
| Spectrum Signal Processing | Monaco Technical Reference | 
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 | Introduction | 
1 Introduction
This manual describes the features, architecture, and specifications of the Monaco Quad 'C6x VME64 Board. You can use this information to program the board at a driver level, extend the standard hardware functionality, or develop custom configurations.
1.1.Features
Spectrum’s Monaco VME64 board consists of four TMS320C6x processing nodes. It is available with either 
| Product | Operation | Processors | Processor Clock Speed | 
| Monaco | TMS320C6201 | 200 MHz | |
| Monaco67 | TMS320C6701 | 167 MHz | 
Both the Monaco and the Monaco67 are referred to as “Monaco” in this manual unless otherwise noted.
Monaco has the following features:
∙Up to four TMS320C6201 or TMS320C6701 processing nodes
∙128K x 
∙4M x 
∙Shared access to a 132 MBytes/s PMC module site via the Spectrum Hurricane chip
∙512K x 
∙VME64 master/slave interface provided by Tundra Semiconductor’s SCV64 chip
∙VME A24 slave interface access to the ‘C6x Host Port Interfaces (HPIs)
∙JTAG debugging support
∙Two PEM (Processor Expansion Module) sites
∙DSP~LINK3 I/O interface supporting IndustryPack™ modules
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