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Can CCS 3.3 use SYS/BIOS?

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Hi All,

I have found CCS 4 sometimes turns to be extremely slow on my old XP desktop computer, so I would like to switch back to CCS 3.3.

Does CCS 3.3 support higher versions of SYS/BIOS? It seems that SYS/BIOS (the v6.x version, not just DSP/BIOS) is created as a product of RTSC and is configured by XDCTools, both are closely related with eclipse. If I intend to roll back to CCS 3.3 which is not based on eclipse, can I still use it?



Sincerely,
Zheng

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    TI__Mastermind 20805 points

    BIOS 6.x should be used with CCSv4.

    How much memory does your computer have?   We recommend that you update to at least 2MB.   XP will support up to 3MB so I would recommend going for 3MB (you might have to buy 4MB and 1MB will be unused).  Memory is relatively inexpensive and will make a huge difference.

    If build time is the problem, then 2 suggestions:

    (1)  use debug profile for building until you need to optimize for performance.   Debug builds are much faster than whole_program builds.

    (2)  make sure that you use the "build" option (not "rebuild"!).  rebuild will clean the project and then rebuild the whole project -- including the BIOS configuration and partial link.  "build" is smarter and will only build the files that have changed or have dependency on a file that has changed.

    Regards,
    -Karl-

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    0 Anonymous in reply to Karl Wechsler

    Dear Karl,

    I have found that sometimes the problem is due to the existence of a large array in the "watch" window. For example, if I add an array of 10000 elements into the watch window, even if this array is not expanded, CCS 4 would still be very slow. Removing the array from "watch" improves the speed.

     

    Zheng