This product is the latest evolution of DSKs created specifically for customers using low-power, high-performance TMS320C5000 DSPs, and features universal serial bus (USB)-embedded emulation for faster throughput and true plug-and-play functionality.  First-time or experienced DSP designers of end equipments such as digital radios, DVD/CD players and digital speakers can get started today on new and innovative products.

The new USB emulation capability along with new software offered through the announcement of the C5416 DSK offers customers the ability to detect, diagnose, and correct DSK communications issues, download and step through code faster, and get a higher throughput with Real Time Data Exchange (RTDX).  The new DSK decreases the DSP learning curve and speeds power-sensitive, high-performance products to market.  This will give customers who want to design on C54x hardware a jump start on the development process.

The C5416 DSP Starter Kit hardware/development board was developed by Spectrum Digital Inc., a leading provider of development tools for TI DSP.

The TMS320C5416 DSP Starter Kit includes:

• C5416 DSP Development board
• C5416 DSK CCS 2.1
• Quick Start Guide
• Technical Reference
• Customer Support Guide
• USB Cable
• Universal Power Supply
• AC Power Cord(s)

C5416 DSK Board:

• TMS320VC5416 DSP operating at 160 MHz
• On board USB JTAG controller with plug and play drivers
• 64K words of on external RAM
• 256K words of external Flash ROM
• 3 Expansion Connectors (Memory Interface, McBSP, GPIO,and Host Port Interface)
• JTAG 14 Pin Header for an Optional External Emulator
• Burr Brown PCM3002 Stereo Codec (48ksps, 16/20 bit)
• +5 volt operation
• Limitation:  DSK works like a Hardware Dongle key for CCS.  DSK must be present for CCS to open.
  

TMDS320VC5416 DSP
The C5416 operates at 160 megahertz and features a 40-bit ALU, 64K x 16-bit dual-access on-chip RAM, three separate 16-bit data memory busses, one program memory bus, two McBSPs, six DMA controllers, an 8-bit host port interface and two 16-bit timers.

Optimized DSK Software Gives Designers the Edge The C5416 DSK also features TIâ£á™s robust software and development tools.  The TI optimizing C compilers translate ANSI-standard C-language files into highly efficient TMS320 assembly language source files that can then easily be input into the optimized TMS320C54x assembler/linker. The DSK also comes complete with TIâ£á™s Code Composer Studio^TM (CCS), which runs on Windows `98, 2000, XP and ME.  Code Composer Studio enables developers to seamlessly manage projects of any complexity.  Code Composer Studio is one of the key ingredients of TI´s eXpressDSP^TM Real-Time Software Technology strategy, which empowers developers to fully utilize the power of the DSP.  With the popularity of TI´s TMS320C5000 and TMS320C6000 DSP platforms increasing because of their use in hundreds of applications ranging from handheld internet-connected products downloading streaming video to infrastructure communications for cellular and optical networks, software designers are adopting eXpressDSPä at a faster rate than ever.  The C5416 DSK-specific CCS features:

• An Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which includes a Compiler/Assembler, debugger, editor, data visualization, a profiler, and a project manager
• DSP BIOS Real Time Kernel
• Target Error Recovery Software
• DSK Diagnostic Tool
• Ability to work with many 3^rd party Software "plug-in" tools for additional functionality

BIOS: Royalty Free Real Time Kernal, which alows the user to do simple or complex schedualing of task, task level debug, without having to devlope this code themselves.

Note: All Software tools bundled with the DSK are legally restricted to use only with the C5416 DSK hardware. DSK products are not elligible for software upgrades.