Introduction
2
June 2000 – Revised April 2001SPRS076A
1.2 Description
The TMS320VC5510 (5510) fixed-point digital signal processor (DSP) is based on the TMS320C55x DSP
generation CPU processor core. The C55x DSP architecture achieves high performance and low power
through increased parallelism and total focus on reduction in power dissipation. The CPU supports an internal
bus structure composed of one program bus, three data read buses, two data write buses, and additional
buses dedicated to peripheral and DMA activity. These buses provide the ability to perform up to three data
reads and two data writes in a single cycle. In parallel, the DMA controller can perform up to two data transfers
per cycle independent of the CPU activity.
The C55x CPU provides two multiply-accumulate (MAC) units, each capable of 17-bit x 17-bit multiplication
in a single cycle. A central 40-bit arithmetic/logic unit (ALU) is supported by an additional 16-bit ALU. Use
of the ALUs is under instruction set control, providing the ability to optimize parallel activity and power
consumption. These resources are managed in the address unit (AU) and data unit (DU) of the C55x CPU.
The C55x DSP generation supports a variable byte width instruction set for improved code density. The
instruction unit (IU) performs 32-bit program fetches from internal or external memory and queues instructions
for the program unit (PU). The program unit decodes the instructions, directs tasks to AU and DU resources,
and manages the fully protected pipeline. Predictive branching capability avoids pipeline flushes on execution
of conditional instructions. The 5510 also includes a 24K-byte instruction cache to minimize external memory
accesses, improving data throughput and conserving system power.
The 5510 peripheral set includes an external memory interface (EMIF) that provides glueless access to
asynchronous memories like EPROM and SRAM, as well as to high-speed, high-density memories such as
synchronous DRAM and synchronous burst SRAM. Three full-duplex multichannel buffered serial ports
(McBSPs) provide glueless interface to a variety of industry-standard serial devices, and multichannel
communication with up to 128 separately enabled channels. The enhanced host-port interface (EHPI) is a
16-bit parallel interface used to provide host processor access to internal memory on the 5510. The EHPI can
be configured in either multiplexed or non-multiplexed mode to provide glueless interface to a wider variety
of host processors. The DMA controller provides data movement for six independent channel contexts without
CPU intervention, providing DMA throughput of up to two 16-bit words per cycle. Two general-purpose timers,
eight general-purpose I/O (GPIO) pins, and digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) clock generation are also
included.
The 5510 is supported by the industry’s award-winning eXpressDSP, Code Composer StudioIntegrated
Development Environment (IDE), DSP/BIOS, Texas Instruments’ algorithm standard, and the industry’s
largest third-party network. The Code Composer Studio IDE features code generation tools including a C
Compiler and Visual Linker, simulator, RTDX, XDS510 emulation device drivers (VC5510), and evaluation
modules. The 5510 is also supported by the C55x DSP Library which features more than 50 foundational
software kernals (FIR filters, IIR filters, FFTs, and various math functions) as well as chip and board support
libraries.
1.3 Pin Assignments
Figure 1–1 illustrates the ball locations for the 240-pin ball grid array (BGA) package and is used in conjunction
with Table 1–1 to locate signal names and ball grid numbers.
NOTE: On the 5510, not all of the balls on the GGW package are used. See the Table 1–1 for
detailed information.
PRODUCT PREVIEW
C55x, eXpressDSP, Code Composer Studio, RTDX, DSP/BIOS, and XDS510 are trademarks of Texas Instruments.