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CCS/SW-EK-TM4C1294XL: Extreme basic starting point?

Part Number: SW-EK-TM4C1294XL


Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Look at me as a kindergarten newbie, fresh in from Mars, thrown into a graduation high school class!

With this I must run Linux, but, really, I am a Windows guy. And by the way, that Linux machine can for security reasons not be connected to the internet. Talk about vertically up-hill!

A colleague installed CCS ver. 10, another colleague told me, in Klingon (and I am from Mars, remember?), how to install the software package for the TM4C1294 kit.

So far almost nothing works. At best my very simple code does compile without errors, but the compiler ventures into 247 other directions in that package, most of which produce errors of various kinds.

For some reason, the compiler among other things loves the third-party library and the boot-loader.

Most of the time the compiler never reaches my code.

I have tried to create a target, but have I done it correctly?

I probably need to setup which debugger to use, but which one is that, and how do I do it?

Or is there, in reality, a completely different location, I should start?

  • Hello,

    Ja Hv said:

    So far almost nothing works. At best my very simple code does compile without errors, but the compiler ventures into 247 other directions in that package, most of which produce errors of various kinds.

    For some reason, the compiler among other things loves the third-party library and the boot-loader.

    Most of the time the compiler never reaches my code.

    Since you can build without errors, I assume you mean that you are having issues with debugging. Is this correct? Can you provide more details?

    Thanks

    ki

  • Since you are new to the environment, I'd like to suggest taking a look at the CCS beginner workshop for Tiva:

    https://dev.ti.com/tirex/explore/node?node=AKAZ3kN.bUYEQOSqLVNuFg__FUz-xrs__LATEST

    The workshop is a bit dated (for an old version of CCS) but should still be mostly relevant. The Resource Explorer will look much different in in current CCS version but it will still work mostly the same.

    ki

  • Brilliant! There is life out there!

    I got the Blinky up and running, I can change the timing parameters and which LED to work with.

    I then tried to use one of the switches to change behavior, but ....

    Either the switches are not connected to Port J or there is something else.

    The device is now touch sensitive (presence of my finger), but ignores the switch.

    Hm. a missing programmed pull-up maybe? Bang on!