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HalCoGen evaluation copy

jimj2713
Expert 2375 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: HALCOGEN, TMS570LS3137, SAFETI-HALCOGEN-CSP, TMDS570LS31HDK

I am starting a new TMS570LS3137 project, and I am new to this MCU. I downloaded the HalCoGen demo tool, but I could not get it to work. There were a few issues during the initialization and running of the demo:

1. Only CCS4 and CCS5 could be selected (I have CCS6)

2. I did not see any demo documentation, so I tried selecting the project in C:\ti\Hercules\SafeTI-HALCoGen-CSP\v00.01.02\TMS570LS31x\Sample_Project\CSP_TMS570LS3137ZWT, but it gives me an error "Unable to locate HALCOGEN in C;\ti\hercules...", which is appropriate because that exe is not there -- there is however a "HalCoGenTAU.exe" (the only exe) in that directory tree.

What I really want, if possible, is a limited-use evaluation copy of this program. We want to buy it, but I want to first see what a test-script looks like, how to edit it, how to configuration-manage it, how the output varies after an edit, what a failure looks like, etc. I also need to verify it works with the TMDS570LS31HDK I just purchased.

Thank you,

Jim

  • 0
    TI__Guru 68920 points
    HalCoGen is free. No eval copy stuff related to it.

    Try downloading it again from here: www.ti.com/.../halcogen

    Make sure you don't confuse the halcogen tool with the "CSP" which is a demo of the compliance support package.
    The latter is for helping you use the HalCoGen code when you are trying to be certified.
  • 0
    TI__Guru 72500 points
    I don't think you downloaded the HALCoGen tool. HALCoGen is a free tool available at this link: www.ti.com/.../HalCoGen

    The latest version is 4.06.00.
  • 0 in reply to Bob Crosby
    Expert 2375 points
    My mistake (as I wrote, I'm new here), I downloaded the "SAFETI-HALCOGEN-CSP-DEMO", which did not work for me (the errors are in the first post). The actual product (SAFETI-HALCOGEN-CSP) is stated to be $12K. I was hoping to get an evaluation copy of this HalCoGen-CSP.

    Jim
  • 0 in reply to jimj2713
    TI__Guru 68920 points
    The demo is a few years old.

    You can download CCSv5 from: processors.wiki.ti.com/.../Download_CCS
    and you can have v5 and v6 installed on the same machine.

    I'd suggest just downloading CCSv5 to go through the demo. Before purchasing you probably will want to confirm if the product works with CCSv6 (I don't know if it's been updated to do so or not).
  • 0 in reply to Anthony F. Seely
    Expert 2375 points
    Anthony,
    The demo still doesn't execute -- after clicking run, the output box states "Unable to locate HALCOGEN.exe in the folder C:\ti\Hercules\SafeTI-HALCoGen-CSP\v00.01.02.." -- because there is no HALCOGEN.exe in the installed demo directory tree; the only exe in the installed directory (C:\ti\Hercules\SafeTI-HALCoGen-CSP) is HALCoGenTAU.exe (and the uninstaller).

    Jim
  • 0 in reply to jimj2713
    TI__Guru 72500 points

    There are three different items. You must first download HALCoGen. (The red "Download" button.) This is the tool that generates code. It is free. Then you can run the HALCoGen Compliance Support Package demo. I think your problem is you are trying to run the compliance demo without having downloaded the tool.

    HALCoGen generates code for Hercules devices. The HALCoGEN Compliance Support Package is to help provide the documentation you need to obtain safety certification

  • 0 in reply to jimj2713
    Expert 2375 points

    I was able to get the demo to execute -- it was the order of items installed, so I had to uninstall and re-install the demo, and now it executes.

    However the demo does not allow me to evaluate the product. After I fixed the demo-source compilation errors (yes it does not compile out of the box), the demo runs to completion and reports no errors during its execution, but the reports show number of SW modules 1, 0% test coverage, average coverage 0%, branch coverage 0%, etc. 

    Note I used the CSP_TMS570LS3137ZWT sample project; I did not write down the file that had the error, but there were 2 register initializations that used "0x0x" in front of the hex-number instead of just "0x".

    I would like to purchase this product, but I need to see it work somehow and determine its capabilities. Is there a sales-person I can contact to see if I could get a 2-4 week evaluation copy?

    Thanks,

    Jim