LDRA extends integration with TI's code composer studio 6

As the IDE for TI’s MCU and embedded processors portfolio, CCS is commonly used in market applications that demand stringent standards compliance. Integrated with the LDRA tool suite, the combined offerings enable teams to meet rigorous avionics, automotive and industrial certification. Thanks to LDRA’s small footprint instrumentation, the LDRA tool suite offers complete comprehensive software testing capabilities even with TI’s most resource-constrained DSPs and MCUs.

By taking advantage of the CCS scripting API, this integration enables all the power and functionality of the LDRA tool suite to be used from within CCS. Using a single operation, developers can run test cases from within CCS that automatically connect and download to the target, execute the code under test and extract and process the results. Coverage analysis and reports provide insight that speeds analysis, enabling developers to quickly identify application areas needing additional testing.

The integration of the LDRA tool suite and CCS provides MCU and DSP users a rich array of tools that are rarely available in small footprint environments. Developers can fully instrument their code, create test harnesses, and capture results. They also can bring artifacts into TBmanager to perform complete requirements traceability. Thanks to these capabilities, TI users can achieve certification of safety-critical systems running on small devices to regimes as stringent as DO-178C Level A.

Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA, commented: “The capabilities of today’s MCUs make them ideal for complex applications, even in the safety-critical space, as long as those applications can be fully tested. Our ultralight footprint minimises testing overhead, enabling safety-critical systems to be fully tested on the target with all the powerful resources available to a less constrained processor. LDRA’s unprecedented capabilities enable TI to deliver even more cost-effective solutions for avionics, medical, energy, automotive and industrial markets where stringent standards compliance is a must.”