Sig563xx Multiprocessor DSP Modules

• Overview

• Module Descriptions

• Specifications and Data Sheets

• Development System

• Software Support

• DSTADS Test and Diagnostic System

• DSP Modules

• development system option, including high-speed PC plug-in interface card which interfaces to the 563xx "HI08" port, and provides broadcast (write-many) and read-one control and access to multiple DSPs

• the Sig563xx modules can be used with SigSD4 and SigSD8 Audio Modules, to provide a dedicated multichannel sigma-delta analog I/O solution

• supported by standard, off-the-shelf software tools, including DirectDSP, Real-Time Composer™, and Hypersignal-Macro software

• OEM test, diagnostic, and production system option, including automated ICT with full-coverage DSP code tests

• the SIMM and SODIMM modules use "BGA" (ball grid array) format packaging for both DSP and SRAM devices. The BGA format offers higher IP security. It is very small and makes it more difficult to "probe" what the processor is doing; the multiple rows of BGA "balls" are not visible or accessible because they are under the chips and there is no space between the chips and the module PCB. If the DSP devices contain program information in onchip ROM, and it is not stored in the host PC, then security can be further increased by not bringing out the JTAG interface from the DSP.

• the SIMM and SODIMM module approach can only accept the smallest, lowest power, less costly fixed-point DSPs being driven by telecom applications, so the overall solution is more cost-effective, compared to other multiprocessor boards on the market

• Hypersignal-Macro

• DirectDSP

• Real-Time Composer™

The DirectDSP sofware includes support for popular host programming environments, including MATLAB, C/C++ (MSVC and Borland), Visual Basic, and LabVIEW. See Software Support below for more information.

• Sig563xx-SIMM Data Sheet (129 KB)

• 100 MHz DSP56303, DSP56309, or DSP56307, 176-pin package (BGA format), with separate 2.5v and 3.3v core and peripheral voltages

• offchip 128k x 24 one wait-state SRAM, organized as 64k x 24 X: or Y: data memory, and 64k x 24 P: program memory

• compatible with SigSD4-SODIMM and SigSD8-SIMM Audio Modules, which provide 4-channel or 8-channel 16-bit sigma-delta analog I/O

• JTAG signals are chained between DSPs and available at module edge

• 8-bit HI08 host-port available at module edge

• ESSI0 and ESSI1 TDM serial ports and external interrupts available at module edge

• SIMM modules are 4.75" x 1" (not including socket)

• development platform for multiple SIMM and SODIMM modules. The development platform is an external board which connects to the host PC via a high-speed interface card and provides convenient access for development purposes. The development platform includes:

  • three SODIMM and two SIMM module sites

  • JTAG headers, chained between SIMM sites

  • ac-dc adapter jack which provides 2.5v and 3.3v for up to two modules; additional ATX power supply connector for modules

  • Two Xilinx XCS40 FPGAs which provide interface between host and module edge connectors. These devices may be reprogrammed to add application-specific inter-DSP and inter-module serial port, interrupt, and other communication configurations.

  • headers for DSP serial ports, digital I/O, FLASH EEPROM site, and other user-defined expansion options

• optional SigSD4 or SigSD8 Audio Modules, which provide multichannel 16-bit sigma-delta analog I/O

• a high-speed host-interface card which connects to the development platform via 37-pin ribbon cable, and provides multiprocessor interface to the DSP modules using Motorola's 563xx "HI08" format. One or more combination of DSPs can be controlled simultaneously, and accessed simultaneously on writes (broadcast mode), and individually on reads. Broadcast mode includes program (COFF) file download, reset, and run.

• development system software, including DirectDSP and Real-Time Composer™ software, which provide:

  • direct access to multiple DSPs from MATLAB and C/C++ programs

  • visual signal flow environment for algorithm design, simulation, and analysis

  • code generation and debug

Hypersignal®-Macro and Hypersignal-Acoustic software series, which offer a number of simulation and real-time instrument functions. Simulation functions include DSP and math functions, time domain display (including waterfall, contour, magnitude, unwrapped phase), difference equation, digital FIR and IIR filter design, sampling rate conversion, frequency zoom, wavelet transform, minimum phase calculation, and many more. Instrument functions include: spectrum analyzer, digital oscilloscope, stimulus & response measurement, continuous signal generation, real-time "snap-in" filtering, continuous disk record and generate, and more.

DirectDSP® is a Windows library which provides low-level and high-level calls for user-defined C/C++, Visual Basic, MATLAB®, or LabVIEW® programs. DirectDSP includes low-level board control functions such as reset/run/hold, register access, block memory transfer, DSP executable file download, etc. High-level functions include waveform file acquire/generate, continuous signal generation, and execution of any arbitrary Hypersignal DSP or math function. DirectDSP includes strip-chart recorder, digital oscilloscope and digital tape recorder demo program and source code examples.

The DSP56xxx Source Code Interface contains numerous 563xx algorithms and functions in source and binary form, such as optimized FFTs, filters, matrix, transcendental, trig, signal manipulation function, board initialization and analog I/O examples, etc. These functions form the basis of higher-level software functions and instruments; modification can be used to customize Hypersignal or DirectDSP operation. User-defined C routine hooks are provided for real-time algorithm development. The DSP563xx Source Code Interface can be used as a basic foundation for user-defined real-time DSP systems and products.

Real-Time Composer™ is a Windows program which offers a block-diagram based design environment that allows both block-diagram simulation and interactive display and instrument functions, including control over individual Hypersignal and MATLAB blocks. The Real-Time Composer™ includes complete visual IDE for Motorola development tools, and allows C source code generation from block diagram, with generated programs compiled and downloaded to the Sig563xx modules for real-time execution.