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Difference between C6748 Development Kits

Robert W
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Other Parts Discussed in Thread: OMAP-L138, TMS320C6748, OMAPL138

Hi,

I am interested in this kit. A question for C6748 development kit is here. Is the A option (below) a superset of B option? Besides there are two cores (ARM+DSP) of 138 kit, some other advantages?

Thanks.

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A: TMDSEXPL138-UNV: OMAP-L138/C6748 DSP Experimenter Kit for Universities

http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdsexpl138-unv#Technical Documents

The OMAP-L138/C6748 DSP Experimenter Kit packaged for Universities (TMDSEXPL138-UNV) provides everything academics need to get started with teaching and projects using the TI TMS320C6000 DSP. The TI TMS320C6000 family of DSPs is popular for use in Real-time DSP courses, Signals & Systems courses, labs for DSP theory courses and many applications courses and projects using DSP such as telecommunications. The Experimenter Kit for Universities is a low-cost, flexible development platform for the OMAP-L138 which is a low-power dual core processor based on C6748 DSP plus an ARM926EJ-S 32-bit RISC MPU.

Providing students hands-on real-time DSP experiments using industry standard hardware and software gives a significant advantage over teaching with theory plus simulation alone. This version of the Experimenter Kit along with TI’s Code Composer Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) making use of the C6748 side of the device gives a complete workstation or project set up for DSP. Full access to documentation, software, teaching materials and textbooks for the TMDSEXPL138-UNV are listed at www.ti.com/EXPL138-UNV.

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B: TMS320C6748 DSP Development Kit (LCDK)

http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdxlcdk6748

Note - This kit is now available at $156, a limited time offer, 20% off of the regular purchase price of $195. Reduced price is only good through August 31, so get yours now!

The TMS320C6748 DSP development kit (LCDK) is a scalable platform that breaks down development barriers for applications that require embedded analytics and real-time signal processing, including biometric analytics, communications and audio. The low-cost LCDK will also speed and ease your hardware development of real-time DSP applications. This new board reduces design work with freely downloadable and duplicable board schematics and design files. A wide variety of standard interfaces for connectivity and storage enable you to easily bring audio, video and other signals onto the board.

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    TI__Guru** 116170 points

    Robert,

    Yes, Essentially Option A(Experimenter kit) can be considered a superset of Option B(LCDK). One additional thing that I would like to point out apart from what you have stated above, the LCDK is also available in (ARM+DSP) version and the Experimenter kit can also be ordered with a C6748 (DSP only) SOM. Here is the link to the OMAPL138 version of LCDK and EVM overview

    Quick overviewof LCDK:

    http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdxlcdk138 .

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/LCDK_User_Guide#Block_Diagram_and_Floorplan

    Quick overview of Experimenter/EVM:

    http://www.logicpd.com/products/system-on-modules/zoom-omap-l138-evm/

    There are some key difference in the developement kits which you might want to consider based on your intent of developemnt on these platforms.

    • Fingerprint sensor is not provided with the EVM.
    • Default flash memory on base EVM is SPI flash while on LCDK it is NAND flash.
    • Fewer boot modes are supported on LCDK.
    • Video port not present on base board of the experimeter kit but is available on an extension UI card.
    • There is a UART to USB adapter on the LCDK while there is a full UART on the EVM.

    Hope this answers your questions. Let us know if you have any follow up questions.

    Regards,

    Rahul