Getting Started Guide for C6457

1.	Install CCS v4 from in a Windows machine

2.     Install the C6457 PDK available at

3.	Setup the target configuration for the 6457 EVM. a.	Click Target menu, choose New Target Configuration b.	Enter a name for the target configuration such as 6457.ccxml and click finish c.	Select tab “Basic” from configuration window (title shown as 6457.ccxml) d.	In the “General Setup”, choose the following. These are depicted in the figure below. (1)	Connection : “Texas Instruments XDS100v1 USB Emulator” (2)	Device : “TMDSEVM6457L” (3)	Slide the window to right and click on “Save” button to save configuration e.	Click View menu and select “Target configurations”. The configuration created in step 3d will be shown under User Defined menu in Target configuration window. Right click on the configuration and select “Set as default” to make this the default configuration for the target board. This is depicted below



4.	Connect the power, Ethernet and USB cables.

5.	From the view menu, select “Debug” window.

6.	Select “launch TI debugger” from Target or right click on default configuration and select “Launch  Selected Configuration”

7.	Select the CORE from the Debug window (for example by clicking on highlighted CPU) and select “Connect Target” from the Target menu or right click on the selected CPU and select “Connect Target”. This is illustrated below. This will result in the linux kernel booting.



8.	Boot Linux: Continue in debugger. Select Target -> load program -> [C6457 ELF image]. Loading progress will be shown as below. % of completion is also show in the bottom of the window bar.



9.     Goto Target and then click on Run. We can see the kernel booting up on the console.