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TMS320C6472

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SPRS612G–JUNE 2009– REVISED JULY 2011

2.8 Development

2.8.1 Development Support

For customers that will develop their own features and software on the C6472 device, TI offers an

extensive line of development tools for the TMS320C6000™ DSP platform, including tools to evaluate the

performance of the processors, generate code, develop algorithm implementations, and fully integrate and

debug software and hardware modules. The tool's support documentation is electronically available within

the Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

The following products support development of C6000™ DSP-based applications:

Software Development Tools: Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

including Editor, C/C++/Assembly Code Generation, and Debug plus additional development tools

scalable Real-Time Foundation Software (DSP/BIOS™), which provides the basic run-time target software

needed to support any DSP application.

Hardware Development Tools: Extended Development System (XDS™) Emulators (support

C6000/C64x+ DSP multiprocessor system debug) and Evaluation Module (EVM).

2.8.2 Device Support

2.8.2.1 Device and Development-Support Tool Nomenclature

To designate the stages in the product development cycle, TI assigns prefixes to the part numbers of all

DSP devices and support tools. Each DSP commercial family member has one of three prefixes: TMX,

TMP, or TMS (e.g., TMX320C6472CTZ). Texas Instruments recommends one of two prefix designators

for its support tools: TMDX and TMDS. These prefixes represent evolutionary stages of product

development from engineering prototypes (TMX/TMDX) through fully qualified production devices/tools

(TMS/TMDS).

Device development evolutionary flow:

TMX Experimental device that is not necessarily representative of the final device's electrical

specifications

TMP Final silicon die that conforms to the device's electrical specifications but has not completed

quality and reliability verification

TMS Fully qualified production device

Support tool development evolutionary flow:

TMDX Development-support product that has not yet completed Texas Instruments internal

qualification testing.

TMDS Fully qualified development-support product

TMX and TMP devices and TMDX development-support tools are shipped with the following disclaimer:

"Developmental product is intended for internal evaluation purposes."

TMS devices and TMDS development-support tools have been characterized fully, and the quality and

reliability of the device has been demonstrated fully. TI's standard warranty applies.

Predictions show that prototype devices (TMX or TMP) have a greater failure rate than the standard

production devices. Texas Instruments recommends that these devices not be used in any production

system because their expected end-use failure rate still is undefined. Only qualified production devices are

to be used.

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