Texas Instruments TMS320 User Manual page 19

1.1.1 What's New in DSP/BIOS 5.40?
The DSP/BIOS API standardizes DSP programming for a number of TI
devices and provides easy-to-use powerful program development tools.
These tools reduce the time required to create DSP programs in the following
ways:
❏ The Tconf configuration script generates code required to statically
declare objects used within the program.
❏ The configuration detects errors earlier by validating properties before
the program is built.
❏ Configuration scripts can be modified in a text editor to include branching,
looping, testing of command-line arguments and more.
❏ Logging and statistics for DSP/BIOS objects are available at run-time
without additional programming. Additional instrumentation can be
programmed as needed.
❏ The DSP/BIOS analysis tools allow real-time monitoring of program
behavior.
❏ DSP/BIOS provides a standard API. This allows DSP algorithm
developers to provide code that can be more easily integrated with other
program functions.
❏ DSP/BIOS is integrated within the Code Composer Studio v4 IDE,
requires no runtime license fees, and is fully supported by Texas
Instruments. DSP/BIOS is a key a component of TI's eXpressDSP
real-time software technology.
❏ DSP/BIOS is installed as part of the Code Composer Studio v4
installation. DSP/BIOS 5.40 provides support for use in CCSv4 and
removes specific support for use in CCSv3.3.
❏ DSP/BIOS and the Configuration Tool have been updated to be used
with the XDCtools version shipped with CCSv4.
❏ The examples have been restructured and simplified so that they can be
used to create CCSv4 projects.
❏ The Kernel/Object View (KOV) has been replaced with the Runtime
Object Viewer (ROV). New Real-Time Analysis tools have been
developed for use within CCSv4.
DSP/BIOS Features and Benefits
About DSP/BIOS
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