SM320VC5510A-EP Datasheet, PDF (44/82 Pages) Texas Instruments – SM320VC5510A-EP Fixed-Point Digital Signal Processor

Documentation Support
4 Documentation Support
Extensive documentation supports all TMS320 DSP family of devices from product announcement through
applications development. The following types of documentation are available to support the design and use
of the TMS320C5000 platform of DSPs:
• TMS320C55x DSP Functional Overview (literature number SPRU312)
• TMS320C55x DSP Peripherals Reference Guide (literature number SPRU317)
• TMS320C55x DSP CPU Reference Guide (literature number SPRU371)
• Device-specific data sheets
• Complete user’s guides
• Development support tools
• Hardware and software application reports
The reference set describes in detail the TMS320C55x DSP products currently available and the hardware
and software applications, including algorithms, for fixed-point TMS320 DSP family of devices.
A series of DSP textbooks is published by Prentice-Hall and John Wiley & Sons to support digital signal
processing research and education. The TMS320 DSP newsletter, Details on Signal Processing, is published
quarterly and distributed to update TMS320 DSP customers on product information.
Information regarding Texas Instruments (TI) DSP products is also available on the Worldwide Web at
http://www.ti.com uniform resource locator (URL).
4.1 Device and Development-Support Tool Nomenclature
To designate the stages in the product development cycle, TI assigns prefixes to the part numbers of all 320
DSP devices and support tools. Each 320 DSP commercial family member has one of three prefixes: SMX,
TMP, or SM/SMJ. Texas Instruments recommends two of three possible prefix designators for support tools:
TMDX and TMDS. These prefixes represent evolutionary stages of product development from engineering
prototypes (SMX / TMDX) through fully qualified production devices/tools (SM/SMJ / TMDS).
Device development evolutionary flow:
SMX
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
SM/SMJ 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
SMX and TMP devices and TMDX development-support tools are shipped with appropriate disclaimers
describing their limitations and intended uses. Experimental devices (SMX) may not be representative of a
final product and Texas Instruments reserves the right to change or discontinue these products without notice.
SM/SMJ devices and TMDS development-support tools have been characterized fully, and the quality and
reliability of the device have been demonstrated fully. TI’s standard warranty applies.
Predictions show that prototype devices (SMX 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.
TMS320C5000 is a trademark of Texas Instruments.
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