Announcements

BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.2: Maintenance update for C66x BIOS-MCSDK

Raj Sivarajan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:21:25 GMT

BIOS MCSDK 2.1.2 is available for download; this is a maintenance update for the production R2.1.0 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The major updates from the last maintenance release, BIOS MCSDK 2.1.1, are:

Introduction of OpenEM component
OMP performance enhancement
POST/PlatformLib update to PLL initialization
Bug fixes (see the Release Notes for full list)

The major updates in past maintenance releases from the production release are:

Production quality software for TMS320C6657
McBSP LLD for TMS320C6657

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices TMS320C6657, TMS320C6678, and TMS320C6670 and quickly begin application development. Support is provided for the TMDXEVM6657L/LE, TMDSEVM6678L/LE/LXE, and TMDSEVM6670L/LE/LXE evaluation boards and C66x simulators.

The foundational components include:

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloader and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

See the following wiki pages for more information:

Note that C66x device queries should be posted to the C66x Multicore E2E forum, while development tool queries should be posted to the CCS or Compiler forums as appropriate. MCSDK related queries should be posted to the BIOS forum. See the support section of the User's Guide for more information.

Production release of Linux-MCSDK 2.0

Raj Sivarajan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:25 GMT

The production release of Linux-MCSDK 2.0 is available for download from ti.com. The release is also available from linux-c6x.org.

The major updates from Beta-2 are:

Added ./prj config to automate setup
Added ./prj build to standardize interface to make
Enhanced top level make, reduce rebuilds
Integrated bootloader and program_evm HW updater scripts
Added ./bootblob <template>|all facility to configure filesystem and kernel images JIT
Built JFFS images (JIT w/ templates)
Integrated full-root into top level build
Fixed boot from NAND on 6670, 6474/72/57 in Big Endian
Fixed i2c EEPROM read/write from Linux on 6678
Various fixes for DDR3 and PLL initialization stability

The Linux Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides support for feature rich Linux ecosystem to the TI KeyStone (C66x) and C64x family of single and multicore digital signal processors. The project is intended to bring support for high performance applications to TI’s high performance C6000 family of devices.

This software release gives developers ability to evaluate major software capabilities for:

KeyStone (C66x) family devices TMS320C6678 and TMS320C6670
C64x family devices: TMS320C6472, TMS320C6474, TMS320C6455 and TMS320C6457

For the latest version of this software, see this link.

Note that C66x device queries should be posted to the C66x Multicore E2E forum, while development tool queries should be posted to the CCS or Compiler forums as appropriate. Linux MCSDK related queries should be posted to Linux forum with a tag Linux-C6x and part number (e.g., C6678) included in the subject.

Our industry-leading embedded processors are now available with secure-boot capabilities

JoyJ — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:45:11 GMT

Are your worried about the security of your embedded system? Don’t be. Today, we announced developers now have a new level of protection against unauthorized reading of intellectual property and sensitive data in our C6748 digital signal processors (DSPs) and OMAP-L138 DSP + ARM^®processors. The secure boot capability on these processors protects proprietary intellectual property and prevents external entities from modifying custom algorithms, making them ideal for applications such as public safety communications and medical monitoring equipment. With multi-level encryption, developers also have the ability to upgrade their boot and application code remotely while allowing the boot to remain secure when software upgrades are needed.

For less than one dollar more from non-secure embedded processors, these secure-boot-enabled processors offer much more functionality. Production pricing starts at $21.40 per 1,000 units (1ku) for the OMAP-L138 DSP + ARM processor and $18 per 1ku for the C6748 DSP.

Make sure you are protected today. Let us know what you think about these secure-boot-enabled processors.

For more information on these processors, check out www.ti.com

Regards,

Joy Ji

TI Product Marketing Manager

Release of BIOS MCSDK 1.0.0

tscheck — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:11:00 GMT

The production release of BIOS MCSDK 1.0 is available for download from the following link:

http://software-dl.ti.com/sdoemb/sdoemb_public_sw/bios_mcsdk/latest/index_FDS.html

This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate the hardware and software capabilities of C64x+ DSP devices and provide a base set of software to build a multicore application. The devices supported include TMS320C6472, TMS320C6474, and TMS320C6457.

SYS/BIOS which is a light-weight real-time embedded operating system for TI devices
Chip support libraries, drivers, and basic platform utilities
Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
Basic networking stack and protocols
Optimized application-specific and application non-specific algorithm libraries
Debug and instrumentation
Bootloaders and boot utilities
Demonstrations and examples

For more information see:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/BiosMulticoreSDK_1.0_UserGuide