Code Composer Studio Reviews & Product Details

Easy to use, Debugging is very easy, works on launch pad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Include paths, Linker files and start time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As CCS is basically built on top of eclipse I love the intuitive UI of it. It's basically giving everything a developer needs with debugging embedded interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unexpected crashes sometimes when opening or running some code configuration scripts at times or writing gel scripts sometimes the software gets blocked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not really much that stands out against other IDEs that are positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Realtime debugging has constant crash issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Code Composer Studio or CCS is the IDE from Texas Instruments for TI-based microcontrollers. It is one of the easy-to-use IDE when programming for TI devices. Some of the pros of CCS are as follow:

1. Easy to program in Embedded C or Assembly language. Provides rich GCC libraries and extended libraries for TI-based microcontrollers.

2. Debugging your program is very easy with CCS. The IDE can recognize your board (if not you can mention the processor name, id, etc) and all the basic debug features such as memory viewing, breakpoints, tracing (if trace hardware is supported in the chip), call stack, etc are easy to visualize. The IDE also provides advanced debug features which can help sometimes in complex debugging scenarios.

3. Compiler optimization is also provided if you want your program to have a high code density.

4. While debugging, there is an option to visualize the assembly code, which can be helpful sometimes if are struggling to find the root cause in the application program.

5. TI provides the TI version of freeRTOS which contains some thread libraries and this version of FreeRTOS can be used in CCS IDE which performs a good job of integrating RTOS and application programs.

6. The CCS IDE is free if you own a TI microcontroller. You can straight away start coding without waiting for any licenses, subscriptions, or purchases of IDE.

7. TI provides tons of tutorials in form of documentation, application notes, and videos for CCS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the cons of CCS are:

1. Sometimes the IDE tends to hang when your codebase is very big and complex.

2. The code compilation time is slower as compared to other IDEs such as IAR.

3. The usage of CCS has only been limited to TI-based microcontrollers such as MSP430/432, TIVA series. CC series, SITARA, HERCULUS etc. It cannot be used for other vendor microcontrollers such as STM, NXP, etc.

4. TI support team takes a bit to answer the questions posted on TI compiler forum and the answers are sometimes not to the point. Sometimes, It can take weeks just to resolve your issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most is its optimization support for the development of the embedded firmware code. Its linker support is decisive for the ARM toolchain. It supports the most robust DSP support microprocessors code development. Installation is not required. Code composer studio supports the C++, C with the latest version of the compiler. It supports the latest ARM9 and ARM7 processors. Code composer studio has the ability to save the link with JTAG to debug the multiprocessor devices for camera applications. Its quality of support is best and it is useful to make software development life cycle. Here we can develop pure optimized and portable code which is very efficient to save the total processing time of the execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Code composer studio is a cloud-based tool, so an internet connection must require for developing embedded applications. It is hard to debug the code by using a JTAG debugger for ARM processors. It is less efficient to add C and C++ files for embedded development. It is less efficient for power embedded application. It is very hard to handle the root cause if the program got crashed on the embedded devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing ............................... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything, but the worst is the many random bugs and random crashes. Also, this IDE struggles a lot with simple copy-paste operations ... Absolutely terrible, do not use this unless forced to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The trial version can compile a much bigger code size compared to other software. It is best for beginners or students as it is more affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Debugging in Code Composer Studio can be a bit challenging compared to other software available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The debugging feature is the most helpful, and the realtime debugging option where the code runs on the board step by step without any additional procedure is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its massive size can consume too much disc space on minimalist systems like mine. Also the display can easily be cluttered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and flashing and debugging helps me a lot in my project. Help me manage my multiple projects in a single workspace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plugin import and their configuration to set those setting need to improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used this tool to write my dsp code for power electronics application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not explored the software that much so no dislikes as of now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.