Arm® Cortex®-R microcontrollers
Explore design options and find resources for Arm®-Cortex®-R microcontrollers (MCUs) to make it easier for you to get to market.
Hardware development
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Prototype quickly with our easy to use evaluation hardware
Start your development with TI’s portfolio of Cortex-R 32-bit microcontrollers using our easy to use standardized evaluation toolkits. Ideal for initial evaluation and prototyping, our platform of launchpads, development kits, ControlCards, and expansion boards offer the right level of performance for your next design.
Get to market faster with TI’s partner provided System on Modules or SoMs. These production ready pre-populated PCBs offer a complete embedded computer system for full processor functionality and fast development time, and include complete system components like read-only memory, random access memory, power-management ICs, crystal oscillators and passives. Start your development now with TI’s portfolio of high performance Processors, and discover how TI’s ecosystem of hardware and system providers can help bring get your innovation to production today.
TI Arm® Cortex®-R based microcontrollers reference designs include board and system level guidance for system level designs to help you get your development started. With complete design guides, schematics, bill of materials and benchmark data, our reference designs offer valuable insights to your next project.
Hardware development tools
LaunchPads and EVMs
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 (...)
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 (...)
AM263x Arm®-based MCU general-purpose LaunchPad™ development kit
LP-AM263 is a cost-optimized development board for Sitara™ high-performance microcontrollers (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 (...)
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. (...)
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 (...)
AM263Px general-purpose controlCARD™ development kit Arm®-based MCU
TMDSCNCD263P is an HSEC180 controlCARD-based evaluation and development tool for the AM263Px 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. (...)
System on modules
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 (...)
TQ-Group system on modules for Arm®-based processors and microcontrollers
Debugging probes
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 (...)
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 (...)
Software development
Complete development solutions for specific applications from TI and partners
We provide software platforms that enable 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 functions from scratch. We support baremetal development as well as a variety of RTOS's including FreeRTOS™, SAFERTOS®, u-velOSity™, and more.
Software development kits
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
TI Developer Zone
Quickly access examples, training, software development kits and documentation tailored to the specific device.
Resource Explorer is included with Code Composer Studio software and is also available in the cloud from the TI Developer Zone.
From beginner to advanced developers, TI Academies will quick-start your design with guided step-by-step tutorials
Designed to simplify and accelerate custom development, TI Academies offer a hands-on guided tutorial for fast and simple design, evaluation and development on TI platforms.
Simplify hardware and software configuration
SysConfig provides an intuitive graphical user interface for configuring pins, peripherals, radios, software stacks, RTOS, clock tree and other components. SysConfig will automatically detect, expose and resolve conflicts to speed software development.
It is available as part of Code Composer Studio software, as a stand-alone application, or as a cloud-based application.
Production tools
Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)
Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI's microcontrollers and processors. It comprises a suite of tools used to develop and debug embedded applications. Code Composer Studio is available for download across Windows®, Linux® and macOS® desktops. It can also (...)
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 (...)
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, (...)
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 (...)