Arm Cortex-R microcontrollers

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.

At TI, we know that you need to be efficient with your time and resources at every stage of the board design and embedded development process. Our ecosystem of validated and tested reference designs, intelligent product selectors, advanced browser-based and offline simulation and development tools, and application-specific software kits remove barriers between your concepts and mass production.
Arm® Cortex®-R microcontrollers

Hardware development

Create and release sysem-level hardware and software solutions based on all TI processor products, focused on key technologies and emerging markets, to reach the broadest audience while making our devices easier to use and expediting time to market

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

Evaluation board
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 (...)

Evaluation board
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 (...)

Evaluation board
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 (...)

Evaluation board
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. (...)

Evaluation board
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 (...)

Evaluation board
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

Evaluation board
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 (...)

From: PHYTEC
Evaluation board
TQ-Group system on modules for Arm®-based processors and microcontrollers
TQ offers the complete range of services from development, through production and service right up to product life cycle management. The services cover assemblies, equipment and systems including hardware, software and mechanics. Customers can obtain all services from TQ on a modular basis as (...)
From: TQ-Group

Debugging probes

Debug probe
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 (...)

Debug probe
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

Software development kit (SDK)
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 (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
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 (...)

Software development kit (SDK)
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.

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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.

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Production tools

IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE)

Code Composer Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI's microcontrollers and processors. It is comprised of a rich suite of tools used to build, debug, analyze and optimize embedded applications. Code Composer Studio is available across Windows®, Linux® and macOS® platforms.

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IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
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 (...)

IDE, configuration, compiler or debugger
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, (...)

Software programming tool
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 (...)

Educational resources

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Demo videos
See the AM2x microcontrollers in action through a variety of our focus end equipments such as industrial networking and automotive control. 
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TI E2E design support forums
Search previously answered questions or ask our product application engineers a new question
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Revolutionizing Performance in Real-Time Control, Networking and Analytics With Sitara™ AM2x MCUs
This paper explores how Sitara™ AM2x microcontrollers (MCUs) from Texas Instruments (TI) solve the performance challenges of traditional MCUs to meet demands in real-time control, networking and analytics.

Partners

Partners products and services

To best meet your design needs and accelerate your time to market, we work with a variety of third parties to help with everything from software development to hardware design and other production services. The tables below represent a portion of our third-party partner network. 

Partners