Setting up to develop for BeagleBone Black / Black Wireless

Walter Cromer

I have been working with the BBB and BBBw on some small projects for the past couple of years mostly writing in C for the ARM side using Cloud9 running right on the Beaglebone. I now need to use the PRUs and think CCS probably provides better tools.

My development host is a Windows 10 PC and I connect to the Beaglebone using USB or the Wireless over wi-fi.

I do not have a debug probe device and prefer not to purchase one. I have read mixed reviews about whether they would be valuable in my application.

So, is there any documentation on how to develop in CCS on Windows10 and then execute the code on the BB over USB or wi-fi to test it? I suspect without the probes, some debug capabilities will be lost but I am ok with that for now.

I'm lost right now so I'd appreciate any help that you can provide.

over 3 years ago

0 Jianzhong Xu over 3 years ago

TI__Mastermind 40225 points

Hi,

I don't think there is a way to connect to BBB in CCS through USB or wi-fi. You'll have to use a JTAG as described in https://training.ti.com/system/files/docs/debug_pru_using_ccs_slides.pdf or https://www.vittali.ch/1-bbb-jtag/.

Regards,

Jianzhong

0 Walter Cromer over 3 years ago in reply to Jianzhong Xu

Prodigy 245 points

Ok.

So if compile my code using CCS, is there a way within CCS to send it to the Beaglebone via the USB or wi-fi (like SFTP built-in to CCS) to make it just a bit easier to run it on the Beaglebone?

+1 Jianzhong Xu over 3 years ago in reply to Walter Cromer

TI__Mastermind 40225 points

I don't think you can do that via CCS if there is no JTAG connection. You can put your application to a micro SD card and run it right after boot. Not sure if that's something interesting to you.

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