• State TI Thinks Resolved
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 1 reply
  • Answers 1 answer
  • Subscribers 82 subscribers
  • Views 472 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Support feedback
Options
Options
Related

This thread has been locked.

If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.

An exodus to TMS320s

Abdul Halim Poh
Intellectual 865 points

Hi guys,

I started to get interested in TMS320s because it's much easier to obtain samples from TI, so please bear with me. I have a moderate experience with PICs, and the way I understood around PICs is not helping in the case of TMS320s.

I just want to get acquainted with TI's MCUs and DSPs so it starts not with a development board, but rather at IC level. So I suppose the way to start with it is to produce a test board like what you'd do with PICs and get a few LEDs to blink and you'd have a starter. 

The thing is, I'm pretty clueless on what hardware do I use to load any sort of firmware into a TMS320 (I have a few samples here). The things that I know is that I have just downloaded the CCS (which I haven't paid for any license yet). 

So hopefully I'd get a step-by-step guide on how to start properly. Many thanks for the time spent on this thread.

Vizier87.

  • 0
    TI__Guru* 93800 points

    Abdul Halim Poh said:

    Hi guys,

    I started to get interested in TMS320s because it's much easier to obtain samples from TI, so please bear with me. I have a moderate experience with PICs, and the way I understood around PICs is not helping in the case of TMS320s.

    I just want to get acquainted with TI's MCUs and DSPs so it starts not with a development board, but rather at IC level. So I suppose the way to start with it is to produce a test board like what you'd do with PICs and get a few LEDs to blink and you'd have a starter. 

    The thing is, I'm pretty clueless on what hardware do I use to load any sort of firmware into a TMS320 (I have a few samples here). The things that I know is that I have just downloaded the CCS (which I haven't paid for any license yet). 

    So hopefully I'd get a step-by-step guide on how to start properly. Many thanks for the time spent on this thread.

    Vizier87.

    Abdul,

    I would suggest starting with a controlSTICK.  They are inexpensive and come with a copy of code composer (the IDE we use) that can get you started.

    http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodtoolsw.tsp?familyId=916&sectionId=95&tabId=2655&toolTypeId=1

    There is also a Wiki resource with a number of getting started resources:

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:C2000

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Getting_Started_with_C2000_Links

    Regards,

    Lori