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DSP Evaluation Board Recommendation

Rick Gregg
Prodigy 80 points


My team is developing a streaming video application that needs to support a webcam

and a small flat panel display. We need to select a TI DSP Evaluation Module or TI

DSP Starter Kit for rapid prototyping purposes. MatLab compatibility is a

requirement since all of the algorithms were developed using MatLab. Ideally, the

Evaluation Board would support a range of DSP devices within the family for

performance evaluation purposes. Thank you in advance for your feedback.


Rick Gregg, VP/CTO, Prism Technologies LLC

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    TI__Guru* 81335 points

    Hi Rick,

    Welcome to the TI E2E forum. I hope you will find many good answers here and in the TI.com documents and in the TI Wiki Pages (for processor issues). Be sure to search those for helpful information and to browse for the questions others may have asked on similar topics (e2e.ti.com).

    Moved this post to correct forum for faster response.

  • 0
    TI__Guru* 81335 points

    Hi,

    You can get DSP codecs and datasheets from:

    http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/codecs/C6678/index.html

    This package of Multicore Video Infrastructure Demo Built on MCSDK (called as MCSDK Video in short thereafter) provides software development environment to implement and demonstrate real-time video applications on TI C66x multi-core DSPs.

    http://software-dl.ti.com/sdoemb/sdoemb_public_sw/mcsdk_video/latest/index_FDS.html

    Thank you.

  • 0 in reply to Raja
    TI__Mastermind 40580 points

    Hi Rick, if you need to evaluate some algorithms performance maybe better if you try first in our CCS simulation platform and then, depending on your application and algorithm needs, you can pick the right  number of DSPs and hence the correct EVM to get.

    Our C66x has fixed and floating point capabilities and you can have it in multicore architecture if you application requires more processing power

    http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/spry147/spry147.pdf

    http://software-dl.ti.com/public/hpmp/KeyStone/01_Overview/index.html

    We have some video codecs ready to be used in case you need them:

    http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/codecs/C6678/index.html

    As Raja mentioned we have a Multi-core Video SDK which has some demos and examples:

    PCIe demos: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MCSDK_VIDEO_2.1_PCIE_Demo_Guide

    TFTP demos: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MCSDK_VIDEO_2.x_TFTP_Demo_Guide

    thank you,

    Paula

  • 0 in reply to Paula Carrillo
    Prodigy 80 points

    Paula,

    Great idea - but looks like there isn't simulator support any more? What are my options? Please advise. Thanks.

    From the TI wiki ....

    "Texas Instruments is moving away from providing simulators and instead is focusing on providing low cost development boards. As a result in the standard installation you will not see any simulators. If you require a simulator they are available on a very limited exception basis. Please contact your TI business contact to request a simulator."

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CCSv6_Changes#Simulation

    Rick.

  • 0 in reply to Rick Gregg
    TI__Mastermind 40580 points

    Rick, We have a low cost 8-core DSP EVM that I think could be a good starting point for development.

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/TMDXEVM6678L_EVM_Hardware_Setup

    http://www.advantech.com/Support/TI-EVM/6678le_of.aspx

    The good thing is that our solutions are scalable. We have chips with 1, 2, 4 or 8 C66x cores. And Also boards with 4 or 8  8-cores DSP chips, so you can move up and down depending on your processing needs.

    http://www.advantech.com/products/Half-length_PCIe_Card1/DSPC-8681/mod_a9314996-0022-4927-9aa4-6b1060d4e5e8.aspx

    http://www.advantech.com/products/Half-length_PCIe_Card1/DSPC-8682/mod_535c098d-21fc-4980-b06e-5c2ac152de0f.aspx

    Thank you,

    Paula

  • 0 in reply to Paula Carrillo
    Prodigy 80 points

    Paula,

    This is excellent! Thanks so much for your help.

    Rick.

  • 0 in reply to Raja
    Prodigy 10 points

    hi rick

    can I get evaluation board TMDXEVM6614LXE ?

    I would like to learn for wireless network

    thanks

    allagan