Friday, January 31, 2025

Installing Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio IDE (CCS 20.x) for LAUNCHXL2-RM46 development kit on Windows 10

Installing Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio IDE (CCS 20.x) for LAUNCHXL2-RM46 development kit on Windows 10

Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI's microcontrollers and processors. It is comprised of a rich suite of tools used to build, debug, analyze and optimize embedded applications

Pre-requisite:
- Host: Windows 10 LTSC 2021
- Code Composer Studio IDE installer downloaded from https://www.ti.com/tool/CCSTUDIO, as of this writting (01/31/2025), the version available is ccs_setup_20.0.2.00005.exe.


Below shows how to install the application.


Welcome screen - hit on Next button
License Agreement - Accept and hit Next
Pre-check before installation
Installation Directory - use default
Select Componets - Hercules Safety MCU
Ready to Install!
Some packages may fail to install - perform as instructed
Installation Complete!

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