posted August 18, 2009 08:06            

The debug functions that are part of CrossWorks are functions that are implemented through the JTAG port "all the way back to the host PC". I.e., if you disconnect the JTAG programmer / debugger, the code stops / crashes.

Therefore it is completely to be expected that you end up with odd runtime behavior when calling any of the debug functions. To get around that, replace debug_printf() with a real printf() that works through one of the MSP430's serial ports.

posted August 18, 2009 02:24            

Code :
void main(void)
{
int i=0;
P1DIR |= BIT3;
//Stop the Watch dog timer
WDTCTL = WDTPW + WDTHOLD;
while(1)
{
P1OUT ^= BIT3;

}


debug_printf("hello world\n");
}