Reply by Keith E. Larson January 7, 20042004-01-07
Hello Rene

It has been a very long time since I programmed a C2x/C5x, but I think the
same compiler shell is being used for all C2x/C2xx/C5x/C54xx/C55xx products.
But rather than defaulting to the C2x code set as it was in the olden days,
the new default is C54xx or C55xx.

I cant even recall the name of the C-shell that is used to launch the tools
anymore, but you can gather up a file containing the options rather easily
using the following command. (Substitute CL30 for the C-shell that you have)

CL30 (no arg) lists the command line arguments to the screen
CL30 >OPTIONS.CAP Pipes the arguments to the file "OPTIONS.CAP"

From here you should see a list of arguments that start with -vXX where XX
is the appropriate chip number. Slip -v50 in here and you might be up and
running. Just remember to use the -v50 on everything you build since the
linker would later (hopefully loudly) complain that you are mixing divices
in the build.

But then again, maybe the C2x/C5x compiler has not been mixed in with the
C54xx/C55xx

Another option (but this will cost $150) might be the VC33 DSK. This DSK is
built around a much more capable TMS320VC33-150 Mflop device, stereo 20b
48Khz codec, 3Mb of SRAM (1Mb internal) and external FeRAM flash. It is
further 'fleshed out' with the TI-COFF code gen tools, DSK code gen tools,
40-50 examples and demos and more. And... maybe most importantly...
Win-anything compatible.

If interested, follow the links in my signature file.

Best regards,
Keith Larson

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At 04:39 PM 1/6/04 -0000, you wrote:
Hi,

I am a student in electrical engineering and have to program a DSP.

My prof gave me a DSP board and two manuals (TMS320C5x and TMS320C5x-DSP
Starter Kit). Unfortunately he hadn't any software so I downloaded some
StarterKit (rev102) software from some server (I think it was TI server). It
includes some examples written in assmebler and an assembler as well as a
debugger. Due to the fact that I am not very experienced in programming a
neat assembler code I searched for a C compiler in google. After some hours
of searching I found the Code Composer Studio C2000 and downloaded the 90
days trial version. I activated an option so that after compiling the
CCS2000 doesn't delete the asm files. Then I took the asm files and used the
assembler from the StarterKit software. But it cannot interpret some
assembler code. Then I opened the asm file and recognized that there were
commands like MOV and some others. But I never saw a MOV command in the asm
files from the StarterKit or manuals.

Hmm....now I am a bit lost. Is there maybe another C compiler for that
specific DSP Starter Kit board?

THX for helping
Rene
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Reply by partypophouse January 6, 20042004-01-06
Hi,

I am a student in electrical engineering and have to program a DSP.
My
prof gave me a DSP board and two manuals (TMS320C5x and TMS320C5x-DSP
Starter Kit). Unfortunately he hadn't any software so I downloaded
some StarterKit (rev102) software from some server (I think it was TI
server). It includes some examples written in assmebler and an
assembler as well as a debugger. Due to the fact that I am not very
experienced in programming a neat assembler code I searched for a C
compiler in google. After some hours of searching I found the Code
Composer Studio C2000 and downloaded the 90 days trial version. I
activated an option so that after compiling the CCS2000 doesn't
delete
the asm files. Then I took the asm files and used the assembler from
the StarterKit software. But it cannot interpret some assembler code.
Then I opened the asm file and recognized that there were commands
like MOV and some others. But I never saw a MOV command in the asm
files from the StarterKit or manuals.

Hmm....now I am a bit lost. Is there maybe another C compiler for
that
specific DSP Starter Kit board?

THX for helping
Rene