Together, these tools give designers a highly efficient, user-centered mechanism to extract the code parallelisms that make the TI chips so powerful. The C Compiler accepts ANSI C source code and produces efficient TMS470 assembly language source code, performing a wide variety of optimizationsto improve the efficiency of the compiled code. The level of optimizations is selectable. Provide a simple and accessible programming interface to the C run-time environment so that critical algorithms, demanding extreme performance, can be implemented in assembly language. Code Composer Simulator - Prior to microcontroller hardware availability, designers can use Code Composer Simulator to simulate the actual execution of the TMS470 code without the presence of the TMS470 chip, in parallel with hardware development.
Developers can also use the simulator for concurrent and field development.
The simulator reduces costs by providing a team of developers access to the development environment through a software interface rather than through hardware. As a result, microcontroller developers no longer have to spend time and resources in creating customized utilities, focusing instead on building more robust microcontroller applications. Many plug-ins are standalone products that are seamlessly integrated into a single IDE so that all data is shared among applications. Other plug-ins, such as configuration utilities from hardware vendors, enable users to reduce setup and configuration time, allowing you to begin application development quickly. As a plug-in module to Code Composer Studio, the tools is built from the same open architecture.