Software development
High-quality open source software development for all applications
Building a smarter software strategy together
With over three decades of embedded development experience, commitment to industry standards, and an active involvement in the open source community, we offer software, tools and resources that simplify your development process, enhance long-term stability and accelerate your time to market.
Benefits to software development with TI
Open-source & industry standard
By adhering to industry standards and using an upstream-first philosophy, we ensure our software is robust, compatible and innovative.
Cutting-edge technology
From edge analytics and industrial communications to automotive and software-defined vehicles, we provide technology-focused software solutions that help you innovate and evolve with the industry.
Easy-to-use tools
We develop tools designed for seamless integration that help you harness the latest advancements in technology, simplify your development and accelerate time to market.
Access to our partner network
We work closely with our partner network to ensure you have access to a wide range of expert resources and services.
Operating systems
Accelerate software development with our open source, driver and middleware platforms and examples
With an open source and mainline software mindset, our developers help improve software quality that drives innovation.
We have supported open source software for over 20 years, and today we are actively involved in more than 60 open source projects including Linux Kernel, Yocto, U-Boot and Zephyr.
Choose your Linux distribution and start your embedded development
Our Linux offering is distributed through Yocto Project, Android™, BuildRoot, and Debian. We support a comprehensive software development kit as well as mainline Linux kernel, providing a robust software foundation for a comprehensive solution.
Trusted kernel with proven robustness, tiny footprint, and comprehensive device support
Many of our embedded devices support FreeRTOS, which is a real-time operating system (RTOS) for microcontrollers and small microprocessors, from single-core to multicore systems on a chip (SoCs).
Distributed freely under the MIT open source license, FreeRTOS includes a kernel and a growing set of libraries that can be used across all industry sectors. FreeRTOS is built with an emphasis on reliability and ease of use.
Access to a mature and established open source offering helps reduce software development efforts and accelerate time to market.
We also support ready-to-use RTOS-compatible drivers to accelerate development.
Zephyr® is an open source scalable and robust real-time operating system (RTOS) for resource-constrained embedded microcontrollers supporting multiple hardware architectures. This community driven RTOS consists of open source OS, drivers and a Bluetooth® Low Energy stack contributing to maintenance of features and bug fixes.
ThreadX® real-time embedded systems for safe & connected applications.
ThreadX® is a real-time operating system (RTOS) that we are using for select industrial and safety platforms to help you achieve:
- Real-time performance: Fast context switching and low-latency interrupt handling for time-critical applications.
- Small footprint safe OS: compact memory size, for space constrained devices with safety requirements.
- Deterministic behavior: predictable and consistent execution times, for high reliability.
We work with a broad network of industry-leading commercial operating system companies to ensure that you have the right development options for your system to meet industry requirements including safety and security.
| Linux | FreeRTOS | Zephyr | ThreadX | Partner OS | BareMetal (No OS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm® based processors | ||||||
| Arm® Cortex®-R microcontrollers | ||||||
| Arm® Cortex® M0+ microcontrollers | ||||||
| C2000™ real-time microcontrollers | ||||||
| MSP430™ microcontrollers | ||||||
| Wireless connectivity | ||||||
| mmWave radar sensors | ||||||
| DLP® products |
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Software tools and resources
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 (...)