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CC2650: Recommended environment for ZigBee development

Part Number: CC2650
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC2630, Z-STACK

It seems that IAR's EWARM, TI's CCS, and even generic Eclipse /w/ GCC are potential development environments for creating a ZNP + ZAP device that will be using ZigBee.  I've recently found out I may need to do a different project that uses the same CC2650 module in a NP + AP configuration but uses BLE instead of ZigBee.

Does anyone have recommendations as to what environment I should try first?  My preference is Eclipse /w/ GCC but that's a personal preference.  Since this is an actual funded project I want to use the best tool for the job (where best is defined as getting acceptable code working on time).

I have read that there are some incompatibilities between CC2650 and the latest Zstack so I'm trying to avoid starting down a development path only to find out there's no support.  Everyone (not just TI) seems to like these near useless Blinky-LED sample projects and leave getting the network up and running as an exercise for the user.

  • Hi Steven,

    For ZigBee, the only environment that is supported is IAR EWARM, and the only Z-Stack release that supports the CC2630/50 platform is Z-Stack Home 1.2.2a. This stack is provided with sample applications that can help kickstart your ZigBee network development. The CC2630/50 device can only be used as a ZigBee end device node in stand-alone mode, but it can be used as a Coordinator or a Router in a ZAP-ZNP setup.