ADSP-2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference
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1 INTRODUCTION
A digital signal processor’s data format determines its ability to handle sig-
nals of differing precision, dynamic range, and signal-to-noise ratios.
Because floating-point DSP math reduces the need for scaling and proba-
bility of overflow, using a floating-point DSP can ease algorithm and
software development. The extent to which this is true depends on the
floating-point processor’s architecture. Consistency with IEEE worksta-
tion simulations and the elimination of scaling are clearly two ease-of-use
advantages. High-level language programmability, large address spaces,
and wide dynamic range allow system development time to be spent on
algorithms and signal processing concerns, rather than assembly language
coding, code paging, and error handling. The ADSP-2126xprocessors are
highly integrated, lower cost 32-bit floating-point DSPs which provide
many of these design advantages.
For brevity, the ADSP-21262, ADSP-21266 and ADSP-21267
SHARC processors will be referred to as the ADAP-2126x. For
instances where functionality applies to one or the other processor
specifically, it will be noted in the text.
Design Advantages
The ADSP-2126x is a high-performance 32-bit processor used for medical
imaging, communications, military, audio, test equipment, 3D graphics,
speech recognition, motor control, imaging, and other applications. By
adding a dual-ported on-chip SRAM, integrated I/O peripherals, and an
additional processing element for Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
Summary of Contents for ADSP-21261 SHARC
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Page 40: ...Register Diagram Conventions xl ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 58: ...Differences From Previous SHARCs 1 18 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 112: ...Secondary Processing Element PEy 2 54 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
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Page 204: ...DAG Instruction Summary 4 26 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 322: ...Setting Up DMA 7 32 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 436: ...SPORT Programming Examples 9 86 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 521: ...ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference 11 31 Input Data Port rts IDP_ISR end ...
Page 522: ...Input Data Port Programming Example 11 32 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 590: ...Timer Programming Examples 14 20 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 796: ...I O Processor Registers A 174 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...
Page 800: ...B 4 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Core Manual ...
Page 846: ...Index I 36 ADSP 2126x SHARC Processor Hardware Reference ...