LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad
Experimenter Kit
1LAUNCHXL-F28027 Overview
1.1Overview
The C2000™ Piccolo™ LaunchPad™, LAUNCHXL-F28027, is a complete low-cost experimenter board
for the Texas Instruments Piccolo F2802x devices. The LAUNCHXL-F28027 kit features all the hardware
and software necessary to develop applications based on the F2802x microprocessor. The LaunchPad is
based on the superset F28027 device, and easily allows users to migrate to lower cost F2802x devices
once the design needs are known. It offers an on-board JTAG emulation tool allowing direct interface to a
PC for easy programming, debugging, and evaluation. In addition to JTAG emulation, the USB interface
provides a UART serial connection from the F2802x device to the host PC.
Users can download an unrestricted version of Code Composer Studio™ IDE version 5 to write,
download, and debug applications on the LAUNCHXL-F28027 board. The debugger is unobtrusive,
allowing the user to run an application at full speed with hardware breakpoints and single stepping
available while consuming no extra hardware resources.
As shown in Figure 1, the LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 LaunchPad features include:
•USB debugging and programming interface via a high-speed galvanically isolated XDS100v2 emulator
featuring a USB/UART connection.
•Superset F28027 device that allows applications to easily migrate to lower cost devices.
•Nibble (4-bit) wide LED display.
•Two push buttons for user feedback and device reset.
•Easily accessible device pins for debugging purposes or as sockets for adding customized extension
boards.
•Boot selection and USB and UART disconnect switches.
User's Guide
C2000, Piccolo, LaunchPad, Code Composer Studio, controlSUITE are trademarks of Texas Instruments.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad Experimenter KitSPRUHH2A–July 2012–Revised January 2014
The LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 LaunchPad experimenter kit includes the following items:
•C2000 LaunchPad Board (LAUNCHXL-F28027)
•Mini USB-B Cable, 0.5m
•Quick Start Guide
1.3Revisions
The first production revision of the LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad, version 1.0, was
released in July of 2012 and is currently the only revision available.
2Installation
The C2000 LaunchPad installation consists of three easy steps:
1. Download Code Composer Studio and controlSUITE™.
2. Install Code Composer Studio and controlSUITE.
3. Connect and install the C2000 LaunchPad to the PC.
Now the LaunchPad is ready to develop applications or run the pre-programmed demo.
2.1Download the Required Software
Code Composer Studio IDE is available for free without any restriction when used with the XDS100
emulator on the C2000 LaunchPad. The software can be downloaded from the C2000 LaunchPad page at
www.ti.com/c2000-launchpad. At this site, you can also download a copy of controlSUITE that includes
drivers, examples, and other support software needed to get started.
SPRUHH2A–July 2012–Revised January 2014LAUNCHXL-F28027 C2000 Piccolo LaunchPad Experimenter Kit