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CCS, confusion about license

george dorian
Intellectual 940 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: EK-TM4C123GXL

I watched several videos about CCS.  In one of them I understood that the free license full function, has no time limit, but you can only use CCS on Ti launch pad boards.  That's ok with me because that's what I'm doing.  Then while down loading CCS I read the different licenses and the free one said that there is a 90 limit.  Which is it?  Thanks George

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    Guru 192875 points

    Hi George,

    90-day license is the evaluation license and not the Free License. If you've already activated this evaluation version license then you'll have to wait for its expiration and only then you can activate the Free License.

    Refer this link:

    Regards,

    Gautam

  • 0 in reply to Gautam Iyer
    Intellectual 940 points
    Hello Gautam,
    A special thanks for replying over the holiday time.
    I'm still a bit confused. All I know is that I downloaded CCS and I've been using it. How can I tell what license I have? I have the EK-TM4C123GXL launch pad board. But CCS will not run on it. It throws an exception fault when running "binky". I'd like to use the license were it is full function but only with the launch pad boards. Is that the free license?
    Thanks very much George
  • 0 in reply to george dorian
    TI__Guru**** 482841 points

    Hi George,

    george dorian said:
    All I know is that I downloaded CCS and I've been using it.

    Assuming you are using CCSv6, you are using the free license as Gautam mentioned.

    george dorian said:
    I have the EK-TM4C123GXL launch pad board

    The free license will work with that board

    george dorian said:
    It throws an exception fault when running "binky"

    This has nothing to do with the license. If it did, you would get a warning that explicitly says you need a different license. It sounds like you are running into a different issue. Please provide more details on the exception. A screenshot of exactly what you see would be helpful.

    Thanks

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Intellectual 940 points
    Hello ki,
    Thanks for taking the time to help me.
    Your reply answers my questions.
    As for the exception, it was what I thought. I loaded "binky" for the wrong board the dk-tm4c123g (the wrong one), but I have the ek-tm4c123gxl. Now it runs.
    Now my challenge is to get comfortable with the CCS GUI. I come from IAR which is rather different. I tried reading the help contents and found it dry, so I'll try the videos.
    Thanks George
  • 0 in reply to george dorian
    TI__Guru**** 482841 points
    Thanks for the update. Glad to hear you figured out the issue.

    Yes CCS is quite a drastic change from IAR EW. There is a CCSv6 beginner workshop for Tiva... however it is for a different target (TM4C1294 LaunchPad). However it might still be useful to take a look since a lot of the material wills till be relevant.
    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CCS_Fundamentals_Workshop#TM4C1294

    There is also a Tiva workshop for TM4C123G. This workshop focus more on the device itself but there is a section that covers CCS (section 2). It refers to CCSv5 but much of the information is still relevant for v6 and it is certainly worth a look:
    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Getting_Started_with_the_TIVA%E2%84%A2_C-Series_TM4C123G_LaunchPad

    Good luck!
    ki