Texas Instruments SM320C6455-EP Personal Computer User Manual


 
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2.8Development
2.8.1DevelopmentSupport
2.8.2DeviceSupport
2.8.2.1DeviceandDevelopment-SupportToolNomenclature
SM320C6455-EP
FIXED-POINTDIGITALSIGNALPROCESSOR
SPRS462BSEPTEMBER2007REVISEDJANUARY2008
IncasethecustomerwouldliketodeveloptheirownfeaturesandsoftwareontheC6455device,TIoffers
anextensivelineofdevelopmenttoolsfortheC6000™DSPplatform,includingtoolstoevaluatethe
performanceoftheprocessors,generatecode,developalgorithmimplementations,andfullyintegrateand
debugsoftwareandhardwaremodules.Thetool'ssupportdocumentationiselectronicallyavailablewithin
theCodeComposerStudio™IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE).
ThefollowingproductssupportdevelopmentofC6000™DSP-basedapplications:
SoftwareDevelopmentTools:CodeComposerStudio™IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE):
includingEditorC/C++/AssemblyCodeGeneration,andDebugplusadditionaldevelopmenttools
Scalable,Real-TimeFoundationSoftware(DSP/BIOS™),whichprovidesthebasicrun-timetarget
softwareneededtosupportanyDSPapplication.
HardwareDevelopmentTools:ExtendedDevelopmentSystem(XDS™)Emulator(supportsC6000™
DSPmultiprocessorsystemdebug)EVM(EvaluationModule)
Todesignatethestagesintheproductdevelopmentcycle,TIassignsprefixestothepartnumbersofall
DSPdevicesandsupporttools.EachDSPcommercialfamilymemberhasoneofthreeprefixes:TMX,
TMP,orTMS(e.g.,TMS320C6455ZTZ).TexasInstrumentsrecommendstwoofthreepossibleprefix
designatorsforitssupporttools:TMDXandTMDS.Theseprefixesrepresentevolutionarystagesof
productdevelopmentfromengineeringprototypes(TMX/TMDX)throughfullyqualifiedproduction
devices/tools(TMS/TMDS).
Devicedevelopmentevolutionaryflow:
TMXExperimentaldevicethatisnotnecessarilyrepresentativeofthefinaldevice'selectrical
specifications
TMPFinalsilicondiethatconformstothedevice'selectricalspecificationsbuthasnotcompleted
qualityandreliabilityverification
TMSFullyqualifiedproductiondevice
Supporttooldevelopmentevolutionaryflow:
TMDXDevelopment-supportproductthathasnotyetcompletedTexasInstrumentsinternal
qualificationtesting.
TMDSFullyqualifieddevelopment-supportproduct
TMXandTMPdevicesandTMDXdevelopment-supporttoolsareshippedwithagainstthefollowing
disclaimer:
"Developmentalproductisintendedforinternalevaluationpurposes."
TMSdevicesandTMDSdevelopment-supporttoolshavebeencharacterizedfully,andthequalityand
reliabilityofthedevicehavebeendemonstratedfully.TI'sstandardwarrantyapplies.
Predictionsshowthatprototypedevices(TMXorTMP)haveagreaterfailureratethanthestandard
productiondevices.TexasInstrumentsrecommendsthatthesedevicesnotbeusedinanyproduction
systembecausetheirexpectedend-usefailureratestillisundefined.Onlyqualifiedproductiondevicesare
tobeused.
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