General Information
StartHub v1.0.0 is the first release of the tool.
The goal of StartHub is to provide an ecosystem independent flow to get started with software development on TI embedded devices.
This tool provides a guided experience to help you find relevant code examples & quickly start development in the ecosystem of your choice (CCS, IAR, Keil, makefile development).
The tool can be accessed via https://dev.ti.com/starthub/ or by installing our desktop tool using the instructions below.
Note: StartHub v1.0.0 supports MSPM0 devices.
System Requirements
Operating System
Please note that StartHub is a 64bit application and thus will not run on 32bit operating systems.
Windows
- Windows 11 64bit
- Windows 10 64bit
Linux
Supported distributions include:
- Ubuntu 24.04 64bit
- Ubuntu 22.04 64bit
- Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
StartHub will run on other distributions but those are the officially supported and tested distributions. For more details on installation instructions as well as debug probe and device support please see this article on Linux Host Support.
MacOS
This release was validated with:
- MacOS 13 (Ventura)
- MacOS 14 (Sonoma)
- MacOS 15 (Sequoia)
- MacOS 15 (Sequoia)
- MacOS 26 (Tahoe)
Installation
Please note that use of anti-virus software or a firewall may cause issues during installation.
McAfee software in particular has been especially troublesome.
If possible, disable anti-virus and firewall software during installation.
If not, use of the Offline Installer is strongly recommended.
On Windows:
If you are using an Offline StartHub Installer, the zip file in which it is
distributed must first be extracted:
1. Right-click on StartHub_1.x.x.xxxxx_win64.zip and select "Extract All...".
2. Enter the directory where you wish to extract the files.
3. Click on Extract.
Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.
To install StartHUb:
1. Run starthub_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.exe.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.
On macOS:
Please visit https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_macos_host_support.html
The offline installer is distributed as a disk image (.dmg files)
1. Right-click on StartHub_1.x.x.xxxxx_osx.dmg and select "Open”. This will open the disk image and mount it.
To install StartHub:
1. Run starthub_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx by clicking on the application in the Finder
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.
On Linux:
Please visit https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccs_linux_host_support.html
before installing StartHub on Linux. It contains important information on
installing StartHub on different Linux distributions, including StartHub dependencies that may need to be installed first.
Before installing StartHub, the tarball file in which the StartHub Installer is distributed must first be extracted:
untar StartHub_1.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz and extract all files.
e.g. tar xfz StartHub_1.x.x.xxxxx_linux-x64.tar.gz
Once extraction has successfully completed, proceed with the installation steps below.
To install all of StartHub:
1. Run starthub_setup_1.x.x.xxxxx.run.
2. Choose where you want to install.
3. Select the components you wish to install.