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9 Device and Documentation Support
9.1 Device Support
9.1.1 Development Support
Texas Instruments (TI) offers an extensive line of development tools for the Hercules™ Safety generation
of MCUs, including tools to evaluate the performance of the processors, generate code, develop algorithm
implementations, and fully integrate and debug software and hardware modules.
The following products support development of Hercules™-based applications:
Software Development Tools
• Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
– C/C++ Compiler
– Code generation tools
– Assembler/Linker
– Cycle Accurate Simulator
• Application algorithms
• Sample applications code
Hardware Development Tools
• Development and evaluation boards
• JTAG-based emulators - XDS100 v2, XDS200, XDS560™ v2 emulator
• Flash programming tools
• Power supply
• Documentation and cables
9.1.2 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. Each commercial family member has one of three prefixes: TMX, TMP, or TMS. These prefixes
represent evolutionary stages of product development from engineering prototypes (TMX) through fully
qualified production devices (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.