1. Glossary

This chapter provides information on terminology and abbreviations used throughout the other chapters.

1.1. Definitions

  • CCStudio™: A TI development ecosystem of a unified suite of free, high-quality development tools with integrated generative AI to accelerate your embedded development.

  • Integrated Development Environment (IDE): A collection of tools for editing, building, and debugging an application.

  • CCStudio™ IDE: An IDE, part of the CCStudio™ ecosystem, that supports TI’s Microcontroller and Embedded Processors portfolio.

  • Debug Probe: The physical debug interface used to connect your host computer to the development board that enables debug control of the device.

  • Emulator: Legacy TI term for debug probe.

  • Code Generation Tools: Often used to describe the package that includes the compiler, linker, assembler, and related tools.

  • Software Development Kit: Contains software, libraries, and examples for developing software applications for a given device.

1.2. Abbreviations

  • CCS: CCStudio™ IDE (can refer to any version/iteration of CCStudio™ IDE)

  • IDE: Integrated Development Environment

  • CCS Eclipse: Eclipse IDE based CCStudio™ IDE environment

  • CCS Theia: Theia IDE based CCStudio™ IDE environment

  • CGT: Code Generation Tools

  • SDK: Software Development Kit

Note

The terms "CCS", "Code Composer Studio" and "CCStudio IDE" may be used interchangeably throughout this User's Guide.