Future Development?

sinix · Post by **sinix** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:56 pm

I just saw this on another website. Wonder if the next generation of Creamware products will make use of this?

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The Microelectronics and System Institute of the University of Applied Sciences, based in Yverdon, Switzerland, announced a development kit that adds IEEE 1394 connectivity to SHARC DSPs (digital signal processors) from Analog Devices.

The kit can be purchased in two versions: hardware and software. The hardware part adds three serial ports at 400Mbps to an EZ-KIT LITE evaluation board for the 32-bit ADSP-21065L processor from Analog Devices. The kit is connected to the external port of the processor using connectors available on the board. Schematics, documentation and object files of the software part are also included.

The software part contains the complete C source code running on the ADSP21065L. It offers most of the services that are requested to implement IEEE 1394.

The hardware and software parts can be purchased for US$299 each from http://www.jdc.ch, DSP products

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 2:27 pm

eee???

what does this mean?
can it read c codes written for intel/amd, and then c++.

thermos.

sinix · Post by **sinix** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:58 pm

This whole thing is talking about Firewire connectivity for sharc dsp's correct?

I didn't miss the point did I?

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 9:27 pm

you plug a sharc device into a firewire port and it can be run from your CPU? it would be nice if the firewire port was off the PCI bus. Remember though, because firewire speed is measured in mega bits not bytes. so if it is 480 mega bits it is about the same as half a PCI bus. (480/8 = 60)

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:31 pm

how can we benefit from this?
what can it do for sfp?

thermos

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Wed Jun 12, 2002 10:50 am

On 2002-06-11 23:31, thermos wrote:
how can we benefit from this?
what can it do for sfp?

thermos

Erhhh, nothing.
It's a firewire interface for the Sharc developer kit, and (in SFP context) would not be of any use.

Kim.

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Wed Jun 12, 2002 3:10 pm

it's a general purpose device to feed data for processing to the DSP.
Not all Sharcs on this planet are used by Cream, so others might want (to design)something like ZLink as well

cheers, tom

orbita · Post by **orbita** » Fri Jun 14, 2002 6:58 am

the creamware cards already have firewire interfaces. zlink is firewire in disguise.