Code Composer Studio for $12.99 with a MSP-EXP432P401R Launchpad - Page 1
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author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 13, 2016, 10:42:36 am
content: New promotion from TI, now is the MSP-EXP432P401R Launchpad with a free full license of CCS Node Locked version.You can buy itHERE.There is free shipping for all orders al TI eshop until 18 september.

author: Bicurico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2016, 11:05:38 am
content: Thanks! Just placed the order. It is worth for the CCS alone!Regards,Vitor

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 13, 2016, 11:09:48 am
content: I bought two with the MSP430 promo, and now one with this MSP432...

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2016, 07:35:03 pm
content: Code Composer Studio Version 7New licensing model: Technology Software Publicly Available (TSPA)Free for all without any conditions and limitation

author: TheDirty
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2016, 11:01:07 pm
content: Quote from: ebclr on December 23, 2016, 07:35:03 pmThis maybe a little subtle for some people, but what he's saying is the next version of CCS is free licensed, which looks like the reason they are doing all these version 6 licenses for a dollar deals. If you are grabbing it just for the license in the future, you might as well just wait and get it free.

author: TheDane
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2016, 07:41:42 am
content: Quote from: ebclr on December 23, 2016, 07:35:03 pmTI has a licence file on their website for the CCS7 download, avaliable for older CCS (v6,5,4) versions as well:"License File for Older versions. This file can be used with Code Composer Studio v6, v5 and v4. Simply drop it into <install dir>/ccs_base/DebugServer/license or point CCS to its location when prompted. "http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCSI have not tried the file, so I don't know if it unlocks everything. Doesn't cost much to try, but I'm doing hardware at the momentBest of luck, and please post back here if it works - have got CCS6 installed

author: bson
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 13, 2017, 06:31:51 am
content: As a note I just did some work with CCS6 with an MSP430 launchpad-supplied CCS license, and noticed that it comes up with Full License, which remains while I build, but as soon as I use my MSP-FET to program a chip (on my own board) it switches to say Free License. Either these are now the same, or the launchpad-bundle license doesn't apply to the MSP-FET. The chip is the same MSP430G2553 that the LaunchPad came with (except in an SSOP package and a leg-less Tag-Connect TC2030 connector); the only difference is I use a USB MSP-FET instead of their LaunchPad USB interface.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 13, 2017, 08:26:50 am
content: Try CCS7, no licenses required..

author: bson
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 14, 2017, 01:50:10 am
content: Yep, installed CCS 7 on both the lab Win10 Pro PC and my MacBook Pro. Seems to work fine. Says nothing about licensing at all, and I noticed they offer downloadable license files for older versions (including CCS 6).Seems quite a bit faster and snappier than CCS 6, which frankly is a whale of a Java pig.