Terms and Definitions¶
General Terms and Acronyms¶
- CCFG
- Customer Configuration
- Customer Configuration is set by the application and contains configuration parameters for the ROM boot code, device hardware, and device firmware. It contains lock-bits on the last page of flash. You can read more in the Customer Configuration section in the CC13x0 CC26x0 SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual.
- CCS
- Code Composer Studio
- An integrated development environment to develop applications for Texas Instruments embedded processors. Download: Code Composer Studio
- cJTAG
- Class 4 IEEE 1149.7: Standard for Reduced-pin and Enhanced-functionality Test Access Port and Boundary-scan Architecture. This is known by acronym cJTAG (compact JTAG).
- GCC
- GNU Compiler Collection
- A compiler system produced by the GNU Project, which support various programming languages such as C and C++.
- GPRAM
- General purpose RAM. This memory area is used for the cache per default, but can be configured to be used as RAM.
- HIB
- Halt In Boot
- A mechanism in CC13xx and CC26xx devices to ensure that the external emulator can take control of the device before it executes any application code.
- IAR
- Refers to IAR Systems’ IAR Embedded Workbench, which is an integrated development environment used for building and debugging embedded applications.
- JTAG
- IEEE standard 1149.1: Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture Test Access Port (TAP). This standard is known by the acronym JTAG (Joint Test Action Group).
- MCU
- Microcontroller Unit
- A small computer on a single integrated circuit.
- NVS
- Non-Volatile Storage
- Storage of data in non-volatile memory (NVM). NVM retains saved data during power cycles. In the context of CC13x0 devices, NVM either refers to the internal flash or some external flash.
- OAD
- Over the Air Download
- The process of performing a device firmware update over the air.
- ROM
- Read-only Memory
- Type of non-volatile memory used in computers. Once data is written to ROM, the data cannot be removed and can only be read.
- RTSC
- Real Time Software Components
- A toolset for creating reusable code, used by TI-RTOS. See RTSC and RTSC-Pedia.
- SysConfig
- System Configuration Tool
- SysConfig is a graphical interface for configuring software projects. Configuration files, C source files and header files are generated based on the parameters configured in the SysConfig dashboard. See sysconfig-sysconfig.
- TI-CGT
- TI Code Generation Tools
- Set of C/C++ Compilers and Assembly Language tools for many TI microcontrollers and processors. For more information, see TI Code Generation Tools.
- VIMS
- Versatile Instruction Memory System
- A system control module that handles access to the device memory areas from the CPU and system bus. You can read more in the CC13x0 CC26x0 SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual.
- .bss
- Block started by symbol. This memory section usually contains uninitialized variables including the task stacks.
TI-RTOS Terms and Acronyms¶
- HWI
- Hardware Interrupts
- A TI-RTOS hardware interrupt.
- Idle Task
- A TI-RTOS default task that is executes when no other higher priority thread needs to run.
- RCFG
- TI-RTOS in ROM configuration table.
- ROV
- Runtime Object View
- A TI-RTOS kernel plugin for CCS and IAR to view a target’s instrumentation data.
- RTC
- Real-Time Clock
- An accurate computer clock which keeps track of the current time.
- RTOS
- Real Time Operating System
- An operating system intended to serve applications with real-time requirements.
- SWI
- Software Interrupts
- A TI-RTOS software interrupt.
- TI-RTOS
- Texas Instruments Real Time Operating System
- An RTOS developed by TI for TI microcontrollers.
- Zero-Latency Interrupts
- An interrupt that will not be routed through the TI-RTOS kernel’s Hwi dispatcher. For more information, see the Hwi module documentation in the TI-RTOS Kernel API Reference .
WBMS Terms and Acronyms¶
- Wireless Battery Management System
- WBMS
- Definition