The evaluation board is designed to be used in conjunction with the Visu- alDSP++® development environment to test the capabilities of the ADSP-BF538F Blackfin processors. The VisualDSP++ development envi- ronment gives you the ability to perform advanced application code development and debug, such as:
•Create, compile, assemble, and link application programs written in C++, C, and ADSP-BF538F assembly
•Load, run, step, halt, and set breakpoints in application programs
•Read and write data and program memory
•Read and write core and peripheral registers
•Plot memory
Access to the ADSP-BF538F processor from a personal computer (PC) is achieved through a USB port or an optional JTAG emulator. The USB interface gives unrestricted access to the ADSP-BF538Fprocessor and the evaluation board peripherals. Analog Devices JTAG emulators offer faster communication between the host PC and target hardware. Analog Devices carries a wide range of in-circuit emulation products. To learn more about Analog Devices emulators and processor development tools, go to
http://www.analog.com/processors/index.html.
The ADSP-BF538F EZ-KIT Lite provides example programs to demon- strate the capabilities of the evaluation board.
The ADSP-BF538F EZ-KIT Lite installation is part of the Visu- alDSP++ installation. The EZ-KIT Lite is a licensed product that offers an unrestricted evaluation license for the first 90 days. For details about evaluation license restrictions after the 90 days, refer to “Evaluation License Restrictions” on page 1-7and the Visu- alDSP++ Installation Quick Reference Card.
