Texas Instruments: Code Composer Studio (CCStudio) IDE Overview

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Key Features

Licensing & System Req.

Language Tools

Debuggers and Programmers

Video

Technical Documents

Overview

Code Composer Studio (CCStudio) is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Texas Instruments’ (TI) embedded processor families. CCStudio comprises a suite of tools used to develop and debug embedded applications. It includes compilers for each of TI's device families, source code editor, project build environment, debugger, profiler, simulators, real-time operating system and many other features. The intuitive IDE provides a single user interface taking you through each step of the application development flow. Familiar tools and interfaces allow users to get started faster than ever before and add functionality to their application thanks to sophisticated productivity tools.

Code Composer Studio is based on the Eclipse open source software framework. The Eclipse software framework was originally developed as an open framework for creating development tools. Eclipse offers an excellent software framework for building software development environments and it is becoming a standard framework used by many embedded software vendors. CCStudio combines the advantages of the Eclipse software framework with advanced embedded debug capabilities from TI resulting in a compelling feature-rich development environment for embedded developers.

Code Composer Studio v5 is the first version of CCS to be based on the latest version of Eclipse with no modifications (‘Stock Eclipse’). This allows customers to integrate a wider range of 3rd party plugins (as compared to CCSv4.x) and allows upgrades of open source components of CCS. There are also many other improvements including improvements in performance, usability and stability. Customers with using older versions of CCS (v4/v3) with valid maintenance subscriptions will be able to upgrade to CCSv5. CCSv5.1 and 5.2 are based on the Indigo Eclipse release train.

Other Resources
	Texas Instruments Development Kits
	Texas Instruments Overivew
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Key Features

There are many features included in Code Composer Studio IDE. The following are some of the key features that may be of interest.

Resource Explorer: The Resource Explorer provides quick access to common tasks such as creating new projects as well as enabling users to browse through extensive examples provided as part of ControlSUITE™, StellarisWare and others.

Grace - Peripheral Code Generation: Grace is a feature of Code Composer Studio that allows MSP430 users to generate peripheral set up code within minutes. The generated code is fully-commented and easy-to-read C-code.

SYS/BIOS: is an advanced, real-time operating system for use in a wide range of TI digital signal processors (DSP), ARM microprocessors, and microcontrollers. It is designed for use in embedded applications that need real-time scheduling, synchronization, and instrumentation. It provides preemptive multitasking, hardware abstraction, and memory management. SYS/BIOS is royalty free and is included with Code Composer Studio.

Linux/Android Debug: Code Composer Studio supports both run mode debug and stop mode debug of Linux/Android applications.

In run mode debug, it is possible to debug one or more processes. To accomplish this CCStudio launches a GDB debugger to control the target side agent (a GDB server process). The GDB server launches or attaches to the process to be debugged and accepts instructions from the host side over a serial or TCP/IP connection. The kernel remains active during the debug session.

In the stop mode debug, CCStudio halts the processor using a JTAG emulator. The kernel and all processes are suspended completely. It is then possible to examine the state of the processor and the execution state of the current process.

Licensing & System Req.

License Options

There are several license options for Code Composer Studio:

Evaluation - free limit limited licenses that can be used to evaluation TI tools and devices.
Node locked - a license that is tied to a specific computer.
Floating - licenses that can be shared across multiple computers.
Code Size Limited - free 16KB code size limited license for MSP430.
Bundle/Dev Kit - free license for use with EVMs and development boards with onboard emulation as well as XDS100V2 JTAGXDS100V2 JTAG class emulators.

Hardware Requirements:

	Minimum	Recommended
Memory	1GB	4GB
Disk Space	300MB	2GB
Processor	1.5GHz Single Core	Dual Core

Operating System Requirements:

Code Composer Studio supports running on both Windows (Windows XP, Windows7) and Linux PCs.

Language Tools

Code Composer Studio includes C/C++ compilers tailored for TI’s embedded device architectures. Compilers for C6000™ and C5000™ digital signal processor devices get the most out of the powerful performance potential of those architectures. Compilers for TI’s ARM® and MSP430 microcontrollers, while not sacrificing performance altogether, are more attuned to the code size needs of those application domains. The compiler for TI’s real-time C2000™ microcontrollers takes the best advantage of the many performance and code size features available in this architecture.

Support for C++ could not be any better, especially now that EABI is rolling out. EABI (Extended Application Binary Interface) is a modern set of standards for organizing compiler generated code. EABI standards include the ELF object file format; the same format used in Linux. Higher levels of programming available only in C++, through templates and function in-lining, see much improvement due to EABI. EABI support is presently available for ARM, C6000 DSP and MSP430 compilers, and will soon be available on the other TI compilers.

Optimization supplied in TI compilers is world class. The software pipelining optimization of the C6000 DSP compiler is the cornerstone upon which is built most of the performance success of that architecture. Numerous other optimizations, both generic and target specific, boost performance for all TI compilers. Such optimizations can be applied at multiple levels: within statements and blocks of statements, throughout functions, entire files, and even across files.

Debuggers and Programmers

Hardware Debugging:

TI embedded processors include a selection of advanced hardware debugging capabilities. The capabilities vary by processor and can include:

Non-intrusive access to registers and memory
Real-time mode enables suspending background code while continuing to execute time-critical interrupt service routines.
Multi-core operations such as synchronous run, step, and halt. This includes cross-core triggering, which provides the ability to have one core trigger other cores to halt.
Advanced hardware breakpoints, watchpoints and statistics counters.
Processor Trace can be used to debug complex issues, measure performance and monitor activity.
System Trace (STM) provides non-intrusive software instrumentation enabling visibility into software execution without altering system behavior.

Flash Emulation Tool: The MSP-FET430UIFMSP-FET430UIF is a powerful flash emulation tool to quickly begin application development on the MSP430 MCU. It includes USB debugging interface used to program and debug the MSP430 in-system through the JTAG interface or the pin saving Spy Bi-Wire (2-wire JTAG) protocol developed by TI. The flash memory can be erased and programmed in seconds with only a few keystrokes, and since the MSP430 flash is ultra-low power, no external power supply is required.

Texas Instruments supports a variety of eXtended Development System (XDS) JTAG controllers with various debug capabilities beyond only JTAG support

XDS100V2 JTAGXDS100V2 JTAG Emulator: The XDS100 JTAGXDS100 JTAG scan-based emulator is a robust and efficient JTAG emulation controller supporting debug of a variety of TI devices. It is compatible with Code Composer Studio.

XDS560 Class High Speed Emulator: The XDS560 emulator combines state-of-the-art silicon, hardware, and software technology to provide the best hardware debug capabilities. The XDS560 family of JTAG-based emulators support a wide range of TI processors and are designed for high performance applications. The XDS560 family is designed to achieve high download speeds and is ideal for larger applications. The following TI processor families are supported by the XDS560v2 XDS560v2 System Trace emulator:

OMAP Application Processors
Sitara ARM® MPUs
DaVinci Digital Media Processors
C6000 High-Performance DSPs
C5000 Low-Power DSPs
C28xxx Digital Control Processors
ARM CortexA/R/M Microprocessors
ARM9/11 Microprocessors

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Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Texas Instrument: User Guide for Code Composer Studio IDE
Quick Start Guide	Texas Instrument: Quick Start User Guide for Code Composer Studio IDE
Product Brief	Texas Instrument: Code Composer Studio IDE Product Brief
Tutorials	Texas Instrument: Using the Scripting Utility in the Code Composer Studio IDE Texas Instrument: Using the Scripting Utility in the Code Composer Studio IDE
Tutorials	Texas Instrument: TMS320C6000 Code Composer Studio Tutorial
Training Video	Texas Instrument: How to monitor the MSP430 USB FET target voltage in Code Composer Studio
Training Video	Texas Instruments: Linux Application Debug with Code Composer Studio
Training Video	Texas Instruments: Ask the Expert - Henry Wiechman on Code Composer Studio IDE v5

Design Elements

Type	Description
Application Library	Texas Instruments: TMS320C6416 Power-On Self Test Coding
Application Library	Texas Instruments: Introduction to Compiler Consultant Coding
Application Library	Texas Instruments: TMS320C6000 C Compiler: C Implementation of Intrinsics Coding
Application Library	Texas Instruments: Getting Started on NHET Coding

Ordering Information

Part Number	Description
TMDSCCS-ALLN01TMDSCCS-ALLN01	Code Composer Studio IDE - Node Locked Single User (N01)
TMDSCCS-ALLF01TMDSCCS-ALLF01	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 1 User Pack (F01)
TMDSCCS-ALLF10TMDSCCS-ALLF10	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 10 User Pack (F10)
TMDSCCS-ALLF25TMDSCCS-ALLF25	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 25 User Pack (F25)
TMDSCCS-ALLF03TMDSCCS-ALLF03	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 3 User Pack (F03)
TMDSCCS-ALLF05TMDSCCS-ALLF05	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 5 User Pack (F05)
TMDSCCS-ALLF50	Code Composer Studio IDE - Floating 50 User Pack (F50)

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