Frequent Questions

  • [FAQ] What is the maximum trace length that a logic device can drive?

    FAQ: Logic and Voltage Translation > Output Parameters >> Current FAQ The maximum trace length that a logic device can drive is 60 mm. This is a safe trace length for most logic devices to drive across the majority of applications. This can often…

  • [FAQ] TDA4VM: How to disable serdes from Linux to enable serdes configuration from Ethfw and Enet lld

    Part Number: TDA4VM Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DRA821 , DRA829 , , TDA4VH I am facing issues in configuring serdes from Ethfw/Enet lld aaplications for serial communication protocols. How can I disable serdes from Linux so that I am not reconfiguring…

  • [FAQ] TMS570LC4357: How to enable 256 BUFFERS/EXTENDED_BUF_ENA Feature OF MibSPI?

    Part Number: TMS570LC4357 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: HALCOGEN , Explain the detailed process to enable 256 BUFFERS/EXTENDED_BUF_ENA Feature OF MibSPI.

  • [FAQ] AM625: Linux SDK v08.06: U-Boot: USB DFU boot is broken with "dfu_alt_info_ram env variable not defined!" Error

    Part Number: AM625 Issue Symptoms When trying to boot an AM62x device using the USB DFU boot mode using the U-Boot that is part of the TI Processor SDK Linux v08.06 ( https://www.ti.com/tool/download/PROCESSOR-SDK-LINUX-AM62X/08.06.00.42 ) the following…

  • [FAQ] AM62x: U-Boot Build on SDK v8.06 fails with 'make[1]: arm-linux-androideabi-ld.gold: No such file or directory' error

    Part Number: AM625 Issue Symptoms When building U-Boot for A53 on AM62x using SDK v8.06, the build may break with the following error message: arm-linux-androideabi-ld.gold -r -b binary common/avb_pubkey -o common/avb_pubkey.o make[1]: arm-linux-androideabi…

  • [FAQ] TDA4VM: Explain why VRING_BASE_ADDRESS = 0xAA000000 and IPC_VRING_BUFFER_SIZE = 0x1C00000U.

    Part Number: TDA4VM Hello, Is the address be fixed to a specific value per SOM? My understanding is that we can define it anywhere, the only constraint is just to make sure it's accessable from all cores, non cachable, and configured the same in all…

  • [FAQ] AM625: How to boot from R5 U-Boot SPL directly into the Linux Kernel, skipping A53 SPL and A53 U-Boot (Falcon Mode)

    Part Number: AM625 (also applicable to other AM62x, AM62Ax, AM64x, AM65x parts with minor changes) Overview In order to optimize boot time, complexity, and storage space requirements it may be desirable to optimize the usual TI AM6x based boot flow of…

  • [FAQ] AM625: Is Flutter the right GUI toolkit for me: an engineers perspective.

    Part Number: AM625 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: SK-AM62 In today’s world, people tend to spend more time interacting with machines through a display screen rather than controlling them mechanically. For example, in automotive vehicles or home appliances…

  • [FAQ] A53 boot binary (tispl.bin) loading error when BOOTMODE[7]="0" in eMMC boot mode on AM62A

    Part Number: PROCESSOR-SDK-AM62A AM62A boot-rom support on booting R5-SPL/SBL from eMMC is described in Chapter 5 Initialization of AM62Ax TRM It is summarized in the table below. Note that booting from eMMC boot partition with BOOTMODE[6:3] = 1001,…

  • [FAQ] Important note for early MSPM0 customer

    Other Parts Discussed in Thread: SYSCONFIG , MSPM0-SDK Important note for early MSPM0 customers TI recently launched a new family of Arm Cortex-M0+ MCUs , including the MSPM0L series and MSPM0G series . These MCUs are accompanied by a comprehensive amount…

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