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This takes place while the processor continues to:
• Receive and transmit data through the two serial ports
• Receive and/or transmit data through the internal DMA port
• Receive and/or transmit data through the byte DMA port
• Decrement timer
Development System
The ADSP-2100 Family Development Software, a complete
set of tools for software and hardware system development,
supports the ADSP-2181. The System Builder provides a high
level method for defining the architecture of systems under
development. The Assembler has an algebraic syntax that is easy
to program and debug. The Linker combines object files into
an executable file. The Simulator provides an interactive
instruction-level simulation with a reconfigurable user interface
to display different portions of the hardware environment. A
PROM Splitter generates PROM programmer compatible files.
The C Compiler, based on the Free Software Foundation’s
GNU C Compiler, generates ADSP-2181 assembly source
code. The source code debugger allows programs to be cor-
rected in the C environment. The Runtime Library includes over
100 ANSI-standard mathematical and DSP-specific functions.
The EZ-KIT Lite is a hardware/software kit offering a complete
development environment for the entire ADSP-21xx family: an
ADSP-2181 evaluation board with PC monitor software plus
Assembler, Linker, Simulator, and PROM Splitter software.
The ADSP-218x EZ-KIT Lite is a low-cost, easy to use hard-
ware platform on which you can quickly get started with your
DSP software design. The EZ-KIT Lite includes the following
features:
• 33 MHz ADSP-2181
• Full 16-bit Stereo Audio I/O with AD1847 SoundPort
®
Codec
• RS-232 Interface to PC with Windows 3.1 Control Software
• Stand-Alone Operation with Socketed EPROM
• EZ-ICE
®
Connector for Emulator Control
• DSP Demo Programs
The ADSP-218x EZ-ICE
Emulator aids in the hardware debug-
ging of ADSP-218x systems. The emulator consists of hard-
ware, host computer resident software and the target board
connector. The ADSP-218x integrates on-chip emulation sup-
port with a 14-pin ICE-Port interface. This interface provides a
simpler target board connection requiring fewer mechanical
clearance considerations than other ADSP-2100 Family EZ-ICEs.
The ADSP-218x device need not be removed from the target
system when using the EZ-ICE, nor are any adapters needed. Due
to the small footprint of the EZ-ICE
connector, emulation can be
supported in final board designs.
The EZ-ICE
performs a full range of functions, including:
• In-target operation
• Up to 20 breakpoints
• Single-step or full-speed operation
• Registers and memory values can be examined and altered
• PC upload and download functions
• Instruction-level emulation of program booting and execution
• Complete assembly and disassembly of instructions
• C source-level debugging
See the Designing An EZ-ICE-Compatible Target System sec-
tion of this data sheet for exact specifications of the EZ-ICE target
board connector.
Additional Information
This data sheet provides a general overview of ADSP-2181
functionality. For additional information on the architecture and
instruction set of the processor, refer to the ADSP-2100 Family
User’s Manual, Third Edition. For more information about the
development tools, refer to the ADSP-2100 Family Development
Tools Data Sheet.
ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW
The ADSP-2181 instruction set provides flexible data moves
and multifunction (one or two data moves with a computation)
instructions. Every instruction can be executed in a single pro-
cessor cycle. The ADSP-2181 assembly language uses an alge-
braic syntax for ease of coding and readability. A comprehensive
set of development tools supports program development.
Figure 1 is an overall block diagram of the ADSP-2181. The
processor contains three independent computational units: the
ALU, the multiplier/accumulator (MAC) and the shifter. The
computational units process 16-bit data directly and have provi-
sions to support multiprecision computations. The ALU per-
forms a standard set of arithmetic and logic operations; division
primitives are also supported. The MAC performs single-cycle
multiply, multiply/add and multiply/subtract operations with
40 bits of accumulation. The shifter performs logical and arith-
metic shifts, normalization, denormalization and derive expo-
nent operations. The shifter can be used to efficiently implement
numeric format control including multiword and block floating-
point representations.
The internal result (R) bus connects the computational units so
that the output of any unit may be the input of any unit on the
next cycle.
A powerful program sequencer and two dedicated data address
generators ensure efficient delivery of operands to these computa-
tional units. The sequencer supports conditional jumps, subroutine
calls and returns in a single cycle. With internal loop counters and
loop stacks, the ADSP-2181 executes looped code with zero over-
head; no explicit jump instructions are required to maintain loops.
Two data address generators (DAGs) provide addresses for
simultaneous dual operand fetches (from data memory and
program memory). Each DAG maintains and updates four
address pointers. Whenever the pointer is used to access data
(indirect addressing), it is post-modified by the value of one of
four possible modify registers. A length value may be associated
with each pointer to implement automatic modulo addressing
for circular buffers.
Efficient data transfer is achieved with the use of five internal
buses:
• Program Memory Address (PMA) Bus
• Program Memory Data (PMD) Bus
• Data Memory Address (DMA) Bus
• Data Memory Data (DMD) Bus
• Result (R) Bus
The two address buses (PMA and DMA) share a single external
address bus, allowing memory to be expanded off-chip, and the
two data buses (PMD and DMD) share a single external data
bus. Byte memory space and I/O memory space also share the
external buses.
Program memory can store both instructions and data, permit-
ting the ADSP-2181 to fetch two operands in a single cycle,
one from program memory and one from data memory. The
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