Once you get your board....you may want to check a few things:

A) It works on your machine
B) CCS works on your machine
C) Program flashes to board and runs program

1: Connect your board to any of the USB ports on your machine

***You should see the PWR light turned on***

(if you dont see the power light on -- either change USB port or board is defected)

2: Open CCS

** If opening CCS for the first time, follow the install steps after step 8

You should see the opening window:

3: Open a NEW -> CCS Project

4: Name your project "blink" and selct the Device "MSP430G2553", click Finish

5: You will then see a default "main.c" template code on the main screen:

6: Copy the code from the Blink.c file to the main.c

7: Fast way to flash program to board is by clicking on the Debug Button:

8: You will see a screen like below, make sure file is selected and press OK:

9: Go ahead and proceed:

10: CCS changes to different debugging screens & the board will no do anything.

11: CCS debug mode is in the PAUSE state, you may need to resume or press F8:

12: In the Blink program the delay speed is at 10000, you should see:

MSP430 Blink at 10000

13: You may change the value of the delay to slow it or speed it up:

MSP430 Blink at 5000

MSP430 Blink at 50000