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Tools for TMS570LS20206

elenab
Intellectual 440 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS570LS20206, CCSTUDIO

Hello,

we are going to develop an electronic board using the TMS570LS20206 microcontroller. We also need a proper JTAG emulator.

(We have already developed in the past using C2000 mcu's and CCS v.3.3.)

1) Is it possible to use CCS v.3.3 with TMS570LS20206? When I open "Setup CCStudio v3.3" and select family "CORTEX-R4", I cannot see TMS570LS20206... Which emulator should I select?

2)If we decide on CCS v.5, is it possible to realize a product using the free downloaded version, or do we have to purchase a version of CCS v.5?

3) With CCS v5, which emulators can be used? On the page: http://www.ti.com/product/TMS570LS20206/toolssoftware I have seen that XDS200 is suggested, but I cannot see it in the list of available connections under CCS v5 free edition...

Thanks for your help,

Elena B.

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    TI__Guru**** 466071 points

    Hello,

    elenab said:
    1) Is it possible to use CCS v.3.3 with TMS570LS20206? When I open "Setup CCStudio v3.3" and select family "CORTEX-R4", I cannot see TMS570LS20206... Which emulator should I select?

    CCSv3.3 is very old. I don't know exactly when the LS20206 came out but it does not surprise me that CCSv3.3 does not have device support for it.

    elenab said:
    2)If we decide on CCS v.5, is it possible to realize a product using the free downloaded version, or do we have to purchase a version of CCS v.5?

    If you plan on using the low cost XDS100 emulator with your custom board, you can use CCS for free. Otherwise you will need a full license

    elenab said:
    3) With CCS v5, which emulators can be used? On the page: http://www.ti.com/product/TMS570LS20206/toolssoftware I have seen that XDS200 is suggested, but I cannot see it in the list of available connections under CCS v5 free edition...

    What version of CCSv5 are you using? XDS200 support was only added recently so you should be using the latest CCSv5 version (5.5) or CCSv6.

    Thanks

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Intellectual 440 points

    Hi Ki,

    thanks a lot for your answers.

    So I am wondering... How can I make definitively sure that it is not possible to use CCS v3.3 with TMS570LS20206? You know, even if this version is very old, our company is used to develop with it and changing now may imply some initial setup...

    I would also like to ask you a couple of things about the XDS100 emulator.

    How many breakpoints can be set at debug time?

    What is the 14-pin or 20-pin JTAG connection? It is not clear to me which one I should use...

    Thanks a lot,

    Bye,

    Elena

  • 0 in reply to elenab
    TI__Guru**** 466071 points

    elenab said:
    So I am wondering... How can I make definitively sure that it is not possible to use CCS v3.3 with TMS570LS20206?

    It might be possible to manually create a custom configuration that works. But i would recommend against it since CCSv3.3 was never really tested with that device and we will not be able to provide much support if you run into more problems down the road.

    Also note that of you plan on using the XDS100 with the 20206, then you will have no choice but to upgrade your CCS version. You need at least XDS100v2 to use it with Cortex R4 based devices and CCSv3.3 only supports XDS100v1.

    elenab said:
    How many breakpoints can be set at debug time?

    I assume you mean hardware breakpoints. Usually you can set 6 at one time on R4 devices

    elenab said:
    What is the 14-pin or 20-pin JTAG connection? It is not clear to me which one I should use...

    Both will provide you debug capability. For the full details, see:

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

    Thanks

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Intellectual 440 points

    Ok Ki,

    thank you very much for your advice.

    Have a nice day,

    Elena