Terms and acronyms

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
compact JTAG

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.

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 CC13x0 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
Joint Test Action Group

IEEE standard 1149.1: Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture Test Access Port (TAP). This standard is known by the acronym JTAG.

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.

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.

RF Core Terms and Acronyms

CCA
Clear Channel Assessment

CCA referrs to checking if a channel is clear of traffic before transmitting. The combination of RSSI threshold and channel idle time defines what is considered a “clear” channel.

CPE
Command and Packet Engine

The unit on the RF core that is responsible for command execution and packet encoding/decoding. It acts as a supervisor for all other sub-modules during command execution.

genfsk

Used as an abbreviation for settings that uses the patch rf_patch_cpe_genfsk. genfsk supports up to 500 kbps FSK and GFSK.

IB
Current Bias

One of several parameters for adjusting output power during packet transmissions. ‘I’ in ‘IB’ stands for the SI unit for current.

MCE
Modem Control Engine

A functional unit on the RF core that sits in between the CPE and the RFE. It is responsible for signal modulation/demodulation and binary base band processing.

PA
Power Amplifier

A RF power amplifier converts a low-power RF signal into a higher power signal. Typically, RF power amplifiers drive the antenna of a transmitter.

RAT
Radio Timer

A functional unit on the RF core that provides accurate timing for command execution. It runs with 1/4 speed of the high- frequency oscillator.

RFE
Radio Front-end Engine

A functional unit on the RF core that is responsible for the analog signal processing part. It connects the MCE to the antenna.

SLR

RF mode designed to giv a long range. The data rate is 5 kbps.

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.

HIB
Halt In Boot.

A mechanism in CC13x0 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
OAD Client

The device receiving firmware images from an OAD Server, whose firmware is being upgraded over the air. This is assumed to be a CC13x0 running the TI protocol-specific transport for OAD.

OAD Distributor
OAD Server

The device responsible for accepting an OAD enabled image from the compiler and transferring it over the air to the OAD Target(OAD Client).

SNV
Simple Non Volatile

An abstraction layer used by the EasyLink for reading and writing to non volatile memory. This region can also be used by the user.

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.