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SYS/BIOS and Linux Multicore Software Development Kits (MCSDK) for C66x, C647x, C645x Processors

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Overview

NOTE: K2x, C665x and C667x devices are now actively maintained on the Processor-SDK release stream. See links above.

Our Multicore Software Development Kits (MCSDK) provide highly-optimized bundles of foundational, platform-specific drivers to enable development on selected TI ARM and DSP devices. The MCSDK gives developers the ability to evaluate hardware and software capabilities of the evaluation platform and to rapidly develop applications.

The MCSDK enables applications to use SYS/BIOS and/or Linux on one platform. Individual cores can be assigned to operate Linux applications as a control plane while other cores are simultaneously assigned high-performance signal processing operations. This heterogeneous configuration provides flexibility for software developers to implement full solutions on TI’s multicore devices including DSP and ARM processors.

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Features

MCSDK
Provides foundational software for ARM+DSP devices. It encapsulates a collection of software elements and tools intended to enable customer application development.

The foundational components include:

  • SYS/BIOS real-time embedded operating system on DSP cores
  • Linux high-level operating system running on ARM (SMP mode for multicore ARM)
  • DSP chip support libraries, DSP/ARM drivers, and basic platform utilities
  • Interprocessor communication for communication across cores and devices
  • SoC resource management
  • Optimized application-specific (small cell, transport) and application non-specific algorithm libraries
  • Trace debug and instrumentation
  • Bootloaders and boot utilities, power-on self test
  • Demonstrations and examples
  • ARM software libraries available in Linux devkit or via Arago/Yocto
  • Latest toolchain (ARM Linaro, DSP TI CodeGen)
  • Host tools, integrated development environment

Hardware capabilities include:

  • Packet Accelerator/Gigabit Ethernet
  • Security Accelerator (Limited Availability)
  • Network Development Kit
  • Serial RapidIO(r)
  • PCIe
  • TSIP
  • Multicore Navigator
  • HyperLink

Refer to the data manual for hardware support of specific peripherals.

BIOS MCSDK
Provides a software development environment that enables the use of the SYS/BIOS 6.0 APIs to implement demanding, real-time, signal-processing applications on multicore DSPs. The BIOS MCSDK provides well tested I/O and inter-core communication drivers.

  • Packet Accelerator/Gigabit Ethernet
  • Security Accelerator (Limited Availability)
  • Network Development Kit
  • Serial RapidIO(r)
  • PCIe
  • TSIP
  • Multicore Navigator
  • HyperLink
  • Multichannel Buffered Serial Port (McBSP)
  • Multichannel Audio Serial Port (McASP)
  • Enhanced DMA (EDMA)

Refer to the data manual for hardware support of specific peripherals.

Linux MCSDK
Provides a software development environment that enables the use of high-level Linux APIs for developing and reusing open source, community-based software packages to implement management and control functionality. The Linux MCSDK also provides well tested I/O and inter-core drivers that communicate and control cores running SYS/BIOS or Linux.

  • Packet Accelerator/Gigabit Ethernet
  • Security Accelerator (Limited Availability)
  • Serial RapidIO
  • PCIe
  • Multicore Navigator
  • HyperLink

Refer to the data manual for hardware support of specific peripherals.
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Software development kit (SDK)

LINUXMCSDK — Linux MCSDK for C66x, C647x and C645x

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6455 — C64x+ fixed point DSP- up to 1.2GHz, 64-Bit EMIFA, 32/16 Bit DDR2, 1 Gbps Ethernet TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor TMS320C6472 — Fixed-Point Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6474 — Multicore Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6670 — 4 core fixed and floating point DSP for Communications and Telecom TMS320C6678 — High performance octo-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz
Hardware development
TMDSDSK6455 — TMS320C6455 DSP Starter Kit (DSK)
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LINUXMCSDK — Linux MCSDK for C66x, C647x and C645x

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Version: 02.00.00.63
Release date: 03 Jan 2012
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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-src.tar.gz  — 135779 K

Linux MCSDK Kernel Source Package

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-c66be-bin.tar.gz  — 30784 K

Linux MCSDK Binary images for C66x BE SOCs

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-c66le-bin.tar.gz  — 34678 K

Linux MCSDK Binary images for C66x LE SOCs

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-c64be-bin.tar.gz  — 49113 K

Linux MCSDK Binary images for C64x BE SOCs

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-c64le-bin.tar.gz  — 49101 K

Linux MCSDK Binary images for C64x LE SOCs

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GCC toolchain

GCC toolchain from CodeSourcery
Products
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6455 — C64x+ fixed point DSP- up to 1.2GHz, 64-Bit EMIFA, 32/16 Bit DDR2, 1 Gbps Ethernet TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor TMS320C6472 — Fixed-Point Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6474 — Multicore Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6670 — 4 core fixed and floating point DSP for Communications and Telecom TMS320C6678 — High performance octo-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz
Hardware development
TMDSDSK6455 — TMS320C6455 DSP Starter Kit (DSK)

Documentation

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-release-notes.pdf

Linux MCSDK Release Notes

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-swmanifest.pdf

Linux MCSDK Software Manifest

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linux-c6x-2.0.0.63-users-guide.pdf

Linux MCSDK Users Guide

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TI CGT 7.2.2

TI CGT 7.2.2 for building SysLink, rio-utils, bootloader

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BIOS 6.32.01.38

BIOS 6.32.01.38 for building SysLink BIOS examples

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IPC 1.23.01.26

IPC 1.23.01.26 for building SysLink

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XDC tools 3.22.01.21

XDC tools 3.22.01.21 for building SysLink

Release Information

production

release for Linux MCSDK 2.0. This software release gives developers the ability to demonstrate major software capabilities of C66x and C64x+ family of devices running Linux OS.

Please see

for instructions to run the out of box demonstration application on the evaluation board.

Supported Platforms

For technical discussions and issues, please visit

Software development kit (SDK)

BIOSLINUXMCSDK-K2 — MCSDK supporting SYS/BIOS RTOS and Linux OS for KeyStone II ARM A15 + DSP C66x

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Arm-based processors
66AK2E05 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 1x C66x DSP core, NetCP, 10GbE 66AK2H06 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 2x Arm A15 cores, 4x C66x DSP cores 66AK2H12 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 8x C66x DSP cores 66AK2H14 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 8x C66x DSP cores, 10GbE AM5K2E02 — Sitara processor: dual-Arm Cortex-A15 AM5K2E04 — Sitara processor: quad-Arm Cortex-A15
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
66AK2L06 — Multicore DSP+ARM KeyStone II System-on-Chip (SoC)
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BIOSLINUXMCSDK-K2 — MCSDK supporting SYS/BIOS RTOS and Linux OS for KeyStone II ARM A15 + DSP C66x

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Version: 3.01.04.07
Release date: 01 Oct 2015
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mcsdk_3_01_04_07_setupwin32.exe  — 1510391 K

MCSDK installer for Windows-32bit containing DSP sources for Windows host

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mcsdk_3_01_04_07_setuplinux.bin  — 4872308 K

MCSDK installer for Linux containing both DSP and ARM sources for Linux host

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mcsdk_3_01_04_07.tar.gz  — 4872306 K

MCSDK release tar ball containing full source for host or target

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mcsdk-3_01_04_07.arago.src.tar.gz  — 6618498 K

MCSDK ARM Arago source tarball

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ti_emupack_keystone2_setup_1.1.1.0.bin  — 1603 K

KeyStone II emupack Linux installer (Gel files and XML files) for CCS

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ti_emupack_keystone2_setup_1.1.1.0.exe  — 1768 K

KeyStone II emupack Windows installer (Gel files and XML files) for CCS

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Products
Arm-based processors
66AK2E05 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 1x C66x DSP core, NetCP, 10GbE 66AK2H06 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 2x Arm A15 cores, 4x C66x DSP cores 66AK2H12 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 8x C66x DSP cores 66AK2H14 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 8x C66x DSP cores, 10GbE AM5K2E02 — Sitara processor: dual-Arm Cortex-A15 AM5K2E04 — Sitara processor: quad-Arm Cortex-A15
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
66AK2L06 — Multicore DSP+ARM KeyStone II System-on-Chip (SoC)

Documentation

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Release Notes

Release notes highlighting new features and known issues

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Software Manifest

Software manifest providing licensing and export control information

Release Information

This is a post production release for the MCSDK 3.1.0 release.

This Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides foundational software for K2H, K2K, K2E, and K2L KeyStone II devices.

It encapsulates a collection of software elements and tools intended to enable rapid customer application development.

Software Defects A list of software defects can be found here .
Software development kit (SDK)

BIOSMCSDK-C64XPLUS — SYS/BIOS MCSDK for C647x and C645x

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor
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BIOSMCSDK-C64XPLUS — SYS/BIOS MCSDK for C647x and C645x

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Version: 01.00.00.08
Release date: 21 Dec 2010
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bios_mcsdk_1_00_00_08_setup.exe  — 210938 K

BIOS MCSDK Package

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bios_mcsdk_1_00_00_08_patch1_setup.exe  — 1535 K

BIOS MCSDK Patch 01 (TMDSEVM6474L Only)

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Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor

Release Information

Note: Please install Code Composer Studio v4.2.0 before installing BIOS-MCSDK package.

Software Defects

A list of software defects can be found

.

For technical discussions and issues, please visit

Software development kit (SDK)

BIOSLINUXMCSDK-OMAPL13X — MCSDK supporting SYS/BIOS RTOS and Linux OS for OMAP-L132 and OMAP-L138

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Arm-based processors
OMAP-L138 — Low power C674x floating-point DSP + Arm9 processor - up to 456MHz
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BIOSLINUXMCSDK-OMAPL13X — MCSDK supporting SYS/BIOS RTOS and Linux OS for OMAP-L132 and OMAP-L138

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Version: 01.01.00.02
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MCSDK installer for Windows

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mcsdk_1_01_00_02_setuplinux.bin  — 557461 K

MCSDK installer for Linux

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mcsdk_1_01_00_02_arago.src.tar.gz  — 2945781 K

MCSDK Arago source tarball

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Arm-based processors
OMAP-L138 — Low power C674x floating-point DSP + Arm9 processor - up to 456MHz

Documentation

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MCSDK_Release_Notes.pdf

MCSDK Release Notes

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MCSDK_Software_Manifest.pdf

MCSDK Software Manifest

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CCS v5.4.0.00091

Code Composer Studio (CCS) is the integrated development environment for TIs SOCs, containing comp

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Arago Toolchain

Toolchain to cross-compile for ARM platforms

Release Information

The Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore SOCs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of OMAPL138 devices.

Please see Getting Started Guide to get started

Please refer to Release Notes for the major updates from the previous release.

Please see the following wiki pages for more information:

Note: Please install Code Composer Studio before installing MCSDK package.

Supported Platforms

Support
Software development kit (SDK)

BIOSMCSDK-C66X — SYS/BIOS MCSDK for C66x

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor TMS320C6657 — High performance dual-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz, 2 UART TMS320C6670 — 4 core fixed and floating point DSP for Communications and Telecom TMS320C6678 — High performance octo-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz
Hardware development
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BIOSMCSDK-C66X — SYS/BIOS MCSDK for C66x

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BIOS MCSDK Post Production Package for Windows (RELEASED ON: 2/8/2013)

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bios_mcsdk_02_01_02_06_setuplinux.bin  — 1154222 K

BIOS MCSDK Post Production Package for Linux (RELEASED ON: 2/8/2013)

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bios_mcsdk_02_01_02_06_patch01_setupwin32.exe  — 360979 K

BIOS MCSDK Patch 01 Package for Windows (RELEASED ON: 2/28/2013)

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bios_mcsdk_02_01_02_06_patch01_setuplinux.bin  — 360820 K

BIOS MCSDK Patch 01 Package for Linux (RELEASED ON: 2/28/2013)

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ti_emupack_keystone1_setup_1.0.6.0.bin  — 1579 K

TI KeyStone1 Emupack Linux Installer v1.0.6 (Gel files and XML files) for CCS 5.1

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TI KeyStone1 Emupack Windows Installer v1.0.6 (Gel files and XML files) for CCS 5.1

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MinGW Installer  — 0 K

MinGW packages are needed to build the Intermediate Bootloader (IBL)

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Tools needed to run Multicore Application Deployment (MAD) Utilities

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CodeGen Tools for Windows

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CodeGen Tools for Linux
Products
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor TMS320C6657 — High performance dual-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz, 2 UART TMS320C6670 — 4 core fixed and floating point DSP for Communications and Telecom TMS320C6678 — High performance octo-core C66x fixed and floating-point DSP- up to 1.25GHz
Hardware development

Documentation

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bios_mcsdk_releasenotes_02_01_02.pdf

BIOS MCSDK Release Notes and Licensing overview

Release Information

maintenance update

for the post production BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.1 release. This update can be manually downloaded or automatically downloaded directly from CCS using Eclipse Update Manager; see the BIOS MCSDK User's Guide for details on setting up automatic software updates.

The BIOS Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK) provides the core foundational building blocks that facilitate application software development on TI's high performance and multicore DSPs. This software release gives developers the ability to evaluate major software capabilities of KeyStone family devices.

Please see

for instructions to run the out of box demonstration application on the evaluation board.

The major updates from the post production release, BIOS-MCSDK 2.1.1, are:

The foundational components include:

Please see the following wiki pages for more information:

Note: Please install Code Composer Studio before installing BIOS-MCSDK package.

Supported Platforms

For technical discussions and issues, please visit

Supported products & hardware

Arm-based processors
66AK2E05 — High performance multicore DSP+Arm - 4x Arm A15 cores, 1x C66x DSP core, NetCP, 10GbE
Digital signal processors (DSPs)
TMS320C6457 — Communications infrastructure digital signal processor TMS320C6472 — Fixed-Point Digital Signal Processor TMS320C6474 — Multicore Digital Signal Processor

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User guide SYS/BIOS (TI-RTOS Kernel) User's Guide (Rev. V) 01 Jun 2020
White paper Optimizing your test and measurement solution by leveraging the most integrated 03 Nov 2015
White paper Demystifying DSP programming 05 Mar 2015
More literature Multicore SoC Wiki -- General info, FAQs, etc. 24 Mar 2011

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