Suggestion for DSK6713

Patrick,

The C6713 was a leadership product in terms of signal processing capability and features needed for a wide variety of Digital Signal Processing applications. In the 10+ years since its release to the market, many companies have delivered quality products using this excellent DSP. The performance delivered for the price paid allowed them to be competitive in their marketplaces and to enhance their own company's bottom line.

In the 10+ years since the introduction of the C6713, TI has continued to advance the technology with significant improvements in DSP architecture in our C64x/C64x+ fixed-point products and significant floating-point improvements in our C67x+ (C672x) floating-point family. With the introduction of the C674x family, the 1GHz+ clock speed architectures of the C64x+ family were merged with the native floating-point capabilities of the C67x+ family. Now, the C66x has added another dimension to that, with support for multiple DSP cores and an advanced internal architecture for even greater signal processing capability.

The C6748 would be a simple step forward from the C6713 in terms of capability.

The C6655 or C6657 would be a big leap or a giant leap forward from the C6713. And the normally low-cost EVM that includes a dual-core C66x C6657 (and many interface ports) is on sale for $100 off the normally low price. I have no idea why we would be offering that discount, but you may want to consider getting one before we run out at that price.

There will always be front-end applications running at RF sample rates that may required an FPGA for some of the initial processing or down-sampling, but most of the cost-conscious customers of DSPs are finding a big benefit in the use of these new and much faster DSPs. You get the C-language programmability of a DSP, the easy-to-use Code Composer Studio Integrated Development Platform, and the peripherals you need to get data in/out of the DSP quickly and efficiently.

Since you are finding the C6713 to be lacking in the performance you need, you owe it to yourself and your team to look at the TMDSEVM6657. For versatility, for capability, for price, for power, for performance, the TMDSEVM6657 hits the point that you need. And for a short time it is on sale.

You could also move to the C6678 and its TMDSEVM6678L or TMDSEVM6678LE. But I have a feeling you do not need 8 DSP cores running at 1GHz or faster, so the peripheral mix might not be a good of a match since you have been using the DSK6713.

Please tell us more about your application and how you could take advantage of this leap in DSP performance.

Regards,
RandyP