Overview
The TMS320C6711DZDP250 is a high-performance floating-point Digital Signal Processor (DSP) from Texas Instruments, part of the TMS320C6000 DSP platform. This device is based on the advanced Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture, making it an excellent choice for multichannel and multifunction applications. With clock rates of up to 250 MHz, the C6711D offers up to 1500 million floating-point operations per second (MFLOPS), providing cost-effective solutions to high-performance DSP programming challenges. It combines the operational flexibility of high-speed controllers with the numerical capability of array processors.
Key Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Clock Rate | Up to 250 MHz |
| Instruction Cycle Time | 4 ns (at 250 MHz) |
| MFLOPS | Up to 1500 MFLOPS |
| Functional Units | Eight highly independent functional units: four floating-/fixed-point ALUs, two fixed-point ALUs, and two floating-/fixed-point multipliers |
| General-Purpose Registers | 32 registers of 32-bit word length |
| Cache Architecture | Level 1: 32-Kbit program cache (direct mapped), 32-Kbit data cache (2-way set-associative); Level 2: 512-Kbit unified mapped RAM/cache |
| External Memory Interface | 32-Bit EMIFA, glueless interface to SDRAM, SBSRAM, and asynchronous peripherals |
| Serial Ports | Two multichannel buffered serial ports (McBSPs) |
| Timers | Two 32-bit general-purpose timers |
| Package | 272-pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) package |
| Operating Temperature Range | 0 to 90°C |
| Voltage | 3.3-V I/O, 1.4-V internal (for -250 speed grade) |
Key Features
- Advanced VLIW architecture with eight highly independent functional units.
- High-performance with up to 1500 MFLOPS at 250 MHz.
- Instruction packing reduces code size, and all instructions are conditional.
- Hardware support for IEEE single-precision and double-precision instructions.
- Byte-addressable (8-, 16-, 32-bit data) with 8-bit overflow protection, saturation, bit-field extract, set, clear, bit-counting, and normalization.
- Two-level cache-based architecture with flexible L2 memory configuration.
- Enhanced Direct-Memory-Access (EDMA) controller with 16 independent channels.
- Host-Port Interface (HPI) and glueless external memory interface (EMIF).
- Serial-Peripheral-Interface (SPI) compatible and AC97-compatible.
- Dedicated general-purpose input/output (GPIO) module with 5 pins.
- IEEE-1149.1 (JTAG) boundary-scan-compatible.
Applications
The TMS320C6711DZDP250 is suitable for a wide range of applications that require high-performance digital signal processing, including:
- Telecommunications: T1/E1, MVIP, SCSA framers.
- Audio and Video Processing: Real-time audio and video encoding/decoding, filtering, and effects processing.
- Medical Imaging: High-speed image processing and analysis.
- Industrial Automation: Real-time control and monitoring systems.
- Aerospace and Defense: Radar, sonar, and other signal processing-intensive applications.
Q & A
- What is the maximum clock rate of the TMS320C6711DZDP250?
The maximum clock rate is up to 250 MHz. - How many MFLOPS can the TMS320C6711DZDP250 achieve?
It can achieve up to 1500 MFLOPS at 250 MHz. - What type of cache architecture does the TMS320C6711DZDP250 use?
It uses a two-level cache-based architecture with Level 1 and Level 2 caches. - What is the package type of the TMS320C6711DZDP250?
The package type is a 272-pin Ball Grid Array (BGA). - What is the operating temperature range of the TMS320C6711DZDP250?
The operating temperature range is 0 to 90°C. - Does the TMS320C6711DZDP250 support IEEE floating-point instructions?
Yes, it supports IEEE single-precision and double-precision instructions. - How many general-purpose timers does the TMS320C6711DZDP250 have?
It has two 32-bit general-purpose timers. - Is the TMS320C6711DZDP250 compatible with JTAG boundary scan?
Yes, it is IEEE-1149.1 (JTAG) boundary-scan-compatible. - What type of external memory interface does the TMS320C6711DZDP250 have?
It has a 32-Bit EMIFA with a glueless interface to SDRAM, SBSRAM, and asynchronous peripherals. - Does the TMS320C6711DZDP250 have any dedicated GPIO pins?
Yes, it has a dedicated general-purpose input/output (GPIO) module with 5 pins.
