Hey,
How can I program this board I've recently bought. It doesn't look like a real MSP430 board, on the back just writes "mini" (see atached images below).
Where to find driver, pinout and everything else is needed to start programming.
Thanks!

 

Where to find driver, pinout and everything else is needed to start programming.

Google turns this up as the second hit:
https://www.electrodragon.com/product/mini430-dev-board-msp430f149/
There's a link about halfway down to a Wiki with a schematic (.png) and a programming host.

The onboard programmer uses the BSL, which can only load code. To debug, you'll need an MSP-FET:
http://www.ti.com/tool/MSP-FET

The MSP-FET is a bit pricey but is pretty much needed since the F1 series can only debug via 4-wire JTAG.

More generally, the F1 series is quite old (20 years). You can get a modern MSP430 on a "Launchpad" which includes an integrated programmer/debugger (USB) for maybe $10-15.

 

Here is the JTAG connection.



Reference:
http://www.siphec.com/item/MSP-JTAG.html

 

Many thanks!

 

The MSP430F149 is old (almost 20 years), but still fully supported by the latest tools and it has pretty decent memory (60kB) and a few interesting peripherals. It is still one of my favourite devices for general purpose things.