TI Support Ecosystem
Development Tools
Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
TI Code Composer Studio is a highly capable integrated development tool (IDE). Built on the
popular Eclipse IDE platform, TI has both simplified and extended the Eclipse framework to
create a powerful, easy-to-use development platform. In fact, the MSP430 was the first MCU
inside TI to get the Eclipse treatment … but it’s come a long way since then.
As highly as we value CCS, we know it may not be for every user. To that end, we work diligently
with our 3
rd
parties and the open-source community to provide MSP430 compatibility in their
ecosystems.
IAR Systems, for example, commands a huge fan base among MCU developers. Whenever the
MSP430 team creates new tooling, they don’t just think about how it can be integrated into CCS,
but they also consider how it can be used by our IAR customers as well. With their highly
regarded compiler, many of our customers think that the extra cost of IAR is easily worth it.
At the other end of the spectrum, we know that some of our customers cannot even afford the
low-cost price-point of CCS. For hobbyists and folks needing to rapid-prototype systems, the
Energia open-source port of Arduino is a great option.
If you want to stay in the open-source domain, but step down from the abstraction provided by
Energia, you can write C code using the open-source version of the Gnu Compiler (GCC).
It doesn’t matter which tool suite you choose, in any case, you’ll still have all the other MSP430
ecosystem components at your disposal. For example, MSP430ware DriverLib works in all of
these environments.
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