JTAG for TMS320DM6437

Jared Johnson1

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I am using a DM6437. Is the JTAG for an MSP430 compatible with this DSP? If it isn't what is the cheapest JTAG available for it?

over 11 years ago

0 BrandonAzbell over 11 years ago

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No, the JTAG for the MSP430 is not compatible with the DM6437.

There are XDS560 USB emulation pods from Blackhawk-DSP and Spectrum Digital that are reasonable.
It should also be possible to use the XDS100v2, available from either, as well. The caveat is mainly speed.

0 Jared Johnson1 over 11 years ago in reply to BrandonAzbell

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Thank you for the quick reply. The XDS560 seems outside of my price range, but the XDS100v2 might be a plausible option. But are you certain that the XDS100v2 would support a Davinci DSP? In reviewing the XDS100 datasheet, it seems that several cores are not supported. Also, just how much slower would the XDS100v2 be as compared to other emulation tools?

0 BrandonAzbell over 11 years ago in reply to Jared Johnson1

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The TMS320DM6437 uses the C64X+ DSP CPU which is supported by the XSD100v2.

Additional information on the XDS100 series of emulators is below.

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/XDS100

Regarding it's relative speed to others, the XDS510 and XDS560 are going to be faster. I don't have quantified numbers.

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