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Where to Start

Peter Erasmus
Intellectual 565 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: HALCOGEN

Hi All

I am an old user of Microchip MCU's however I am currently looking to expand my portfolio with Hercules MCU's

any sugesstion to where to start (tehre are so many documents ) on the page I have no Idea where to start to get a basic tool chain,libraries and which dev board to use

Please assist in this

Regards

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    TI__Guru 68920 points

    Hi Peter,

    Welcome aboard!   There are multiple options for you in terms of toolchains for the hercules family.

    You might look at one of our low cost tool options like a launchpad as a way to get started.

    For TMS570 Hercules:   http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/c2000_performance/safety/tms570/tools_software.page#launch

    For RM4 Hercules: http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/c2000_performance/safety/rm/tools_software.page

    One of these kits is really all you need to purchase to get started.  They include an on board JTAG emulator (XDS100v2) and there are multiple free or trial IDEs available for you to explore.

    Regardless of which tool / IDE you decide fits your needs the best, you should get the free HalCoGen tool.  This is a GUI tool that generates device initialization code and APIs for the peripherals on the device. It also comes with examples that you can get started with.

    One big advantage of HalCoGen is that you can let it setup the device and most of the peripherals in a basic mode, and from there you can concentrate your efforts on learning to use the features that are most important to you first. 

  • 0 in reply to Anthony F. Seely
    Intellectual 565 points

    Hi Anthony

    Thank you very much for the links and the info this is really helpfull and I appreciate your reply