Datasheet

SHARC Audio EZ-Extender Manual ix
PREFACE
Thank you for purchasing the SHARC
®
Audio EZ-Extender
®
, Analog
Devices, Inc. daughter board to the EZ-Board™ evaluation system for the
ADSP-21xxx processors.
SHARC processors are based on a 32-bit super Harvard architecture that
includes a unique memory architecture comprised of two large on-chip,
dual-ported SRAM blocks coupled with a sophisticated IO processor,
which gives a SHARC processor the bandwidth for sustained high-speed
computations. SHARC processors represents today’s de facto standard for
floating-point processing, targeted toward premium audio applications.
The EZ-Board and SHARC Audio EZ-Extender are designed to be used
in conjunction with the VisualDSP++
®
development environment. Visu-
alDSP++ offers a powerful programming tool with new flexibility that
significantly decreases the time required to port software code to a proces-
sor, reducing time-to-market.
To learn more about Analog Devices development software, go to
http://www.analog.com/processors/tools/.