Preface; Purpose Of This Manual; Intended Audience; Manual Contents - Analog Devices EZ-KIT Getting Started

Purpose of This Manual

The Getting Started with ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite familiarizes users with
the hardware capabilities of the evaluation system and demonstrates how
to access these capabilities in the VisualDSP++ environment.
EZ-KIT Lite users should use this manual in conjunction with the
ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite Evaluation System Manual, which describes the
evaluation system's components in greater detail.

Intended Audience

The primary audience of this manual is a programmer with experience in
desktop and/or embedded programming, but with little or no experience
with the Blackfin architecture and/or VisualDSP++. A working knowledge
of the C and C++ programming languages will be extremely helpful in
understanding the examples and source code blocks referenced in this
manual.

Manual Contents

The manual consists of:
• Chapter 1,
alDSP++" on page 1-1
Provides instructions for connecting the EZ-KIT Lite to Visu-
alDSP++ running on your PC. The established connection allows
you to download the example program (along with your own) to
Getting Started with ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite
"Programming ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite with Visu-

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