Does there exist an API with which a developer can create a PC-based program to be used with a hardware debugger (such as the XDS100 built into the ezDSP C5515 evaluation board) to connect to a target DSP, download code into its RAM and execute it and then pass user data between the PC and DSP?
I have extended the NOR_writer DSP program that came with the ezDSP to allow me to download full-sized DSP programs into the ezDSP Flash memory, but it requires me to use Code Composer Studio both to download the NOR_writer program and to execute the stdio file operations which are written into the NOR_writer source DSP code but, in fact, rely on cooperation by Code Composer Studio (which is completely transparent to me).
Management here would like to be able to create a utility that a minimally-trained technician could take into the field to perform firmware upgrades without having to learn how to use Code Composer Studio (easy as that may be).