Hercules RM48x Development Kit
TMDSRM48HDK
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Key Document

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RM48 Hercules Development Kit (HDK) Board Design Files
(ZIP 4879 KB)
07 Aug 2013

- RM48L952 16- and 32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller datasheet (Rev. D)
(PDF 8868 KB)
30 Jun 2015

- RM48 Hercules Development Kit (HDK) User's Guide (Rev. C)
(PDF 447 KB)
02 Nov 2018
Description
The RM48 Hercules™ Development Kit is based on the RM48L952 and is ideal for getting started on development with the IEC 61508 SIL 3 certified RM48x series of the Hercules RM family of microcontrollers. The development board features RJ45 10/100 Ethernet, USB-A Host, and USB-B Device Interfaces along with an on board XDS100v2 JTAG emulator and access to all peripheral pins. The kit is comprised of a development board, a DC power supply, a mini-B USB cable, and an Ethernet cable.
Recommended software and tools from TI can be found at the links below:
- Code Composer Studio™ IDE – Integrated development environment (debugger/compiler)
- HALCoGen – Hardwar Abstraction Layer (peripheral drivers) Code Generator with examples
- Hercules Safety MCU Demos – show key features of Hercules MCUs and do initial board checkout
- HET IDE – High End Timer debugger with simulator and code examples
Features
- On-board USB XDS100v2 JTAG debug
- On-board SCI-to-PC serial communication
- External high-speed emulation via JTAG
- Access to signal pin test points
- LEDs, temp sensor and light sensor
- CAN transceivers
- MIPI connector for 32bit ETM Trace
- RJ-45 10/100 Ethernet interface
- USB-A host interface
- USB-B device interface
What's Included
- RM48L950 Development board
- CCStudio IDE: C/C++ Compiler/Linker/Debugger
- HALCoGen Peripheral Driver Generation Tool
- CCS and nowFlash Flash Programming Tools
- GUI Demos with Project/Code Examples
- Type A to mini B USB cable for using on board XDS100V2 JTAG emulator
- Ethernet Cable
- Flashlight for light sensor demo
Functional safety training series
This 4-part training series will provide you information to help ease the development of your IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 functional safety applications.
Start developing on the Hercules platform quickly and easily
A number of Hercules EVMs are available making it easy to begin developing optimized software and hardware solutions. Select the best Hercules EVM for you.
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Technical Documents
Datasheet (4)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
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8800 | 30 Jun 2015 | ||
8838 | 30 Jun 2015 | ||
8906 | 30 Jun 2015 | ||
8868 | 30 Jun 2015 |
Errata (2)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
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229 | 31 May 2016 | ||
239 | 31 May 2016 |
User guides (2)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
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447 | 02 Nov 2018 | ||
11170 | 01 Mar 2018 |
White papers (1)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
847 | 12 May 2015 |
Design files (1)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
ZIP | 4879 | 07 Aug 2013 |
More literature (1)
Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
39 | 02 Jan 2019 |
Related Products
Software (2)
Name | Part Number | Software Type |
---|---|---|
Hercules Safety MCU Cortex-R4 CMSIS DSP Library | HERCULES-DSPLIB | Software Libraries |
SafeTI Hercules Diagnostic Library | SAFETI_DIAG_LIB | Software Libraries |
Development Tools (5)
Name | Part Number | Tool Type |
---|---|---|
Uniflash Standalone Flash Tool for TI Microcontrollers (MCU), Sitara Processors & SimpleLink devices | UNIFLASH | Flash Programming Tools |
Code Composer Studio (CCS) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | CCSTUDIO | SW Development Tools, IDEs, Compilers |
Hardware Abstraction Layer Code Generator for Hercules MCUs | HALCOGEN | SW Development Tools, IDEs, Compilers |
Hercules Safety MCU Demos | HERCULES_SAFETY_MCU_DEMOS | SW Development Tools, IDEs, Compilers |
High End Timer (HET) | HET_IDE | SW Development Tools, IDEs, Compilers |
TI Devices (7)
Part Number | Name | Product Family |
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RM48L530 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L540 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L730 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L740 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L940 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L950 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
RM48L952 | 16/32-Bit RISC Flash Microcontroller | Microcontrollers (MCU) |
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