI assembler and the source of the Kickstart assembler are not 100% compatible; the instruction mnemonics are identical, while the assembler directives are somewhat different. The following section documents the differences between the TI assembler directives and the Kickstart 2.x/3.x assembler directives.

Topic	Page
E.1 Segment Control	E-2
E.2 Translating Asm430 Assembler Directives to A430 Directives	E-2
E.2.1 Introduction	E-2
E.2.2 Character strings	E-2
E.2.3 Section Control Directives	E-3
E.2.4 Constant Initialization Directives	E-4
E.2.5 Listing Control Directives	E-4
E.2.6 File Reference Directives	E-5
E.2.7 Conditional-Assembly Directives	E-5
E.2.8 Symbol Control Directives	E-6
E.2.9 Macro Directives	E-7
E.2.10 Miscellaneous Directives	E-7
E.2.11 Preprocessor Directives	E-7
E.2.12 Alphabetical Listing and Cross Reference of Asm430	E-8
Directives
E.2.13 Additional A430 Directives (IAR)	E-8

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