Arm® Cortex®-R design & development

Find design resources for automotive or industrial MCU development quickly

Our design and development ecosystem for incorporating Arm® Cortex®-R MCUs into your automotive or industrial system can help simplify your design process and make it easier for you to get to market.
Arm® Cortex®-R design & development

Hardware development

Create and release system-level hardware and software solutions based on our portfolio of Cortex-R 32-bit microcontrollers, focused on key technologies and emerging markets, to reach the broadest audience while making our devices easier to use and expediting time to market.

Hardware Design Guidelines

Hardware development tools

LaunchPad, controlCARD, System on modules, Debug probes, Accessories

LaunchPads and EVMs

Evaluation board
AM243x general purpose LaunchPad™ development kit for Arm®-based MCU

LP-AM243 is a development board for Sitara™ high performance microcontrollers from the AM243x series. This board is ideal for initial evaluation and prototyping as it provides a standardized and easy-to-use platform to develop your next application. The LP-AM243 is equipped with the smaller (...)

Evaluation board
AM243x evaluation module for Arm® Cortex®-R5F-based MCUs

The TMDS243 evaluation module (EVM) is a standalone test and development platform for evaluating AM243x functionality and developing prototypes for a variety of applications. TMDS243EVM is equipped with the larger form factor Sitara™ AM2434 ALV microcontroller unit (MCU) and additional (...)

Evaluation board
AM263x Arm®-based MCU general-purpose LaunchPad™ development kit

LP-AM263 is a cost-optimized development board for Arm®-based application MCUs from the AM263x series. This board is ideal for initial evaluation and prototyping as it provides a standardized and easy-to-use platform to develop your next application.

 

LP-AM263 is equipped with a AM2634 (...)

Evaluation board
AM263x general-purpose controlCARD™ development kit Arm®-based MCU

TMDSCNCD263 is an HSEC180 controlCARD based evaluation and development tool for the AM263x series Sitara™ high-performance microcontrollers. This board is ideal for initial evaluation and prototyping as it provides a standardized and easy-to-use platform to develop your next application. (...)

Evaluation board
AM263Px Arm®-based MCU general-purpose LaunchPad™ development kit

LP-AM263P is a cost-optimized development board for Sitara™ high-performance microcontrollers (MCUs) from the AM263Px series. This board is developed for initial evaluation and prototyping as it provides a standardized and easy-to-use platform to develop your next application.

LP-AM263P is (...)

Debug probes

Debug probe
XDS110 JTAG Debug Probe

The Texas Instruments XDS110 is a new class of debug probe (emulator) for TI embedded processors. The XDS110 replaces the XDS100 family while supporting a wider variety of standards (IEEE1149.1, IEEE1149.7, SWD) in a single pod. Also, all XDS debug probes support Core and System Trace in all (...)

Debug probe
XDS200 USB Debug Probe

The XDS200 is a debug probe (emulator) used for debugging TI embedded devices.  The XDS200 features a balance of low cost with good performance as compared to the low cost XDS110 and the high performance XDS560v2.  It supports a wide variety of standards (IEEE1149.1, IEEE1149.7, SWD) in a (...)

System modules

Evaluation board
phyBOARD®-AM64x development kit

phyBOARD®-AM64x Development Kit is a System on Moduel (SOM) and Carrier Board featuring the The phyCORE®-AM64x, a robust and reliable embedded processor board for headless industrial communication systems. The 50 mm x 37 mm SOM has an extensive 280-pin interconnect supporting common factory (...)

From: PHYTEC
Evaluation board
TQ-Group system on modules for Arm®-based processors and microcontrollers
TQ offers the complete range of services from development, through production and service right up to product life cycle management. The services cover assemblies, equipment and systems including hardware, software and mechanics. Customers can obtain all services from TQ on a modular basis as (...)
From: TQ-Group

Automotive reference designs

Reference design
High-power, high-performance automotive SiC traction inverter reference design

TIDM-02014 is a 800-V, 300kW SiC-based traction inverter system reference design developed by Texas Instruments and Wolfspeed provides a foundation for OEMs and design engineers to create high-performance, high-efficiency traction inverter systems and get to market faster. This solution (...)

Industrial reference designs

Reference design
Dual motor control with digital interleaved PFC for HVAC reference design

The TIDM-02010 reference design is a 1.5-kW dual motor drive and PFC control reference design for variable frequency air conditioner outdoor unit controller in HVAC applications, which illustrates a method to implement sensorless 3-phase PMSM vector control for compressor and fan motor drive, and (...)

Software

Simplify tasks & speed up time-to-market with our proven software and expert guidance on embedded system design

Accelerate application development schedules with AM26x microcontroller (MCU) software development kits (SDK), which provide a software platform for TI embedded processors with easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. These softwares accelerate application development schedules by eliminating creating basic system software functions from scratch.

Arm Cortex®-R MCU ecosystem

Arm Cortex®-R MCU ecosystem

There are multiple software components to use with Arm Cortex-R microcontrollers. These can be used for free, and works with LaunchPad™ development kits, controlCARD evaluation modules and application kits. The software components include drivers, libraries, examples, tools, application demos, documentation and more. Software can be downloaded or developed on web using cloud tools. 

Our SDKs provide easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to software components and are fully tested to work together. Through the evaluation process, you have access to key features to help quickly get your board running, and a strong software foundation enabling you to focus on your application.

Software development kits

Software development kits

Software development kit (SDK)
AM243x software development kit (SDK) for Sitara™ microcontrollers

The AM243x microcontroller (MCU) software is a collection of software development kits (SDK) providing a software platform for TI embedded processors with easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. This software accelerates application development (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
AM263x software development kit (SDK) for Sitara™ microcontrollers

The AM263x microcontroller (MCU) software is a collection of software development kits (SDK) providing a software platform for TI embedded processors with easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. These softwares accelerate application (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
AM263Px software development kit (SDK) for Sitara™ microcontrollers

The AM263Px microcontroller (MCU) plus software development kit (SDK) is a unified software platform for embedded processors providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. This software accelerates application development schedules by eliminating (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
AM273x software development kit (SDK) for Sitara™ microcontrollers

The MCU+ SDK (Software Development Kit) is a unified software platform for TI embedded processors providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demos.  This software accelerates application development schedules by eliminating the need to create basic system (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
AM261x software development kit (SDK) for Sitara microcontrollers

The AM261x microcontroller (MCU) plus software development kit (SDK) is a unified software platform for embedded processors providing easy setup and fast out-of-the-box access to examples, benchmarks and demonstrations. This software accelerates application development schedules by eliminating (...)

Software development tools

IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)

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. Code Composer Studio is available across Windows®, Linux® and macOS® platforms.

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IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
System configuration tool

SysConfig is a configuration tool designed to simplify hardware and software configuration challenges to accelerate software development.

SysConfig is available as part of the Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment as well as a standalone application. Additionally SysConfig (...)

IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
TI code generation tools - C/C++ compilers and assembly language tools

TI Code Generation Tools include C/ C++ Compilers and Assembly Language tools for many instruction set architectures. These tools run on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and are available for download free of charge. 

If you already use the Code Composer Studio (CCS) Integrated Development Environment, (...)

Software programming tool
UniFlash flash programming tool

UniFlash is a software tool for programming on-chip flash on TI microcontrollers and wireless connectivity devices and on-board flash for TI processors. UniFlash provides both graphical and command-line interfaces.

UniFlash can be run from the cloud on the TI Developer Zone or downloaded and used (...)

Software
AM26x design gallery
Build real-time applications developed by Texas Instruments and third-party hardware and software vendors within the TI Processors ecosystem.

Educational resources

Academy
Academy
AM26x academy
The AM26x academy provide educational resources such as hands-on labs related to AM26x MCU technology.
Technical article
Technical article
Revolutionizing performance in real-time control, networking and analytics with Sitara™ AM2x MCUs
This paper explores how Sitara™ AM2x MCUs solves the performance challenges of traditional MCUs to meet demands in real-time control
Video series
Video series
AM26x MCU video series
Watch foundational content and hands-on examples about AM26x MCUs.

Partners

We have worked with multiple third-party companies to offer a wide range of solutions for Arm® Cortex®-R devices. Our search tool helps to make it easier to find the right third party to address your design needs.

Explore ARM Cortex-R third-party hardware and software ecosystem designed to accelerate development and reduce time-to-market. We’ve partnered with industry-leading companies to provide AUTOSAR stacks, safety software, security solutions, model-based design, development tools, and more.

Leverage their tools and expertise to meet your system requirements faster and more efficiently.

Support for AUTOSAR and real-time operating systems (RTOS) enables ARM Cortex-R developers to create scalable, modular, and compliant automotive applications. Our partners provide full AUTOSAR stacks, MCAL integrations, and certified RTOS solutions tailored for functional safety and real-time performance.

Develop safe and secure applications with trusted third-party solutions for functional safety, cybersecurity, and hardware security modules (HSM). In addition to the TI Foundational Security (TI-FS) software development kit, our partners offer certified software stacks, secure bootloaders, encryption, firewalls, and full ISO 26262 compliance tools for ARM Cortex-R MCUs.

Speed up development and code generation with industry-proven compilers and model-based design environments. These tools offer optimized performance, safety-certified toolchains, and seamless integration with ARM Cortex-R MCUs.

Accelerate debugging, flashing, profiling, and calibration with a wide array of hardware development tools. Our third-party partners provide robust support for JTAG, trace, flash programming, calibration, and real-time debugging to streamline your workflow on ARM Cortex R MCUs.