Texas Instruments TMS320 DSP manual General Programming Guidelines

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Chapter 2

SPRU352G – June 2005 – Revised February 2007

General Programming Guidelines

In this chapter, we develop programming guidelines that apply to all algorithms on all DSP architectures, regardless of application area.

Topic		Page
2.1	Use of C Language	16
2.2	Threads and Reentrancy	16
2.3	Data Memory	19
2.4	Program Memory	23
2.5	ROM-ability	23
2.6	Use of Peripherals	24

SPRU352G –June 2005 –Revised February 2007

General Programming Guidelines

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Contents Rules and Guidelines Users GuideSubmit Documentation Feedback Contents Use of the DMA Resource Urls List of Figures Read This First Intended AudienceDocument Overview Guideline n Related DocumentationText Conventions Rule nOverview Rules for TMS320C5x Rules for TMS320C6x Scope of the StandardRequirements of the Standard Rules and GuidelinesIntentional Omissions Goals of the StandardFrameworks System ArchitectureCore Run-Time Support AlgorithmsGeneral Programming Guidelines Rule Use of C LanguageThreads and Reentrancy ThreadsReentrancy Preemptive vs. Non-Preemptive MultitaskingExample Data Memory Data MemoryScratch versus Persistent Memory SpacesScratch vs Persistent Memory Allocation Guideline Algorithm versus ApplicationProgram Memory ROM-abilitySection Name Purpose Use of Peripherals Use of PeripheralsInterfaces and Modules Algorithms Packaging Algorithm Component ModelImplementation Fir.h Interfaces and ModulesExternal Identifiers Naming Conventions Module Initialization and FinalizationModule Instance Objects Run-Time Object Creation and Deletion Design-Time Object CreationExample Module Module ConfigurationMultiple Interface Support Description Required Interface InheritanceSummary ElementAlgorithms AlgorithmsObject Code PackagingDebug Verses Release Header FilesModuleversvendorvariant.1arch Data Memory Program Memory Interrupt Latency Execution Time Algorithm Performance CharacterizationHeap Memory ExternalSize Static Local and Global Data Memory Stack MemoryData Bss Object files Size Operation Interrupt LatencyExecution Time Mips Is Not EnoughExecution Timeline for Two Periodic Tasks Execution Time ModelProcess 19800059000 198000 Submit Documentation Feedback DSP-Specific Guidelines Register Types CPU Register TypesData Models Use of Floating PointTMS320C6xxx Rules and Guidelines Endian Byte OrderingCSR Field Use Type Register ConventionsStatus Register Register Use TypeInterrupt Latency TMS320C54xx Rules and GuidelinesProgram Models TMS320C54xx Rules and Guidelines Status Registers ST0 Field Name Use TypeST1 Field Name Use Type TMS320C55x Rules and Guidelines Stack ArchitecturePmst Field Name Use Type Example RelocatabilitySSP Status Bits ST2 Field Name Use TypeST3 Field Name Use Type Homy General TMS320C24xx GuidelinesTMS320C28x Rules and Guidelines TMS320C28x Rules and GuidelinesXAR0 M0M1MAP Submitting DMA Transfer Requests Use of the DMA ResourceAlgorithm and Framework OverviewLogical Channel Requirements for the Use of the DMA ResourceData Transfer Synchronization Data Transfer PropertiesAbstract Interface DMA GuidelineDMA Rule Resource Characterization Data Transfers bytes FrequencyAverage Maximum Strong Ordering of DMA Transfer Requests Runtime APIsDevice Independent DMA Optimization Guideline Submitting DMA Transfer Requests13 C6xxx Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines Cache Coherency Issues for Algorithm Producers14 C55x Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines Supporting Packed/Burst Mode DMA TransfersNon-Preemptive System Minimizing Logical Channel Reconfiguration OverheadAddressing Automatic Endianism Conversion Issues Inter-Algorithm SynchronizationPreemptive System Algorithm B Algorithm a Inter-Algorithm Synchronization Appendix a General Rules DMA Rules Performance Characterization RulesGeneral Guidelines DMA Guidelines Submit Documentation Feedback Core Run-Time APIs DSP/BIOS Run-time Support LibraryTI C-Language Run-Time Support Library DSP/BIOS Run-time Support LibraryBooks BibliographySubmit Documentation Feedback Glossary of Terms GlossaryGlossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Important Notice