MCU-PLUS-SDK-AM243X: Visual Studio Code for AM64x / AM243x development

Dominik Fischer

Hi,

we want to use VS Code (and ideally CMake) for developing applications on the AM243x and AM64x. Is there yet any roadmap/plan to have less dependencies to Code Composer Studio and its build process and be able to build & debug projects more independently?

For us it is not transparent how one can build and debug projects without Code Composer Studio. E.g. for multi-core applications there is this concept like "System-projects", which might not be trivial to do something similar without CCS.

Thanks in advance for any help!

over 2 years ago

0 Ankur Baranwal over 2 years ago

TI__Mastermind 26205 points

Hi Dominik,

Currently we support CCS IDE for build and debug but if you don't want to use the CCS you can use the make command to build the example and use SBL boot mode to run the application.

Regarding CMake, currently this is under discussion and will publish the timeline once finalized.

Regards,

Ankur

0 Dominik Fischer over 2 years ago in reply to Ankur Baranwal

Intellectual 480 points

Hi Ankur,

thank's for your answer and the prospect to publish a timeline regarding CMake.

I am aware of the possibility to build from command line with gmake. With "Use SBL boot mode to run the application" you mean the procedure described here?

This works so far so good, but then I can only run the application and eventually debug via Debug-UART but I would have no possibility to debug the code directly as possible in CCS? So there is no standard debug server like GDB involved which I can connect to from any other IDEs?

Kind Regards,

Dominik

+1 Ankur Baranwal over 2 years ago in reply to Dominik Fischer

TI__Mastermind 26205 points

Hi Dominik,

Yes, I was referring to other flashing steps or UART boot mode.

Currently from the debug IDE side we are supporting only CCS only but looking at other option. We don't any timeline for same yet.

Regards,

Ankur

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