TigerSHARC and Blackfin

Different Applications

Introduction

Quick overview of TigerSHARC Quick overview of Blackfin low power

processor Case Study: Blackfin

Gemei Portable Media Player Case Study: TigerSHARC

Arturia: Synthesizer Conclusion

TigerSHARC

TigerSHARC Specifications

Up to 600MHz (1.67 ns instruction cycle rate) 24M bits of internal—on-chip—DRAM memory 2 computation blocks

ALU multiplier Shifter register file communications logic unit (CLU)

TigerSHARC specifications 2 integer ALUs Integrated I/O

14-channel DMA controller external port 4 link ports SDRAM controller programmable flag pins two timers, and timer expired pin

JTAG test port Single-precision IEEE 32-bit Extended-precision 40-bit floating-point data

formats 8, 16, 32, and 64-bit fixed-point data formats

Blackfin (ADSP-BF52x)

Blackfin (ADSP-BF52x)

Blackfin Specifications

Up to 600MHz 2 16-bit MACs 2 40-bit ALUs 4 8-bit video ALUs 40-bit shifter 1.8V, 2.5V, or 3.3V I/O operation

Blackfin Specifications (Memory) 132K bytes of total on-chip memory:

48K bytes of instruction SRAM 16K bytes of instruction SRAM/cache 32K bytes of data SRAM 32K bytes of data SRAM/cache 4K bytes of scratchpad SRAM

External memory controller Nand flash controller Flexible booting options One-time programmable memory for security Two dual-channel memory DMA controllers Memory management unit providing memory protection

Blackfin Peripherals

USB 2.0 high speed 10/100 Ethernet Parallel peripheral interface (PPI) & Serial

peripheral interface (SPI) Host DMA port 2 dual-channel, full-duplex synchronous serial

ports (SPORTs) 12 peripheral DMAs Event handler with 54 interrupt inputs 54 independent interrupt inputs

Blackfin Peripherals

2 UARTs, Two-wire interface (TWI) controller Eight 32-bit timers/counters 32-bit up/down counter with rotary support Real-time clock (RTC) and watchdog timer 32-bit core timer 48 general-purpose I/Os NAND flash controller JTAG interface On-chip PLL capable of 0.5 to 64_ frequency

multiplication

Analog Devices

Blackfin TigerSHARC

Blackfin Application

VOIP Multimedia applications Accessories Networked audio Industrial control systems Instrumentation Imaging

Gemei Portable Media Player

Gemei Portable Media Player

Low Cost Processor Developed entirely on software New features

FLAC Audio format Sound Effects Gaming

Combination of micro-controller and signal processor

Gemei Portable Media Player

Battery Life (1600mAh battery) 25 hours audio 7 hours video

Dynamic Power Management Peripherals

SPORT Audio codec & FM radio PPI LCD and Video in SPI NOR Flash

TigerSHARC Application

Video & Communication markets Broadband Wireless Industrial instrumentation Military & Medical applications

Arturia: Synthesizer

Arturia: Synthesizer

Takes advantage of SIMD operation Large I/O memory bus Performance/cost Larger memory than competitors Used link ports

Xilinx FPGA TigerSHARC

Conclusion - Blackfin

Low Cost High performance (Blackfin standard) Power Management Integration of both processor and micro-

controller DRM capability Peripheral Ease of development

Conclusion - TigerSHARC

Low cost (performance/cost) High performance (processing capability) Large system bus and I/O Ease of development

References [1] Analog Devices, “Blackfin Embedded Processor ADSP-BF522/525/527,” February 2007,

http://www.analog.com/UploadedFiles/Data_Sheets/ADSP-BF522_BF525_BF527.pdf [2] Analog Devices, “TigerSharc Embedded Processor ADSP-TS201S,” December 2006,

http://www.analog.com/processors/EP_DSP_Sel_Guide_2007_Web.pdf [3] Analog Devices, “Embedded Processor and DSP Selection Guide 2007 Edition,” 2007,

http://www.analog.com/processors/EP_DSP_Sel_Guide_2007_Web.pdf [4] Electronic Specifier, “Analog Devices’ Blackfin combines processing power, security and ease-of-

programming to deliver live video to mobile phones”, August, 2006, http://www.electronicspecifier.com/Wireless-and-Portable/Analog-Devices-Blackfin-combines-processing-power-security-and-easeofprogramming-to-deliver-live-video-to-mobile-phones.asp

[5] EETimes,“Blackfin DSP picked for mobile- TV play”, March, 2007 http://www.eetimes.eu/germany/197802042;jsessionid=S1PS102F5QMDMQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?pgno=2

[6] Analog Devices, “Gemei’s Powerful New Portable Media Player is Driven by Blackfin”,http://www.analog.com/processors/blackfin/overview/customerStories/gemei/gemeiIndex.html

[7] Analog Devices, “Roku’s Networked Music Player Streams Digital Music from PC to Stereo System via Blackfin”, http://www.analog.com/processors/blackfin/overview/customerStories/roku/rokuIndex.html

[8] Analog Devices, “Fractal Audio’s Real-time Guitar Pre-amp is Routable and Progarmmable with TigerSHARC”, http://www.analog.com/processors/tigersharc/overview/customerstories/fractalAudio/fractalAudioIndex.html

[9] Analog Devices, “Arturia: Musicians “Blown Away” by TigerSHARC-based Synthesizer”, http://www.analog.com/processors/tigersharc/overview/customerstories/arturia/arturiaIndex.html

[10] DSP Design Line, “New Blackfin touts ultra-low power, security features”, March 2007,http://www.dspdesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?printableArticle=true&articleId=198000163