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Re: ADSP-21065L to Coldfire

Started by Steve Holle September 4, 2003
We considered the 21161, actually have the EZ-Kit but my boss doesn't want
to tackle BGA at the moment. We're using the SPORT TDM mode to communicate
between 21065Ls.

Thanks for the input.

At 02:08 PM 9/4/2003 +0200, Jens Michaelsen wrote:
>Calculate the cost/benefit of having bus driver.
>Could think of alternatively using just a serial
>IF to talk to each DSP from host side.
>It mostly depend on teh amount of data you
>need to transfer. ADSP21161 has nice
>paralell independet ports for that.
>This chip makes many things much easier.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Rosing" <>
>To: "Steve Holle" <>
>Cc: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [adsp] ADSP-21065L to Coldfire > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Steve Holle wrote:
> >
> > > Each 21065L will have it's own SRAM and each host port will be mapped
>into
> > > a separate memory mapped area in the Coldfire.
> >
> > But data bus is common (or how else does Coldfire talk to each 21065?).
> > If every dsp has it's own address and data bus, and you use a tristate
> > switch to connect the Coldfire to one dsp at a time, you'd have a very
> > fast system since each dsp would only have to relinquish its bus when
> > the Coldfire needs to get in.
> >
> > A very nice toy :-) Have fun with it!
> >
> > Patience, persistence, truth,
> > Dr. mike
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--On Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:42 AM -0600 Steve Holle
<> wrote:

> We considered the 21161, actually have the EZ-Kit but my boss doesn't
> want to tackle BGA at the moment. We're using the SPORT TDM mode to
> communicate between 21065Ls.

Take a look at Danville's boards. I saw them at the last Embedded Systems
show and they're a nice alternative for small volumes where you don't want
to invest in your own BGA design. A very small circuit board incorporates
CPU, memory, and I don't recall what else, with some .100 connectors on the
bottom to connect to your own board. They'd make a good alternative to
ezkits for prototyping.




At 06:55 PM 9/4/2003, Kenneth Porter wrote:
>--On Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:42 AM -0600 Steve Holle
><> wrote:
>
> > We considered the 21161, actually have the EZ-Kit but my boss doesn't
> > want to tackle BGA at the moment. We're using the SPORT TDM mode to
> > communicate between 21065Ls.
>
>Take a look at Danville's boards. I saw them at the last Embedded Systems
>show and they're a nice alternative for small volumes where you don't want
>to invest in your own BGA design. A very small circuit board incorporates
>CPU, memory, and I don't recall what else, with some .100 connectors on the
>bottom to connect to your own board. They'd make a good alternative to
>ezkits for prototyping.

Thanks Ken for the plug,

The dspblok 21161sm is the board Ken refers to. It includes SDRAM, Flash,
EE Memory, JTAG and the Core Power Supply. The expansion is via 2mm
connectors. We originally designed this board to incorporate into some
internal projects since BGAs are expensive to use in small and moderate
quantities. The module is easy to incorporate into your own custom design.

Our dspstak 21161sx board is an example. This board incorporates a dspblok
at its core. It provides USB, RS-232, Programmable Clocks, Power Supply,
etc. This board uses a two layer pc board and took 3 days to design and
layout (before software).

You can get details from our web site: www.danvillesignal.com Al Clark
Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
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Purveyors of Fine DSP Hardware and other Cool Stuff
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