Low power processor enables ‘unmatched’ real time performance
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Texas Instruments has introduced the lowest cost and lowest power processor in its OMAP-L1x dsp + ARM processor series.
Targeted at power efficient communications and industrial applications, the OMAP-L132 is designed to enable real time, fixed and floating point signal processing, connectivity and communication.
Its integrated dsp core is said to enable support for wireless protocol specific functions, including signal filtering, modulation/demodulation and modem functions. According to TI, the ARM allows user system management, control and connectivity.
The OMAP-L132 is software and pin compatible with several existing TMS320C674x and ARM9 based devices in TI's portfolio, including the OMAP-L138 processor and AM18x ARM microprocessors. Developers have access to the company's C6EZRun and C6EZAccel software development tools, which it claims enable 'unmatched' real time performance.
C6EZRun is optimised to port ARM code through front end build scripts to run on the dsp, while the C6EZAccel provides ARM side APIs that offer easy access to more than 100 optimised dsp kernels, allowing system developers to add differentiation without needing to write dsp code.
