Notational Conventions
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Notational Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
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The TMS320C209 and TMS320C209SE devices are referred to as the
’C2xx.
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The TMS370C8 is referred to as the ’C8.
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The TMS370C16 is referred to as the ’C16.
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Displayed information is shown in a
special typeface
similar to a
typewriter’s.
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Program examples are shown in a
special typeface
similar to a type-
writer’s.
Here is an example of a program example:
BTT209WM.EXE –x –p240 –n CPU_BTT –f board522dat –bw90 –bl45 –r5
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Information that you enter is shown in a bold version of a
special type-
face
.
Here is an example of a system prompt and a command that you might
enter:
C:
edit board.cfg
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In syntax descriptions, the instruction, command, or directive is in a bold
typeface and parameters are in an
italic typeface. Portions of a syntax that
are in bold should be entered as shown; portions of a syntax that are in
italics describe the type of information that should be entered. Here is an
example of a command syntax:
bload
filename
The command is bload. The command has one parameter, indicated by
filename.
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Square brackets ( [ and ] ) identify an optional parameter. If you use an op-
tional parameter, you specify the information within the brackets; you don’t
enter the brackets themselves. Here’s an example of an instruction that
has an optional parameter:
run
[
expression]
The run command has one parameter,
expression, which is optional.
