Application development

Hello,

Samjith Abdul said:

I need to create applications such as acquiring data from serial port and show it on LCD screen , use GPIO 's when required , etc., ( a simple GUI application with embedded drivers (serial) ) .Is it possible with CCS ?

Yes

Samjith Abdul said:

if its possible with CCS how do I get started .

I would check pandaboard ES resources:

http://www.pandaboard.org/

And CCS Getting Started Guide:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CCSv5_Getting_Started_Guide

Samjith Abdul said:

I dont have a JTAG debugger

You will need JTAG debugger for low level debug access. For linux application debug, you can use GDB:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Linux_Debug_in_CCSv5

Since you are just getting started, I also recommend asking for tips from the OMAP4 forums. They can point you more starting information:

http://e2e.ti.com/support/omap/f/849.aspx

Thanks and good luck!

ki