The C5000
family of low-power DSPs is targeted at portable and battery powered applications.
In order to keep driving down power consumption TI keeps driving down
the internal and I/O voltages with each successive generation of silicon.
With this in mind we would recommend purchasing a future proof emulator
with low voltage support, e.g. the SPI525.
For users who need an external emulator, or need to connect to a notebook
PC then low voltage portable solutions are also available in the shape
of the SPI515 parallel port emulator.
Newer revisions of the VC55xx range of devices will also support high-speed
RTDX, offering data exchange rates of 2Mbits/sec. If you are using one
of these devices and high-speed data exchange is important to you then
you should also consider one of the new XDS560
emulators.
Emulators:
A Technical Comparison - Choose the correct emulator for your application
with the help of this technical comparison of the available emulation
options. (35KB)
JTAG:
Design Considerations - Discussion of the benefits of JTAG testability
as well as design considerations. (132KB)
JTAG
Testability Primer - more discussion of the benefits of using
the JTAG standard. (393KB)
JTAG/MPSD
Technical Reference - TI document detailing their implementation
of the JTAG and MPSD emulation specifications. (218KB)
