The Compact DSP Solution

micro-line C6713Compact Embedded DSP / FPGA Board

The micro-line C6713Compact board provides a high performance TMS320C6713 floating-point DSP Processor, together with on-board Virtex-II FPGA and IEEE 1394 FireWire communications interface resources. The C6713Compact is a unique, highly flexible, DSP/FPGA single board solution for developers requiring integrated DSP and FPGA resources, as both the DSP and FPGA can be programmed as the respective bus master depending on application needs.

It can be used as a stand-alone embedded system, or as a mezzanine daughtercard within a larger system or board design. The open architecture allows for incorporation of developer designed hardware with the on-board DSP and FPGA resources.

Designed for OEM developers looking to reduce time to market while lowering total cost, the C6713Compact lets developers maximize software creativity and minimize high density, high frequency hardware design for their industrial embedded DSP applications.

Key Hardware Features

• 225MHz TMS320C6713 floating point DSP Processor
• 250k, 500k, or 1MGate Complexity Virtex-II FPGA - requires VHDL Source Development License for programming
• 100, 200 and 400 MBit/s IEEE 1394 FireWire serial data transfer over 2 ports
• micro-line bus interface, pin-compatible with the entire micro-line family
• Maximum performance of 1800 MIPS or 1350 MFLOPS
• 32 or 64MBytes of 100 MHz SDRAM
• 8 MByte Flash EPROM
• Universal interfaces to connect to peripheral devices
• Designed to work in a 3.3V peripheral environment
• Space saving, highly integrated SMD technology
• Board dimensions 120 x 67 mm
• OEM volume pricing
• ISO9001:2000 accredited production
• CE certification

View C6713Compact Datasheet

The micro-line power supply functions as a base for a micro-line stack of DSP, data acquisition and I/O boards. It delivers power to the micro-line stack and provides additional services such as an RS-232 communications connector, a reset button and a power-on indicator. OEM developers may wish to mount the micro-line stack on their own hardware.

Interfacing with Peripherals

A variety of peripheral I/O options are provided for interfacing micro-line DSP boards with peripherals. These include serial and parallel digital I/O, analog conversion, 400MBit/sec IEEE 1394 FireWire communications, and direct access to the micro-line bus for memory mapped peripheral hardware design and integration.

Networking & Connectivity

On board IEEE 1394 FireWire support facilitates C6713Compact integration with other embedded DSP resources, cameras, sensors, and Host Computers. Operating at 100MBit/sec, 200MBit/sec or 400MBit/sec, FireWire provides guaranteed bandwidth for mission critical applications, live connect/disconnect, and many other impressing features.

10/100Base-T Ethernet communications can be added to to the C6713Compact, using the SC100BaseTx daughtercard and the Windmill Innovations RFC and eXpressDSP compliant bf3Net TCP/IP protocol stack.

Imaging and Framecapture Capabilities Imaging and framecapture configurations are easily realized, with support for IIDC IEEE 1394a FireWire Digital Cameras which can be added to most micro-line DSP configurations.

Development Tools & Software

A range of development tools & software provides support for code generation, source level debugging, pre-emptive multi-tasking, as well as downloading and managing FLASH ROM resident application software on the DSP boards, and FireWire support.