Digital Signal Processors & ARM Microprocessors

DSP & ARM MPU Design Support

Getting Started

Note for web: In order to fully support our customers with the available SW as soon as possible, we will be releasing the OMAP-L137/TMS320C6747 Floating Point Starter Kit with the following schedule:
	Release 1	Release 2		Release 3 Beta		GA SDK
Handoff Dates	October 2008	December 2008		January 2009		First Quarter 2009
Overview	DSP algorithm development - Benchmarking - Functionality Verification - Optimization NOTE: Not recommended for Linux program development of ARM or significant system peripheral development	Added Funcationality to release 1: DSP device drivers (partial list) TCP/IP Stack provided for DSP Linux support package (LSP): - Linux kernel - device drivers (partial list) - TCP/IP networking stack - bootloader		Added Functionality to release 2: DSP and Linux device drivers (complete list) Interprocessor Communication between ARM and DSP SW Framework to leverage combined ARM and DSP		Added Functionality to release 3 Beta:
Delivery Method	Provided in Kit	Downloadable via "What is this link?"		Downloadable via "What is this link?" AND provided in kit		Provided in Kit
SW Tools	DSK limited Code Composer Studio 3.3x - Included with the kit	DSK limited Code Composer Studio 3.3x - Included with the kit		DSK limited Code Composer Studio 3.3x - Included with the kit		DSK limited Code Composer Studio 3.3x - Included with the kit
	Codegen Tools 6.1.5 - for both ARM and DSP	Codegen Tools 6.1.5		Codegen Tools 6.1.5		Codegen Tools 6.1.5
	Gnu Linux Toolchain - Linux support package not included until release 2 - Not to be used with release 1 - Toolchain provided for use with future Linux bootloader, kernel and driver releases	Gnu Linux Toolchain		Gnu Linux Toolchain		Gnu Linux Toolchain
OS	DSP BIOS 5.33	DSP BIOS 5.33		DSP BIOS 5.33		DSP BIOS 5.33
	Demo Version of MontaVista Pro 5.0 - Linux support package not included until release 2	Demo Version of MontaVista Pro 5.0		Demo Version of MontaVista Pro 5.0		Demo Version of MontaVista Pro 5.0
Register Configuration Macros -- ('C' macros used for reading/writing of configuration registers)	All	All		All		All
DSP/BIOS Drivers DSP device drivers for peripherals	none	EDMA low level driver	McASP	EDMA low level driver	McASP	EDMA low level driver	McASP
		I²C		GPIO	LCDc	GPIO	LCDc
		SPI		I²C		I²C	USB
		UART		SPI		SPI	NAND
				UART		UART	MMC/SD
							DSP/BIOS-based file system
Linux Drivers - ARM/Linux device drivers for peripherals	none	GPIO	McASP	GPIO	McASP	GPIO	McASP
		I²C	USB - Preliminary	I²C	LCDc	I²C	LCDc
		SPI		SPI	USB	SPI	USB
		UART		UART	NAND	UART	NAND
		Eth MAC		Eth MAC	MMC/SD	Eth MAC	MMC/SD
DSP TCP/IP Network stack	none	none		TCP/IP Network Stack/ Eth MAC driver		TCP/IP Network Stack/ Eth MAC driver
Framework	none	none		Codec Engine/Framework Components		Codec Engine/Framework Components
Interprocessor Comm. b/w ARM and DSP	none	none		Link 1.6x		Link 1.6x
DSP Boot	See app note downloadable separately	See app note downloadable separately		See app note downloadable separately		See app note downloadable separately
Linux Boot	none	UBL, U-Boot, Flashwriter, Modes		UBL, U-Boot, Flashwriter, Modes		UBL, U-Boot, Flashwriter, Modes