Low Cost TI_DSP kit for Video Processing

Rkrishna Ram

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Hi All,

I am new to DSP stuff, it all started with an idea to use a Multi-Core TI-DSP board like DSPC-8681 from Advantech to accelerate H264 Video encoding. This card plugs in to a PCIe slot and the host PC can communicate with the board.

But the DSPC-8681 is a little expensive for experiments and proof of concepts and I don't really need that 10x performance for evaluation. So, I started looking for a low-cost (or a used) TI-DSP based board I can use to accelerate video encoding. A Mini PCIe card or a card with USB should be fine and should work in Linux.

Thanks for the help.

Radha

over 12 years ago

0 Vladimir-XID over 12 years ago

TI__Genius 11470 points

Hi Radha,

It depends on many things, I wont be able to specifically suggest you something, but here are two links that could help you browsing through the TI website:

http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/dsp/toolsw.page?familyId=44&toolTypeId=69

http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/tools-software/designkits.page

Thank you.

BR
Vladimir

0 Rkrishna Ram over 12 years ago in reply to Vladimir-XID

Prodigy 30 points

Looks like only Keystone MultiCore DSP TMS320C6678 supports generic video acceleration with a wide range of codec support.

http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/codecs/C6678_Video_Codecs/01_00_001/index_FDS.html

I am not sure if I can run these on other KeyStone devices for example C665x or C647x family DSPs be it non-real time. Its was a lot more confusing, but I have a fair idea what I want to do now.

Thanks

0 Vladimir-XID over 12 years ago in reply to Rkrishna Ram

TI__Genius 11470 points

Radha,

You could try to work with the Keystone experts regarding your eventual future enquiries.

Keystone Multicore Forum

http://e2e.ti.com/support/dsp/c6000_multi-core_dsps/f/639.aspx

Good luck with the development.

Vladimir

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