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Contents 1 TMS570 Product Overview 2 Safety 3 Getting Started 4 Device Family 5 Tools & Software 6 Application Notes & Articles 7 Training 8 Videos: 9 Important Links & Downloads 10 Technical Support

TMS570 Product Overview

ARM® Floating Point MCU Family for Transportation Applications

* Latest series TMS570LS31x/21x released 09/2011 *

TMS570 Transportation MCUs are the industry’s first ARM® Cortex™-R4F based floating point MCUs that meet IEC61508/SIL3 safety standards. Targeted transportation safety applications include automotive chassis and stability control, electric power steering, hybrid and electric vehicles, aerospace, railway communications, and off-road vehicle engine control.

The TMS570 family integrates dual Cortex™-R4F processors in lock-step and is designed to meet automotive and transportation safety standards. These devices provide system-wide protection through seamless support for error detection from the processor, through the bus interconnect, and into the memories. The TMS570 development process and safety concept has been IEC61508/SIL3 certified by Exida, an independent 3rd party assessor.

TMS570 MCUs also have an integrated high-performance Floating Point Unit (FPU) which can provide both single and double precision. The FPU along with flexible control peripherals simplifies the development of real-time auto coded applications generated from physical based modeling tools. More information can be found at the TMS570LS ARM CortexR4F Series Overview.

Safety

Real-Time Safety Architecture

The TMS570 Family of MCUs is based on dual Cortex™-R4F processors in lock-step, these new devices are designed to meet error-free safety standards and provide system-wide protection through seamless support for error detection from the processor, through the interconnect and into the memories. TI recognizes that no single safety concept is optimal for all systems. Lockstep and AMP approaches give customers flexible options for system implementation to achieve IEC61508/SIL3 safety standards.

Getting Started

For TMS570LS MDK and USB kits:

• visit the TMS570LS ARM® Cortex™-R4F Microcontroller Tools and Software

For TMS570LS20x MDK and USB kits:

• TMS570 MDK Kit - TMS570LS20x Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK).
• TMS570 USB Kit - TMS570LS20x Microcontroller USB Kit.

For TMS570LS31x HDK and USB kits:

• TMS570LS31x HDK Kit - TMS570LS31x Hercules Development Kit (HDK).
• TMS570LS31x USB Kit - TMS570LS31x Hercules USB Kit.

For RM48 HDK and USB kits:

• RM48 HDK Kit - RM48 Hercules Development Kit (HDK).
• RM48 USB Kit - RM48 Hercules USB Kit.

For TMS570LS31x Control Cards:

• TMS570LS31x CNCD - TMS570LS31x Control Card(CNCD).

Getting Started with the TMS570LS devices Application Note: TMS570LS_Getting_Started.pdf

Device Family

TMS570LS device family:

• TMS570LS31x/21x: (*Latest series TMS570LS31x/21x released 09/2011*)

• TMS570LS2124
• TMS570LS2125
• TMS570LS2134
• TMS570LS2135
• TMS570LS3134
• TMS570LS3135
• TMS570LS3137 - This is the superset device.

• TMS570LS20x/10x:

• TMS570LS10106
• TMS570LS10116
• TMS570LS10206
• TMS570LS10216
• TMS570LS20206
• TMS570LS20216 - This is the superset device.

Visit the TMS570LS ARM CortexR4F Series Product Search for more info. The listed devices can be found from the TMS570 home page under the 'Product Folder' section.

Tools & Software

• HETP - HET assembler.
• High End Timer IDE - Windows application for configuring and simulating the HET.
• NowFlash - JTAG flash programming tool with a GUI front end.
• F021FlashApi - F021 Flash API
• JTAG Emulator Options for TMS570LS - Wiki page on supported emulators and emulator options.

• TMS570 MDK Kit - TMDX570 Microcontroller Development Kit (MDK).
• TMS570 USB Kit - TMS570 Microcontroller USB Kit.
• HALCoGen EMAC Driver & lwIP Demonstration - An example port of HALCoGen Ethernet Driver port to lwIP

 = Peripherals =  

C

• CPU Compare Module for Cortex-R4F (CCM-R4F)
• Cyclic Redundancy Check Controller (CRC)

D

• DCAN Controller Area Network (DCAN)
• Data Modification Module (DMM)
  

E

• Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM)

F

• F035 Flash Module
• Floating Point Unit (FPU)

H

• High End Timer (NHET)
• High End Timer Transfer Unit (HTU)

M

• Multi-Buffered SPI with Parallel Pin Option (MibSPI/MibSPIP)

Application Notes & Articles

The application notes for the TMS570LS series devices can be found from the TMS570 Application Notes webpage.

Training

• Training:

TMS570LS20x 1 Day Training/Workshop Presentation:
- Media:TMS570_MCU_1Day_Training_2011_Part1.pdf
- Media:TMS570_MCU_1Day_Training_2011_Part2.pdf
TMS570LS20x 1 Day Training/Workshop Labs (CCSv4.x Projects):
- Media:Lab2.zip
- Media:Lab3.zip

• Example Code and Projects:

TMS570LS20x/10x Examples:
MIBSPI example:
- Media:Example_mibspi_halcogen_ccs_c_project.zip
NHET as GIO Example:
- Media:TMS570LS2x_Using_NHET_as_GIO_Example.pdf,
- CCSv4 Project: Media:Example_Using_NHET_as_GIO_CCSv4_Project.zip
Blinky Example:
- Media:TMS570LS2x_Blinky_Example.pdf,
- CCSv4 Project: Media:Example_TMS570_Blinky_CCSv4_Project.zip
MibADC Example:
- Media:TMS570LS2x_MibADC_Example.pdf,
- CCSv4 Project: Media:Example_TMS570_ADC_CCSv4_Project.zip

TMS570LS31x/21x Examples:
MibADC Example:
- Media:TMS570LS31x_MibADC_Example.pdf,
- CCSv4 Project: Media:TMS570LS3x_MibADC_CCSv4_Project.zip
N2HET PWM Example:
- Media:TMS570LS31x_N2HET_PWM_Example.pdf,
- CCSv4 Project: Media:TMS570LS31x_N2HET_PWM_CCSv4_Project.zip

Ethernet Example:

- Port of HALCoGen Ethernet Driver to lwIP Stack

Videos:

(Single click to play the thumbnail. Double click for full page/full screen viewing options.)

TMS570 Introductory Video:

TMS570 Microcontroller Family Overview

This and other videos related to the Hercules Safety Microcontroller platform, the TMS470M, TMS570 and RM4 device families can be found on the videos wiki page. Videos covering device family overview, safety concept, demos with available USB/MDK kit, tools and IDE's, etc are included.

Important Links & Downloads

TMS570 home page: http://wwww.ti.com/tms570
TMS570LS2x Series Technical Reference Manual: spnu489 (pdf)
TMS570LS2x Series Datasheet: spns141 (pdf)
TMS570LS2x Series Errata: spnz176 (pdf)
TMS570/ARM Code Gen Tool Users Guides can be found on this wiki page: here
TMS570LS2x Package Symbols 144 pin (Orcad): TMS570LS20216_144P.zip
TMS570LS2x Package Symbols 337 pin (Orcad): TMS570LS_BGA337.zip
TMS570LS2x IBIS Model (144 pin): tms570ls20216pge.zip
TMS570LS2x IBIS Model (337 pin): tms570ls20216zwt.zip
TMS570LS2x BSDL File (144 pin): TMS570LS_144P.zip
TMS570LS2x BSDL File (337 pin): TMS570LS_337.zip

Technical Support

For technical support and sharing, please visit the TMS570 Microcontroller Forum in TI's E2E (Engineer to Engineer) community.

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