Release Notes for Code Composer Studio™ Theia v1.5.1
These release notes contain valuable information which may not be included in other product documentation. This information will assist you in the use of Code Composer Studio™ Theia.
The release notes are divided into five sections:
Contents
CCS Theia is a new Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on Theia IDE framework. CCS Theia v1.5.1 uses a modified version of Theia-IDE. ( https://theia-ide.org/ )
CCS Theia has a more limited set of features and limited set of devices. Each release will add support for new features and new devices.
For additional information and support, please go to:
https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/users_guide_ccs_theia/index.html
Please note that Code Composer Studio Theia v1.5.0 is recommended for production development with MSPM0, and MSP430 devices. CCS Theia includes optional support for Wireless connectivity (not WiFi), Sitara, and mmWave devices. Evaluation support for C2000 devices is included.
Please note that Code Composer Studio Theia is a 64bit application and thus will not run on 32bit operating systems.
Supported distributions include:
Code Composer Studio Theia will run on other distributions but those are the officially supported and tested distributions. For more details on installation instructions as well as debug probe and device support please see this article on Linux Host Support.
Versions Supported
Each Code Composer Studio Theia release is validated against a set of macOS releases. This release was validated with:
Debug Probe Support
Details of the macOS releases, debug probes and devices supported is available here.
Please note that use of anti-virus software or a firewall may cause issues during installation.
McAfee software in particular has been especially troublesome.
If possible, disable anti-virus and firewall software during installation.
If not, use of the Offline Installer is strongly recommended.On Windows:
If you are using an Offline CCS Theia Installer, the zip file in which it is
distributed must first be extracted:1. Right-click on CCSTheia1.x.x.xxxxx_win64.zip and select "Extract All...".
2. Enter the directory where you wish to extract the files.
3. Click on Extract.Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.
To install Code Composer Studio Theia:1. Run ccs_theia_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.exe.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.On OS X:
Please visit https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_macos_host_support.html
The offline installer is now distributed as disk images (.dmg files)
1. Right-click on CCSTheia1.x.x.xxxxx_osx.dmg and select "Open”. This will open the disk image and mount it.
To install Code Composer Studio Theia:1. Run ccs_theia_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx by clicking on the application in the Finder
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.On Linux:
Please visit https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_linux_host_support.html
before installing CCS Theia on Linux. It contains important information on
installing CCS Theia on different Linux distributions, including CCS Theia dependencies that may need to be installed first.
Before installing CCS Theia, the tarball file in which the CCS Theia Installer is distributed must first be extracted:untar CCSTheia1.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz and extract all files.
e.g. tar xfz CCSTheia1.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz
Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.
Note: To facilitate the installation of emulation drivers, it is necessary to run part of the installation process as root.
You may if you wish install all of CCS Theia as root. However, it is preferred that you first install CCS Theia as a normal user and then install the drivers as root.
To install Code Composer Studio Theia as a normal user and emulation drivers as root:1. Run ccs_theia_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.run as a normal user.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.
4. Navigate to directory <Install-Folder>/ccs/install_scripts.
5. As root, execute script "install_drivers.sh".To install all of Code Composer Studio Theia as root:
1. Run ccs_theia_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.run as root.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.
· Trace decoding may take up to 20 seconds for large captures.
· PC Hibernation affects CCS Theia inter-process communication with Resource Explorer opened. You may see a message “Error communicating with Cloud Agent “. Also, a notification panel in bottom right will be shown indicating that CCS Theia has gone offline. Please choose Restart option to restart CCS Theia and re-establish IPC communication.
· On Linux, the file browse dialog may open behind the main CCS Thiea window. The application may appear to hang if this happens, but the issue can resolved by bringing the browse dialog to the front.
· New Theia-based IDE:
· Compilers
o TI CLANG 4.0.0 LTS, C2800 Compiler Tools v22.6.1 and MSP430 Compiler Tools v21.6.1.LTS compilers are bundled
· Device Support
o MSPM0: Recommended for production development.
o MSP430: Recommended for production development
o Wireless connectivity (not WiFi): Optional
o C2000: Evaluation, not recommended for production development.
ARM Clang Compiler Tools |
v4.0.0.LTS |
C2000 Device Support |
v6.22.0.0 |
C2000 Emulation Flash |
v1.0.0.5 |
C2000_FEATURE_METADATA |
v6.22.0.0 |
C2800 Compiler Tools |
v22.6.1.A23259 |
C29 Compiler Tools |
v0.1.0.sts |
C29 Device Support |
v1.0.2.0 |
C29 Feature Metadata |
v1.0.2.0 |
C6000 Compiler Tools |
v8.3.3 |
CC26xx Device Support |
v3.20.01.32 |
CC3220 Device Support |
v1.0.5 |
CC323X Device Support |
v1.0.5 |
CC32xx Device Support |
v1.0.8 |
CC32xx Driver Support |
v1.0.8 |
CCS Documentation |
v1.5.0.00010 |
CCS Theia Installer Dependencies |
v1.0.0.20180710000000 |
CCS Utilities |
v1.0.0.20221028 |
Debug Server |
v12.8.0.3529 |
Debug Server Flash |
v12.8.0.3529 |
Eclipse |
v1.5.0.202407270237 |
IDE_METADATA |
v1.0.1.0 |
InstallBuilder |
v24.3.0 |
LPCS_FEATURE_METADATA |
v3.20.01.32 |
Main CCS Theia Installer |
v1.5.0.20240816091047 |
MSP430 Build Header Support |
v11.1.0.20211104 |
MSP430 Compiler Tools |
v21.6.1.LTS |
MSP430 Debug Support |
v11.1.0.20211104 |
MSP430 Device Support |
v11.1.0.20211104 |
MSP430 GCC Build Header Support |
v11.1.0.20211104 |
MSP432 Debug Support |
v8.2.3.0 |
MSPM0 Support |
v1.10.00.06 |
MSPM0_FEATURE_METADATA |
v1.10.00.06 |
Node.js |
v18.16.0 |
SEGGER J-Link |
v7.96.0 |
Sitara MCU Device Support |
v1.3.8 |
Sitara MCU Feature Metadata |
v1.3.8 |
Sys Config |
v1.21.1.3756 |
TARGET_METADATA |
v1.5.1.0 |
TargetDB Default Props |
v12.3.0.N202303010900 |
Theia |
v1.5.0.20240821102021 |
TI Cloud Agent |
v0.5.4914 |
TI Emulators |
V20.0.0.3078 |
TIREX Desktop |
v4.19.0.202408191600 |
YAROV |
v2.0.0.20240806144408 |
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