Introduction

SYS/BIOS is a scalable real-time kernel. It is designed to be used by applications that require real-time scheduling and synchronization or realtime instrumentation. SYS/BIOS provides preemptive multi-threading, hardware abstraction, real-time analysis, and configuration tools. SYS/BIOS is designed to minimize memory and CPU requirements on the target.

Getting Started

Navigate to the System Overview screen that depicts all of the core modules in SYS/BIOS. You can add any of these modules to your configuration by right-clicking on it and selecting "Use". You can configure any module by clicking on it. At minimum, two different views are then available to choose from:

  • Basic. This view includes all of the configuration settings that most users will need.
  • Advanced. This view always includes every configuration setting in a generic table format.
  • Note that you may freely move between the different views, and selecting options in one view will immediately update the other views' settings. You may return to the initial home view at any time by clicking on the Home icon in the upper right corner of the config tool window. Note that various warnings about your configuration may appear in the CCS Problems window. If this window is not visible, you can make it so by selecting Window->Show View->Problems.

    More Information

  • BIOS User Guide.You can also access this guide and the release notes from Code Composer Studio's menu Help->Help Contents and then selecting the SYS/BIOS book documentation item.
  • API Reference. You can also access this documentation from Code Composer Studio's menu Help->Help Contents and then selecting "API Reference" underneath SYS/BIOS.
  • Tooltips & Context Help. Each check box, drop list, etc. in the SYS/BIOS Grace pages corresponds to a single configuration parameter. Hover your mouse over a field to see a summary of the parameter. Or, right click on the field and select "Help" to be taken to the documentation for that parameter in the "API Reference" described above.
  • BIOS wiki. Online articles addressing common issues and tasks.
  • Forums. For further support, you can post questions or issues in the SYS/BIOS forum.