Overview
The TMS320C6412AGDK5, produced by Texas Instruments, is a high-performance fixed-point digital signal processor (DSP) within the TMS320C6000 DSP platform. This device is based on the second-generation VelociTI.2™ very-long-instruction-word (VLIW) architecture, making it an excellent choice for digital media applications. With a clock rate of up to 720 MHz, the C6412 offers up to 5760 million instructions per second (MIPS), providing cost-effective solutions to high-performance DSP programming challenges. It combines the operational flexibility of high-speed controllers and the numerical capability of array processors.
Key Specifications
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Instruction Cycle Time | 2 ns, 1.67 ns, 1.39 ns |
| Clock Rate | 500 MHz, 600 MHz, 720 MHz |
| Instructions per Cycle | Eight 32-bit instructions |
| MIPS | 4000, 4800, 5760 |
| Functional Units | Six ALUs (32-/40-bit), Two multipliers |
| Cache Memory | 128K-bit L1P program cache, 128K-bit L1D data cache, 2M-bit L2 unified RAM/cache |
| External Memory Interface | Glueless interface to asynchronous and synchronous memories |
| Total Addressable External Memory | 1024M bytes |
| Package Type | 548-pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) |
| Voltage | 3.3-V I/Os, 1.2-V or 1.4-V internal |
Key Features
- High-performance digital media processor with VelociTI.2™ extensions.
- Eight highly independent functional units, including six ALUs and two multipliers.
- Load-store architecture with non-aligned support and instruction packing to reduce code size.
- 64 32-bit general-purpose registers.
- Media Independent Interface (MII) and Management Data Input/Output (MDIO) for Ethernet support.
- Host-Port Interface (HPI) [32-/16-bit] and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) master/slave interface.
- Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus and two multichannel buffered serial ports (McBSP).
- Three 32-bit general-purpose timers and sixteen general-purpose I/O (GPIO) pins.
- Flexible PLL clock generator and IEEE-1149.1 (JTAG†) boundary-scan-compatible.
Applications
The TMS320C6412AGDK5 is designed for high-performance digital media applications, including but not limited to:
- Digital video and audio processing.
- Telecommunications and network processing.
- Medical imaging and diagnostics.
- Aerospace and defense systems.
- Industrial automation and control systems.
Q & A
- What is the maximum clock rate of the TMS320C6412AGDK5?
The maximum clock rate is 720 MHz.
- How many instructions can the TMS320C6412AGDK5 execute per cycle?
The device can execute eight 32-bit instructions per cycle.
- What is the total addressable external memory space of the TMS320C6412AGDK5?
The total addressable external memory space is 1024M bytes.
- Does the TMS320C6412AGDK5 support Ethernet?
- What type of package does the TMS320C6412AGDK5 come in?
The device comes in a 548-pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) package.
- What are the key functional units of the TMS320C6412AGDK5?
The device has six ALUs (32-/40-bit) and two multipliers, each supporting various arithmetic operations per clock cycle.
- Is the TMS320C6412AGDK5 software-compatible with other C64x™ DSPs?
- What is the purpose of the VelociTI.2™ extensions in the TMS320C6412AGDK5?
The VelociTI.2™ extensions enhance the performance and parallelism of the VelociTI™ architecture, adding new instructions to accelerate application performance.
- Does the TMS320C6412AGDK5 support JTAG boundary scan?
- What development tools are available for the TMS320C6412AGDK5?
The device comes with a new C compiler, an assembly optimizer, and a Windows™ debugger interface for visibility into source code.
