Import the project into CCS and select the appropriate build configuration. Right-click on the project in the Project Explorer and select Rebuild Project. Confirm that the Console pane shows that the project built without any errors.

On successful completion of the build, with the tidm_02017_2w_traction_f28p65x project selected, go to Run → Debug or click the Debug button on the tool bar. By default the project launches a debug session using the F28P65.ccxml file in the project. F28P65.ccxml is configured to use the Texas Instruments XDS110 USB Debug Probe onboard the TMDSCNCD28P65X controlCARD.

After clicking Debug, CCS automatically connects to the target, load the output file into the device, and change to the CCS Debug perspective. Halt the program at the start of main().

If the Expressions pane is not already open, click View → Expressions in the CCS menu bar. Either add variables manually or import a recommended list of variables associated with this build level by right-clicking within the Expressions window, selecting Import..., and finding the file
<SDK install location>\solutions\tidm_02017\common\debug\tidm_02017_watch_window_experssions.txt. Click the OK button and the window gets populated with the variable.

Click the Continuous Refresh button in the Expressions window tool bar to configure CCS to update the data continuously at a rate defined in the CCS debug preferences.