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TMS320TCI6486
SPRS300N – FEBRUARY 2006 – REVISED JULY 2011
2.8 Development
2.8.1 Development Support
For customers that will develop their own features and software on the TCI6486 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., TMS320TCI6486CTZ). 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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