UnderstandingBasicDSP/BIOSFeatures
HenryYiuTexasInstruments,China
ABSTRACT
DSP/BIOSisasmallfirmwarethatrunsondigitalsignalprocessor(DSP)chips.Itprovides
thesoftwarecomponentsthatallowapplicationdeveloperstohavethefollowingtwobasic
capabilities:
Real-timemonitoringandcontrolCmonitorandcontrolprogramexecutionandprogram
variablesinrealtime
Real-timeschedulingCreal-timemulti-threadedsystemschedulingandcommunication
TexasInstrumentsTMS320C6000DSP/BIOSUser’sGuide(LiteratureNumberSPRU303)
providesadetaileddescriptionoftheDSP/BIOSfeaturesandtheapplicationprogram
interface.Thisapplicationreportisintendedtogivetheuserashortoverviewofthebasic
TMS320C6000EDSP/BIOSfeaturessothatonecanhavesomeideaonhowtoimplement
acompleteDSPsystemusingDSP/BIOS.
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