I've been thinking about using the f5529 launchpad board to program my g2553 chips. From what I understand, all I have to do is simply connect:
programmer side of board | g2553
3.3v == vcc pin
gnd==gnd
RST == RST
TEST==TEST
optional for UART:
RXD == RXD
TXD == TXD
And of course a 47K pull-up for RST and a 1 nF cap between RST and ground.
Is it that easy?
The reason I wanted to use the f5529 board was to get around things such as the 9600 baud serial limitation and such.