TMS320C6x XDS510/XDS510WS

The TMS320 Extended Development Systems (XDSs) are powerful, full-speed emulators used for system-level integration and debug.

TI provides 'C6x emulation systems for both PC and SPARC systems:

• XDS510: a PC version consisting of a half-size AT board and a JTAG emulation cable.

• XDS510WS: a SPARC version consisting of an external controller box, a SCSI cable, a power supply, a power supply cable, and a JTAG emulation cable. The controller box connects to the SPARCstation via the SCSI cable.

For the part numbers of these tool packages, please see TMS320C6x Development Tool Set by Part Number.

The emulator enables the TMS320 Debugger Interface, which is sold separately, to control the 'C6x on the target board. This is done by interfacing the target system to the emulator via the JTAG emulation cable. The Debugger can then be used to verify the functionality of the 'C6x software and target hardware.

The emulators use scan-based emulation which is a nonintrusive approach to system emulation and debug. The emulator connects to a 14-pin header that must be designed into the target board. This header consists of a power signal, a clock signal, some ground signals and the 4 JTAG pins of the 'C6x.