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News Release from: Kane Computing | Subject: Predator
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 April 2002
PCMCIA JTAG emulator endorsed by TI DSP
Kane Computing claims that its Predator PCMCIA JTAG emulator was used by Texas Instruments to communicate with the first TMS320C6416 DSPs to come out of its fab, and it all worked first time.
Kane Computing claims that its Predator PCMCIA JTAG emulator was used by Texas Instruments to communicate with the first TMS320C6416 DSPs to come out of its fab, and it all worked first time Richard White, Managing Director of Kane Computing, took the emulator to a Texas Instruments third party conference in Houston recently and as a result Texas Instruments purchased three Predators for in-house use
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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John Echard of Texas Instruments reported: "I was at Mike Dunn's office on Friday, and he showed me the Predator working with new silicon.
It just goes to show that the Sourceless EPK does really allow someone to get TI emulation working right away.
Thanks for your product and effort.".
Texas Instruments Europe has recently taken delivery of two more Predators for use by field application engineers with their laptop computers to demonstrate Code Composer Studio and their DSPs to potential customers.
Phillipe Malleth emailed Kane Computing to say: "The Predator arrived today and is already installed on my laptop under Windows2000.
I was able to run some large internal code that we design for 3G basestation applications and benchmarking.
We are using most of the eXpressDSP tools (CCS2.0, DSP/Bios, XDAIS) and the Predator is working fine in all cases so far".
The Predator emulator includes PCMCIA Type 2 card, POD and interconnecting cables.
Unified drivers allow operation with almost any Texas Instruments JTAG DSP working with the current Texas Instruments Code Composer or Code Composer Studio software environments.
The Predator works under the Windows 98, NT and 2000 operating systems.
Data transfer rates are claimed to be close to those obtained by most PCI JTAG emulators currently available, and significantly higher than other portable emulators based on parallel port or USB connectors.
Although aimed at users who use laptop PCs for portability, Kane Computing is now offering a version which includes a low-cost PCI to PCMCIA convertor card to allow the Predator to be used in desktop PCs if the need arises.
Predator Emulators are available ex-stock and start at around GBP 1000. Request a free brochure from Kane Computing ...
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