In order to get customers started, Texas Instruments provides a full platform of software, tools and support. The C2000 spends a lot of time making sure that customers can easily and fully leverage all of the features of the devices and the breadth of system application knowledge that is has been built up. With controlSUITE, all of that knowledge and software is freely available in one location. After downloading controlSUITE at www.ti.com/controlsuite, designers will have free, full access to a whole slew of device examples, math libraries, and application libraries. All of the hardware files for development tools are also accessible for engineers to freely recreate and modify. The customer can directly find application notes, technical documents, available training, and even valuable resources from C2000’s developer network. For power line communication, visit www.ti.com/plc for information and fully functional software for PRIME, G3, and more power line communication protocols. On the hardware tools side, the F2806x will have two main, low-cost evaluation kits. First, the F28069 controlSTICK is a full kit in USB stick form factor. With an onboard emulator and access pins, getting started with F2806x is as easy as plugging it in to your computer. A step up is the F28069 Experimenter Kit, which also includes onboard emulation. The Experimenter kit provides access to all F2806x I/O pins and includes a prototyping area. This kit uses the F28069 controlCARD, which can also be purchased separately. The controlCARD is completely pin-compatible with other controlCARDs within the C2000 family, allowing it to be plugged into any of TI’s application development kits as well.