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TMS570LS0914
SPNS225D – JUNE 2013 – REVISED NOVEMBER 2016
9 Device and Documentation Support
9.1 Getting Started and Next Steps
To get started using a TMS570 Hercules™ ARM® Cortex®-R Microcontroller (MCU):
1. Purchase a TMS570 LaunchPad Development Kit with the LaunchPAD Quickstart Guide included.
From the LaunchPAD Quickstart Guide, the user can easily determine the correct Code Composer
Studio™ (CCS) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Hardware Abstraction Layer Code
Generator (HALCoGen™) GUI-based chip configuration tool for any selected Hercules MCU device(s).
2. Download the latest version of CCS IDE for Safety MCUs for the specified host platform (that is,
Windows, Linux, or MacOS) (free as long as using a LaunchPAD or a Hercules MCU Development Kit
[HDK])
3. Under Order Now, download the HALCOGEN: HAL Code Generator tool.
4. For additional tools and software descriptions, web page links, key docs, and so forth, see Tools and
Software.
The Hercules TMS570 family also has TI BoosterPack™ plug-in modules available that fit on top of a
LaunchPad development kit.
9.2 Device and Development-Support Tool Nomenclature
To designate the stages in the product development cycle, TI assigns prefixes to the part numbers of
all devices and support tools. Each commercial family member has one of three prefixes: TMX, TMP,
or TMS (for example,TMS570LS0914). These prefixes represent evolutionary stages of product
development from engineering prototypes (TMX) through fully qualified production devices/tools (TMS).
Device development evolutionary flow:
TMX
Experimental device that is not necessarily representative of the final device's electrical
specifications.
TMP
Final silicon die that conforms to the device's electrical specifications but has not completed
quality and reliability verification.
TMS
Fully-qualified production device.
TMX and TMP devices are shipped against the following disclaimer:
"Developmental product is intended for internal evaluation purposes."
TMS devices have been characterized fully, and the quality and reliability of the device have been
demonstrated fully. TI's standard warranty applies.
Predictions show that prototype devices (TMX or TMP) have a greater failure rate than the standard
production devices. Texas Instruments recommends that these devices not be used in any production
system because their expected end-use failure rate still is undefined. Only qualified production devices
are to be used.
Figure 9-1 shows the numbering and symbol nomenclature for the TMS570LS0914 devices.
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