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Preface
Read This First
About This Manual
DSP/BIOS gives developers of mainstream applications on Texas
Instruments TMS320C5000
TM
DSP devices the ability to develop embedded
real-time software. DSP/BIOS provides a small firmware real-time library and
easy-to-use tools for real-time tracing and analysis.
You should read and become familiar with the
TMS320 DSP/BIOS User’s
Guide
, a companion volume to this API reference guide.
Before you read this manual, you may use the
Code Composer Studio
online
tutorial and the DSP/BIOS section of the online help to get an overview of
DSP/BIOS. This manual discusses various aspects of DSP/BIOS in depth
and assumes that you have at least a basic understanding of DSP/BIOS.
Notational Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
❏
Program listings, program examples, and interactive displays are shown
in a
special typeface
. Examples use a
bold version
of the
special typeface for emphasis; interactive displays use a
bold version
of the special typeface to distinguish commands that you enter from items
that the system displays (such as prompts, command output, error
messages, etc.).
Here is a sample program listing:
Void copy(HST_Obj *input, HST_Obj *output)
{
PIP_Obj *in, *out;
Uns *src, *dst;
Uns size;
}