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.
Visual Studio Code (VS Code): A free, lightweight source-code editor developed by Microsoft, extensible through a marketplace of extensions.
CCStudio™ for VS Code: A Visual Studio Code extension, part of the CCStudio™ ecosystem, that brings TI's embedded project management and debug tools directly into VS Code.
Resource Explorer: A view used to browse and download TI content, including examples, libraries, and documentation.
Debug Probe: The physical debug interface used to connect your host computer to the development board that enables debug control of the device.
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.
MCP (Model Context Protocol): An open protocol that allows AI assistants to interact directly with external tools and services, such as the CCStudio project and debug servers.

CCS: CCStudio™ (can refer to any version/iteration of the CCStudio™ ecosystem)
VS Code: Visual Studio Code
CCStudio for VS Code: CCStudio™ for VS Code extension
CGT: Code Generation Tools
SDK: Software Development Kit
MCP: Model Context Protocol