Educational DSP, LLC

Educational DSP, LLC

Home About Us Products DSK_COMM4 ► Downloads Custom Work Downloads Ordering Contact Us	DSK_COMM4 Educational DSP's DSK_COMM4 communications daughtercard provides a variety of communications resources for the Texas Instruments TMS320C6211/6711/6713/6416T/5510/5416 DSP Starter Kits (DSKs). The base configuration of the daughtercard has two (2) RS-232 UART channels, a USB interface capability of up to 1MB/s, eight (8) digital outputs, and eight (8) digital inputs. Optionally, two additional UART channels can be configured for either RS-232, RS-422, or a 802.15.4 wireless radio module. The daughtercard can also be purchased with pass-through connectors to permit stacking other daughtercards. The DSK_COMM4 daughtercard is designed to be easy to configure yet extremely flexible. With the exception of the address decoding jumpers, all configuration is done in software. The configuration options include; Routing of the four UART interrupts and the USB interrupt to any DSK interrupt Controlling the interrupt polarity Configuring the DSK interrupt drivers to be open-drain or totem-pole Jumpers to set the memory space and address to minimize the possibilities of address conflicts The UART channels all provide 16550-class capabilities. The RS-232 channels are full DTE implementations capable of operating at up to 230.4kbaud. The RS-422 channels are full-duplex implementations capable of operating at up to 921.6kbaud. The wireless radio option uses the Digi (MaxStream) XBee 2.4GHz radio module that supports the 802.15.4 wireless communication protocol.
	DSK_COMM4 Prototype Daughtercard with RS-422 and XBee Options
A complete Code Composer Studio (CCS) project is available for each supported DSK. The project includes a detailed header file specific to the DSK to make coding easier. The software in the project performs loopback testing of the base RS-232 channels, the optional UART channels, the USB interface, and digital input/output. This provides an excellent base for developing user applications.
DSK_COMM4 Prototype Daughtercard shown mounted on TMS320C6713 DSK with HPI daughtercard
The base configuration DSK_COMM4 can be purchased for US$122.00 plus shipping. Please see the Ordering page for other option costs and to submit an order.
DSK_COMM4 Daughtercard Documentation and Downloads: Documentation Daughtercard Documentation Rev B.1 Daughtercard Documentation Rev A-B.0 Major Component Datasheet Links Texas Instruments TL16C554 Quad UART Datasheet (local copy) FTDI FT245RL USB FIFO Datasheet (local copy) USB Drivers Installer (local copy) Digi (MaxStream) XBee Series 1 Radio Module Manual (local copy) Software CCS 3.1 project for C5416 DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.1 project for VC5509A DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.1 project for VC5510 DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.1 project for C6416T DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.1 project for C6711 DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.1 project for C6713 DSK - ZIP format CCS 3.3 project for C6713 DSK - ZIP format