Code Composer Installation¶

Objective¶

Install Code Composer Studio for the development of ARM Cortex A53 MPU applications.

Summary of Steps¶

This is the summary of the steps involved.

• Install the Processor Software development kit (SDK) for the AM62x/AM62a/AM62p.
• Install the M4F/MCU Development which includes the base installation of Code Composer Studio.
• Install the R5F/MCU Development which includes the base installation of Code Composer Studio.
• Point Code Composer Studio to the cross-compiler for ARM Linux applications

Steps¶

Install the Processor Software Development kit (SDK) for the AM62x/AM62a/AM62p.¶

Follow the steps described in TI_SDK_download_and_installation to install the Processor SDK.

Install the M4F/MCU Development or R5F/MCU Development, which includes the base installation of Code Composer Studio.¶

Follow the steps as described in M4/R5 MCU Development

Point Code Composer Studio to the cross-compiler for ARM Cortex A52 Linux applications¶

• Start Code Composer Studio. Any workspace will do. The settings changed here will be remembered for all workspaces used.
• Windows->Preferences->Code Composer Studio->Build->Compilers
  • Press the Add... button next to the Tool discovery path list
  • Browse to the directory containing the Arm cross-compiler in the SDK. <sdk_include_path> will be something like $HOME/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am62xx-evm-08.06.00.42
    

    For SDK 8.06 and older
    <sdk_include_path>/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin
    
    For SDK 9.01 to present
    <sdk_include_path>/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/aarch64-oe-linux
    

  • Press Open
  • In the Discovered tools list, there should be a new Arm entry for GNU v9.2.1 (null aarch64)
  • Press Apply and Close

Conclusion¶

Code Composer has been installed and is now ready for building and debugging examples for the ARM Linux environment.