Terms and acronyms

General Terms and Acronyms

BIM
Boot Image Manager, the software bootloader
.bss
Block started by symbol. This memory section usually contains uninitialized variables including the task stacks.
CCA
CCFG
Customer Configuration
Customer Configuration Area, contains lock-bits on flash page 31 and the Customer Configuration Table (.ccfg)
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 CC26xx and CC13xx devices to ensure that the external emulator can take control of the device before it executes any application code.
IAR
IAR Systems
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
Micro-controller Unit
OAD
Over the Air Download
RCFG
TI-RTOS in ROM Configuration Table
ROM
Read-only Memory
SNV
Simple Non-Volatile storage
SNP
Simple Network Processor, a BLE network processor implementation that supports the peripheral and broadcaster GAP Roles.
Network Processor
NP
A device that contains the wireless protocol stack as well as RF hardware. Stack functionality is exposed via a serial interface.
Application Processor
AP
An processor that implements the customer application as well the serial command interface to communicate with a network processor.
UNPI
Unified Network Processor Interface, a standardized serial transport format that is implemented by TI for the purposes of interfacing to network processor devices like the SNP. UNPI also manages the handshaking required for the serial interface.
RTSC
Real Time Software Components
A toolset for creating reusable code, used by TI-RTOS. See RTSC and RTSC-Pedia.
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.
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).
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).

RF Core Terms and Acronyms

CPE
Command and Packet Engine
The unit on the RF core that is responsible for command execution and packet encoding/decoding. It acts as a supervisor for all other sub-modules during command execution.
MCE
Modem Control Engine
A functional unit on the RF core that sits in between the CPE and the RFE. It is responsible for signal modulation/demodulation and binary base band processing.
RAT
Radio Timer
A functional unit on the RF core that provides accurate timing for command execution. It runs with 1/4 speed of the high- frequency oscillator.
RFE
Radio Front-end Engine
A functional unit on the RF core that is responsible for the analog signal processing part. It connects the MCE to the antenna.
IB
Current Bias
One of several parameters for adjusting output power during packet transmissions. ‘I’ in ‘IB’ stands for the SI unit for current.
PA
Power Amplifier
A RF power amplifier converts a low-power RF signal into a higher power signal. Typically, RF power amplifiers drive the antenna of a transmitter.
genfsk
Used as an abbreviation for settings that uses the patch rf_patch_cpe_genfsk. genfsk supports up to 500 kbps FSK and GFSK.
SLR
RF mode designed to giv a long range. The data rate is 5 kbps.