LDRA Tool Suite Integrates With Texas Instruments Code Composer

LDRA, the provider of automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has integrated the LDRA tool suite with the Texas Instruments (News - Alert) Code Composer Studio and Code Composer software development environments.

 

TI’s development environments provide a set of integrated development tools that can be enhanced with TI and third-party plug-ins, to deliver a combined solution that improve developer effectiveness and productivity.

 

The LDRA tool suite integration with Code Composer Studio uses TI’s own scripting API allowing developers to gain seamless compilation, device programming and I/O capabilities. When users instruct the TBrun unit test facility to run a test case, Code Composer Studio is activated in a single operation where code is built, loaded and executed on the chosen target, the execution data extracted and the results are processed and reported.

 

All the capabilities of the LDRA tool suite are available for the full range of TI DSPs, including the C2xxx, C55xx, and C6xxx series. These DSPs have varying available execution space ranging from a few hundred kilobytes to as much as a few megabytes and also varying support for floating point units. Due to the wide differentiation of the DSPs, tailored technical documentation is provided for developers to take full advantage of the capabilities of their particular platform.

 

“The integration of the LDRA tool suite and TI Code Composer provides code composer DSP users with a rich array of tools  including source code coverage, test harness creation and results capture that are rarely available in small footprint environments,” explained Ian Hennell, LDRA’s operations director.

 

“Since artifacts can be brought into TBreq for recording traceability, it opens the door for certification of safety-critical systems running on small devices to regimes as stringent as DO-178B Level A,” added Hennell.

 

This integration is used to ensure reliability of devices ranging from avionics systems to industrial equipment.

 

The LDRA tool suite integration supports both TI Code Composer studio 3.1 and 3.3 . The previous versions are supported by legacy integration packages, including TI Code Composer 2.21.

 

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