DSK selection

Jonathan Navor

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMDSLCDK6748, OMAP-L138, MSP430FR5994

Hi Team,

Good day! Our customer had gone through the SDK tools available but does not want anything that has something to do with spectrum digital since they’re out of business.

Is there any other recommendations? Kindly recommend a new DSK tool to which can be use to study DSP that is available and currently supported. Thank you.

Best regards,

Jonathan

over 4 years ago

0 MatthewPate over 4 years ago

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Jonathan,

Can you clarify if the customer is looking for a XDS200/JTAG debug solution? I'm not sure what is meant by SDK tools in your thread starter. I believe that XDS200 link on TI.com has been changed to reflect Blackhawk as the vendor.

Best,

Matthew

0 Jonathan Navor over 4 years ago in reply to MatthewPate

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Hi Matthew,

Customer is not looking for debug solution. They are looking for another DSK tool (not SDK) that they can use to study DSP.

0 MatthewPate over 4 years ago in reply to Jonathan Navor

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Jonathan,

I think the DSK terminology is specific to the support package for CCS 3.x tool chain. In later CCS releases all the support files for the debug probes were included in the CCS install itself vs a separate download from the vendors.

Which C2000 MCU is the customer using, and we can check what is supported under different versions of CCS. Only the older LF240xA devices required CCS 3.x, anything newer should be fully supported in CCS v11 which is current release.

Best,

Matthew

0 Jonathan Navor over 4 years ago in reply to MatthewPate

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Hi Matthew,

Here is the customer's resonse as shown below.

I am using Dsk C6713. And after version 8.3.1 of ccs studio, you need a debug probe to Connect the Dsk to later version of ccs.

I was thinking of there are tools out there to use and learn DSP.

Best regards,

Jonathan

0 MatthewPate over 4 years ago in reply to Jonathan Navor

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Jonathan,

Thanks for the info on the target, C6713. I will route this to the appropriate support forum. Currently this is in the C2000 MCU forum which is why the DSK request didn't make sense to me.

Best,

Matthew

0 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to MatthewPate

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Hello Jonathan,

C6713 is an older part with limited design support as per the product page. We do not suggest using the part for new designs because the applications team will not be able to offer any hardware or software support if the customer runs into issues.
https://www.ti.com/product/TMS320C6713B

Because of the limited support, I do not recommend TMDSDSK6713 as a tool for learning about DSP. One alternative is the TMDSLCDK6748, which is actually linked at the top of the TMDSDSK6713 webpage. C674x devices are newer and better supported than C6713 devices. I am checking with our university team to see if they suggest any other TI parts for learning about DSP.

Regards,

Nick

0 Jonathan Navor over 4 years ago in reply to Nick Saulnier

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Hi Nick,

In behalf of our cusotmer, they wanted to extend their appreciation on your support and they are hoping to hear from you soon with the result from the university team's suggestion on TI parts for learning about DSP.

Best regards,

Jonathan

+1 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to Jonathan Navor

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Hello Jonathan,

These parts were suggested to me as good entry points for people looking to learn more about DSP:

C2000 is very accessible: https://training.ti.com/c2000-devices-sensing-and-dsp-processing-applications

Of the dedicated DSP boards, the OMAP-L138 / C674x family is probably the best to look at. Note that OMAP-L138 is a C674x part that adds an ARM core.
https://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Digital-Signal-Processing-TMS320C6x-ebook/dp/B01N9YV7HK/
http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdslcdk138
https://www.ti.com/tool/TMDSLCDK6748

Another entry point is the LEA accelerator on the MSP430FR5994.
https://training.ti.com/advanced-signal-processing-16-bit-msp430-fram-mcus-low-energy-accelerator-lea
https://www.ti.com/tool/MSP430-LEA-GUI
https://www.ti.com/tool/MSP-EXP430FR5994
Filtering and Signal Processing Ref Design Using MSP430 FRAM Microcontroller (Rev. C)
Low-Energy Accelerator (LEA) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Benchmarking the Signal Processing Capabilities of the Low-Energy Accelerator (Rev. B)
https://software-dl.ti.com/msp430/msp430_public_sw/mcu/msp430/DSPLib/latest/exports/html/usersguide_lea.html

Regards,

Nick

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