Release Notes for Code Composer Studio™ v20.0.1

These release notes contain valuable information which may not be included in other product documentation. This information will assist you in the use of Code Composer Studio™.
The release notes are divided into five sections:

 

Contents

General Information. 1

System Requirements. 1

Operating System.. 1

Installation. 1

CCS v20.0.1. 1

What’s New.. 1

CCS v20.0.0. 1

What’s New.. 1

General Information. 1

Limitations and Known Issues. 1

Component Versions. 1

 


General Information

CCS v20 is TI’s next generation Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on Theia IDE framework. CCS v20.0.1 uses a modified version of Theia-IDE. ( https://theia-ide.org/ )

For additional information and support, please go to:

https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/users_guide_ccs_20.0.0/index.html

System Requirements

Operating System

Please note that Code Composer Studio is a 64bit application and thus will not run on 32bit operating systems.

Windows

Linux

Supported distributions include:

Code Composer Studio will run on other distributions but those are the officially supported and tested distributions. For more details on installation instructions as well as debug probe and device support please see this article on Linux Host Support.

MacOS

Versions Supported

Each Code Composer Studio release is validated against a set of macOS releases. This release was validated with:

MacOS Debug Probe Support

MacOS does not include support for XDS560v2.

Details of the macOS releases, debug probes and devices supported is available here.

Installation

Please note that use of anti-virus software or a firewall may cause issues during installation.
McAfee software in particular has been especially troublesome.
If possible, disable anti-virus and firewall software during installation.
If not, use of the Offline Installer is strongly recommended.

On Windows:

If you are using an Offline CCS Installer, the zip file in which it is
distributed must first be extracted:

1. Right-click on CCS_20.x.x.xxxxx_win64.zip and select "Extract All...".
2. Enter the directory where you wish to extract the files.
3. Click on Extract.

Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.

To install Code Composer Studio:

1. Run ccs_setup_20.x.x.xxxxx.exe.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.

On OS X:

Please visit
https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_macos_host_support.html

 

The offline installer is now distributed as disk images (.dmg files)

1. Right-click on CCS_20.x.x.xxxxx_osx.dmg and select "Open”.  This will open the disk image and mount it.

To install Code Composer Studio:

1. Run ccs_setup_20.x.x.xxxxx by clicking on the application in the Finder
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.

On Linux:

Please visit https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_linux_host_support.html

before installing CCS on Linux. It contains important information on
installing CCS on different Linux distributions, including CCS dependencies that may need to be installed first.

Before installing CCS, the tarball file in which the CCS Installer is distributed must first be extracted:

untar CCS_20.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz and extract all files.

e.g.  tar xfz CCS_20.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz

Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.

Note: To facilitate the installation of emulation drivers, it is necessary to run part of the installation process as root.
You may if you wish install all of CCS as root. However, it is preferred that you first install CCS as a normal user and then install the drivers as root.

To install Code Composer Studio as a normal user and emulation drivers as root:

1. Run ccs_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.run as a normal user.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.
4. Navigate to directory <Install-Folder>/ccs/install_scripts.
5. As root, execute script "install_drivers.sh".

To install all of Code Composer Studio as root:

1. Run ccs_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.run as root.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.

CCS v20.0.1

What’s New

·         v20.0.1 is a maintenance release based on v20.0.0, with the following updates:

 

CCS v20.0.0

What’s New

·         v20.0.0 is the first full-featured version of CCS based on the Theia IDE. No further feature releases are planned for CCS v12.x.

General Information

·         New Theia-based IDE:

Limitations and Known Issues

·         Currently no support for CC32xx.

·         Use of Trace data files is not operational on Linux

 


Component Versions

ARM Clang Compiler Tools

v4.0.1.LTS

Automotive Processor Device Support

v1.1.17

Automotive Processor Feature Metadata

v1.1.17

BlackHawk Emulator Drivers

v9.0.0.002

C2000 Device Support

v6.23.2.0

C2000 Emulation Flash

v1.0.0.5

C2000_FEATURE_METADATA

v6.23.2.0

C2800 Compiler Tools

v22.6.1.LTS

C29 Compiler Tools

v1.0.0.LTS

C29 Feature Metadata

v1.2.8.0

C29 Device Support

v1.2.8.0

C6000 Compiler Tools

v8.3.13

C6000 Device Support

v1.1.7

CC26xx Device Support

v3.21.1.57

CC3220 Device Support

v1.0.5

CC323X Device Support

v1.0.5

CC32xx Device Support

v1.0.8

CC32xx Driver Support

v1.0.8

CCS Server

v20.0.0.20241129130

CCS Theia Installer Dependencies

v1.0.0.20170130000000

CCS Utilities

v1.0.0.20230823

Debug Server

v20.0.0.3612

Debug Server Flash

v20.0.0.3612

Hercules Device Support

v6.0.9

IDE_METADATA

v1.6.1

InstallBuilder

v24.3.0

LPCS_FEATURE_METADATA

v3.21.1.57

MMWAVE_FEATURE_METADATA

v1.7.17

MSP430 Build Header Support

v11.1.0.20211104

MSP430 Compiler Tools

v21.6.1.LTS

MSP430 Debug Support

v11.1.0.20211104

MSP430 Device Support

v11.1.0.20211104

MSP430 GCC Build Header Support

v11.1.0.20211104

MSP432 Debug Support

v8.2.3.0

MSP432 Device Support

v8.2.2.0

MSPM0 Support

v1.12.00.02

MSPM0_FEATURE_METADATA

v1.11.00.09

MSVC 2015+ Redistributable

v14.38.33135

Main CCS Theia Installer

v20.0.0.20241125103037

Mmwave Radar Device Support

v1.7.17

Node.js

v18.16.0

OMAPL Device Support

v1.1.2

SEGGER J-Link

v7.96.0

SEGGER J-Link USB Driver

v1.0.1.0

Shared Device Support

v1.1.7

Signal Processing MCU Feature Metadata

v1.0.1

Signal Processing MCU Device Support

v1.0.1

Sitara Device Support

v1.6.7

Sitara Feature Metadata

v1.6.7

Sitara MCU Device Support

v1.3.10

Sitara MCU Feature Metadata

v1.3.10

SysConfig

v1.22.0.3893

TARGET_METADATA

v1.5.2.0

TI Cloud Agent

v0.5.5046

TI Emulators

v20.0.0.3283

TIREX Desktop

v4.20.0.202411191616

TM4C Device Support

v2.1.1.15071

TM4E Device Support

v2.1.1.15071

TargetDB Default Props

v12.3.0.N202303010900

Theia

v20.0.0.20241129081620

Tiva/Stellaris ICDI Debug Probe

v2.1.3.15

YAROV

v2.0.1

 


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