Terms and Acronyms

TI 15.4-Stack Terms and Acronyms

AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
A fast and secure form of encryption.
AES-CCM
AES Counter with CBC-MAC.
It is an authenticated encryption algorithm
AES-CMAC
AES Cipher-based Message Authentication Code.
CAP
Contention Assessment Period
Part of the beacon mode superframe. During CAP a slotted CSMA-CA mechanism is used ad any node can transmit a beacon.
CBC-MAC
Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code.
CBKE
Certificate-Based Key Establishment.
CCFG
Customer Configuration Area.
Customer Configuration Area, contains lock-bits on flash page 31 and the Customer Configuration Table (.ccfg).
CCS
Code Composer Studio
An integrated development environment to develop applications for Texas Instruments embedded processors. Download: Code Composer Studio
CFP
Contention Free Period
Optional part of the beacon mode superframe. If the network requires certain nodes to transmit frequently, they can be assigned a slot in the CFP where they are the only node to transmit.
CLI
Command Line Interface.
CSMA-CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
This prevents nodes from talking while the air is occupied. Used in all bands except 868MHz.
CSRK
Connection Signature Resolving Key.
DFE
Direct Frame Exchange.
DH1CF
Direct Hash Channel Function
This is used to produce a psuedo-random channel sequence for frequency hopping devices.
ECDH
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman.
ECHDE
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral.
ECJPAKE
Elliptic Curve J-PAKE.
FAN
Field Area Network.
FFD
Full Functionality Device.
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
A compiler system produced by the GNU Project, which support various programming languages such as C and C++.
GUI
Graphical User Interface.
HIB
Halt In Boot
A mechanism in CC26xx and CC13xx devices to ensure that the external emulator can take control of the device before it executes any application code.
HMAC
Hash-based message authentication code.
IAR
Refers to IAR Systems’ IAR Embedded Workbench, which is an integrated development environment used for building and debugging embedded applications.
IDE
Integrated Development Environment.
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
IRK
Identity Resolving Key.
J-PAKE
Password Authenticated Key Exchange by Juggling.
LBT
Listen Before Talk
This prevents nodes from talking while the air is occupied. Used in 868MHz band.
MAC
Medium Access Control.
MCU
Microcontroller Unit.
MIC
Message Integrity Code.
MITM
Man In The Middle.
MMO
Matyas-Meyer-Oseas.
NV
Non-Volatile Memory.
OOB
Out-Of-Box.
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection model.
PAN
Personal Area Network.
PBKDF2
Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2.
PHY
Physical layer of the OSI model.
PIB
Personal-Area-Network Information Bases.
RAM
Random Access Memory.
RCFG
ROM Configuration
TI-RTOS in ROM Configuration Table
RNG
Random Number Generator.
RF
Radio Frequency.
RFD
Reduced Functionality Device.
ROM
Read-only Memory.
RTOS
Real Time Operating System.
SKKE
Symmetric-Key Key Establishment.
SNV
Simple Non-Volatile storage.
SUN
Smart Utility Network.
TRNG
True Random Number Generator.
VIMS
Versatile Instruction Memory System
A system control module that handles access to the device memory areas from the CPU and system bus. You can read more in the CC13x0 CC26x0 SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual.

Sensor Controller Terms and Acronyms

SC
Sensor Controller
A dedicated 16-bit CPU core on CC13xx and CC26xx devices, located in the auxiliary (AUX) power/clock domain. It can perform simple background tasks autonomously and independently of the System CPU and the MCU domain power states.
SCS
Sensor Controller Studio
A stand-alone IDE used to write, test and debug code for the Sensor Controller.

TI-RTOS Terms and Acronyms

HWI
Hardware Interrupts
A TI-RTOS hardware interrupt.
Idle Task
A TI-RTOS default task that is executes when no other higher priority thread needs to run.
RCFG
TI-RTOS in ROM configuration table.
ROV
Runtime Object View
A TI-RTOS kernel plugin for CCS and IAR to view a target’s instrumentation data.
RTC
Real-Time Clock
An accurate computer clock which keeps track of the current time.
RTOS
Real Time Operating System
An operating system intended to serve applications with real-time requirements.
SWI
Software Interrupts
A TI-RTOS software interrupt.
TI-RTOS
Texas Instruments Real Time Operating System
An RTOS developed by TI for TI microcontrollers.
Zero-Latency Interrupts
An interrupt that will not be routed through the TI-RTOS kernel’s Hwi dispatcher. For more information, see the Hwi module documentation in the TI-RTOS Kernel (SYS/BIOS) User’s Guide.

Over-the-Air Download (OAD) Terms and Acronyms

BIM
Boot Image Manager
A bootloader that runs after the device’s ROM startup code. The BIM is responsible for analyzing the image header of all images and determining the most suitable image to run. Once the BIM has found the proper image, it will jump to it’s program entry.
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
An error-detecting code used to check the integrity of blocks of data.
ECDSA
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
A variant of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) which uses elliptic curve cryptography.
Factory Image
The factory image is a “golden” image that resides in external flash as a fail-safe mechanism.
HIB
Halt In Boot
A mechanism in CC26xx and CC13xx devices to ensure that the external emulator can take control of the device before it executes any application code.
OAD
Over-the-Air Download
The process of performing a device firmware update over the air.
OAD Target
The device whose firmware is being upgraded over the air. This is assumed to be a CC26xx or CC13xx device running the TI protocol-specific transport for OAD.
OAD Distributor
The device responsible for accepting an OAD enabled image from the compiler and transferring it over the air to the OAD Target.

General Terms and Acronyms

CCFG
Customer Configuration
Customer Configuration is set by the application and contains configuration parameters for the ROM boot code, device hardware, and device firmware. It contains lock-bits on the last page of flash. You can read more in the Customer Configuration section in the CC13x0 CC26x0 SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual.
CCS
Code Composer Studio
An integrated development environment to develop applications for Texas Instruments embedded processors. Download: Code Composer Studio
cJTAG
Class 4 IEEE 1149.7: Standard for Reduced-pin and Enhanced-functionality Test Access Port and Boundary-scan Architecture. This is known by acronym cJTAG (compact JTAG).
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
A compiler system produced by the GNU Project, which support various programming languages such as C and C++.
GPRAM
General purpose RAM. This memory area is used for the cache per default, but can be configured to be used as RAM.
HIB
Halt In Boot
A mechanism in CC13xx and CC26xx devices to ensure that the external emulator can take control of the device before it executes any application code.
IAR
Refers to IAR Systems’ IAR Embedded Workbench, which is an integrated development environment used for building and debugging embedded applications.
JTAG
IEEE standard 1149.1: Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture Test Access Port (TAP). This standard is known by the acronym JTAG (Joint Test Action Group).
MCU
Microcontroller Unit
A small computer on a single integrated circuit.
NVS
Non-Volatile Storage
Storage of data in non-volatile memory (NVM). NVM retains saved data during power cycles. In the context of CC13x0 devices, NVM either refers to the internal flash or some external flash.
OAD
Over the Air Download
The process of performing a device firmware update over the air.
ROM
Read-only Memory
Type of non-volatile memory used in computers. Once data is written to ROM, the data cannot be removed and can only be read.
RTSC
Real Time Software Components
A toolset for creating reusable code, used by TI-RTOS. See RTSC and RTSC-Pedia.
SysConfig
System Configuration Tool
SysConfig is a graphical interface for configuring software projects. Configuration files, C source files and header files are generated based on the parameters configured in the SysConfig dashboard. SysConfig is not supported for CC13x0.
TI-CGT
TI Code Generation Tools
Set of C/C++ Compilers and Assembly Language tools for many TI microcontrollers and processors. For more information, see TI Code Generation Tools.
VIMS
Versatile Instruction Memory System
A system control module that handles access to the device memory areas from the CPU and system bus. You can read more in the CC13x0 CC26x0 SimpleLink Wireless MCU Technical Reference Manual.
.bss
Block started by symbol. This memory section usually contains uninitialized variables including the task stacks.