Texas Instruments TMS320DM6446 DVEVM User Manual
TMS320DM6446 DVEVM v2.0
Getting Started Guide
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December 2008
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About This Guide
The DVEVM (Digital Video Evaluation Module) kit is an evaluation
platform that showcases the DM644x architecture and lets users
evaluate the power and performance of the DM644x as a multimedia
engine.
This guide gives you overview information about the board and the
software provided with the board. It is intended to be used as an
introductory docum ent for the DVEVM. Other do cuments provide more
in-depth information. See the DVEVM release notes for a complete list of
documents that have been included with the product.
Additional Documents and Resources
You can use the following sources to supplement this user’s guide:
❏ Spectrum Digital website:
http://c6000.spectrumdigital.com/davincievm
❏ TI Linux Community for DaVinci Processors:
http://linux.davincidsp.com
❏ TI DaVinci Software Updates: http://www.ti.com/dvevmupdates
❏ TI DaVinci Technology Developers Wiki: http://wiki.davincidsp.com
❏ Codec Engine Application Developer's Guide (SPRUE67)
Preface
❏ Other PDF documents included with the DVEVM kit
❏ Section 4.11 lists documentation in the DVSDK software installation.
❏ SoC Analyzer Help menu
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Contents
1 DVEVM Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
This chapter introduces the DVEVM (Digital Video Evaluation Module) kit.
1.1 Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
1.2 What’s in this Kit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3
1.3 What’s on the Board?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
1.4 What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5
2 EVM Hardware Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
This chapter tells you how to set up the EVM hardware.
2.1 Setting Up the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2
2.2 Connecting to a Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
3 Running the Demonstration Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1
This chapter explains how to run the software demos provided with the DVEVM kit.
3.1 Default Boot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2
3.2 Starting the Standalone Demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2
3.3 Running the Standalone Demos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4
3.3.1 Shutting Down the Demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
3.3.2 About the Encode + Decode Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6
3.3.3 About the Encode Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7
3.3.4 About the Decode Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8
3.3.5 About the Third Party Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9
3.4 Running the Demos from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9
3.5 Running the Network Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
4 DVEVM Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1
This chapter explains how to use the software provided with the DVEVM kit.
4.1 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
4.1.1 Command Prompts in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
4.1.2 Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4
4.2 Preparing to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
4.3 Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
4.3.1 Installing the Target Linux Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6
4.3.2 Installing the DVSDK Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7
4.3.3 Installing the A/V Demo Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-8
4.3.4 Installing the SoC Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9
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4.3.5 Exporting a Shared File System for Target Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.3.6 Testing the Shared File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.3.7 Configuring the Boot Setup for PAL Video Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.3.8 Notes on Using Evaluation/Production Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.4 Setting Up the Build/Development Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.4.1 Writing a Simple Program and Running it on the EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.5 Building a New Linux Kernel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4.6 Rebuilding the DVEVM Software for the Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.7 Booting the New Linux Kernel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.8 Testing the Build Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4.9 Using the Digital Video Test Bench (DVTB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4.10 Running The SoC Analyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.11 Documentation for DSP-Side Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
A Additional Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
This appendix describes optional procedures you may use depending on your setup and specific
needs.
A.1 Changing the Video Input/Output Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.2 Putting Demo Applications in the Third-Party Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A.3 Setting Up a TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.4 Alternate Boot Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.5 Rebuilding DSP/BIOS Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
A.6 Restoring and Updating the EVM Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
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Chapter 1
DVEVM Overview
This chapter introduces the DVEVM (Digital Video Evaluation Module)
kit.
Topic Page
1.1 Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.2 What’s in this Kit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.3 What’s on the Board? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
1.4 What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
1-1
Welcome!
1.1 Welcome!
Your new DVEVM (Digital Video Evaluation
Module) kit will allow you to evaluate TI’s new
DaVinci
TM
Technology and the DM644x
architecture.
This technology brings together system- solu tion
components tailored for efficien t and co mpellin g
digital video and audio.
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1.2 What’s in this Kit?
Your DVEVM kit contains the following hardware items. Section 2.1,
Setting Up the Hardware tells how to connect these components.
❏ EVM Board. This board con tains a DaVinci TMS320DM6446 dua l-
❏ Hard Disk Drive. The hard d rive provided with the EVM is a 2.5"
❏ CCD Camera. This camera provides NTSC or PAL video imaging for
❏ LCD Display. The LCD display provide d with the DVEVM k it has a
❏ PC Desktop Microphone. The microphone provides a way to
What’s in this Kit?
core device with an ARM9 and C64+ DSP for development of
applications that use both a general-purpose processor and an
accelerated DSP process or.
Spinpoint drive with 40 GB of storage. The drive speed in 5400 RPM
and it has an 8MB cache. The drive is an Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE.
Software has been preloaded on this EVM board’s hard disk drive.
DaVinci applications.
5.6" screen and 320x240 pixels. Cables and a power supply are
provided. The NTSC ver sion ha s a 110 VAC power supp ly. The PAL
version has a 220 VAC power supply.
capture audio for use by DaVinci applications.
❏ IR Remote Control. This universal remote control is included to
provide a user interface to the demo applications.
❏ Cables. Cables used to connect the EVM board to peripheral
devices and to a host Li nux workstation used for developm ent are
provided in the kit.
The DVEVM kit also comes with the following software. Information about
how to use the software components is provided in Chapter 4.
❏ DaVinci Digital Video Evaluation Kit.
❏ TI DaVinci Demonstration Version of MontaVista Linux Pro v5.0
Target
❏ TI DaVinci Demonstration Version of MontaVista Linux Pro v5.0
Tools
❏ A/V Media Clips
❏ Spectrum Digital EVM Tools
❏ SoC Analyzer
DVEVM Overview 1-3
What’s on the Board?
1.3 What’s on the Board?
The EVM comes lo aded with peripherals your mult imedia applications
may need to make use of. T he har d drive on the bo ard also comes preloaded with demonstration software. The following block diagram shows
the major hardware components.
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Diagram provided courtesy of Spectrum Digital Inc.
Figure 1–1 EVM Hardware Block Diagram
For more informatio n about the EVM hardware, see the DaVinci EVM
website at http://c6000.spectrumdigital.com/davincievm.
The DaVinci EVM incorporates a battery holder to provide backup power
to the MSP430’s real-time clock when the power is not ap plied to the
board. The battery is not included in the kit. See the Spectrum Digital
DaVinci EVM Technical Reference for suggested battery part numbers.
1.4 What’s Next?
What’s Next?
To get started evaluating the DV EV M kit a nd d ev elo pin g ap pli c ations for
the DM644x, b egin by using this G etting Started guide. It will ste p you
through connecting the hardware, testing the software, and beginning to
develop applications.
When you are ready for more information about DaVinci Technology and
the DM644x architecture, see the following:
❏ Spectrum Digital website:
http://c6000.spectrumdigital.com/davincievm
❏ TI Linux Community for DaVinci Processors:
http://linux.davincidsp.com
❏ TI DaVinci Software Updates: http://www.ti.com/dvevmupdates
❏ TI DaVinci Technology Developers Wiki: http://wiki.davincidsp.com
❏ Codec Engine Application Developer's Guide (SPRUE67)
❏ Other PDF documents included with the DVEVM kit
❏ Section 4.11 lists documentation in the DVSDK software installation.
❏ SoC Analyzer Help menu
DVEVM Overview 1-5
1-6
EVM Hardware Setup
This chapter tells you how to set up the EVM hardware.
Chapter 2
Topic Page
2.1 Setting Up the Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.2 Connecting to a Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2-1
Setting Up the Hardware
2.1 Setting U p the Hardware
To set up the hardware provided with the EVM, use the steps in the
sections that foll ow. You may skip s ections if you do n ot need to acce ss
a particular peripheral . Fo r ex amp le, if you do no t n eed to use the serial
cable, skip that section.
1) The EVM is sensitive to static discharges. Use
a grounding strap or other dev ice to prevent
damaging the board.
Be sure to connect communication cables
before applying power to any equipment.
2) If you use PAL video, set switch 10 on the S3 (USER) bank of
switches to On. If you use NTSC video, set this switch to Off. See
Figure 1–1 for S3 switch bank location.
3) Connect the yellow vide o cable to the uppe r-right Video Out jac k on
the EVM and the LCD display Video Input as shown below.
2-2
See Section A.1, Changing the Video Input/Output Methods for
information about using S-Video or Component video.
Setting Up the Hardware
4) Connect the red and white audio cables to the EVM Audio Output
and the LCD display R/L Audio Input jacks as shown below:
5) Connect the BNC-to-RCA connector to the coax cable. Then connect
the coax cable to the video camera and the EVM Video Input.
6) Connect the power jack for the video camera. T o be ESD safe, do not
plug in the other end of the camera power cord until the later step that
instructs you to do so.
See Section A.1, Changing the Video Input/Output Methods for
information about using S-Video or Component video.
EVM Hardware Setup 2-3
Setting Up the Hardware
7) Connect the microphone to the EVM.
8) Connect the power cable to the EVM power jack on the board. To be
ESD safe, do not plug in the other end of the cable yet.
9) If you will use the Ethernet connection, connect the Ethernet cable to
the Ethernet Port on the EVM and to an Ethernet network port.
Note that the U-Boot bootargs must incl ude "ip=dhcp " to enable the
network connection.
2-4
Setting Up the Hardware
10) If you plan to use the UA RT port for a cons ole window, connect the
RS-232 null modem cable to the EVM UART port and a COM port on
your host Linux workstation. See Section 2.2, Connecting to a
Console Window for more about using a console window.
11) Plug in the LCD display to a power supply.
12) Plug in the NTSC/PAL video camera to a power supply.
13) Connect the power cable to the EVM power jack on the board. T o be
ESD safe, plug in the oth er end of the power cable only after you
have connected the power cord to the board.
14) Power on the LCD display.
15) Power on the EVM board.
16) The initial scr een of the demo s oftware should b e displayed on the
LCD display. Use the IR rem ote to run the software as de scribed i n
Chapter 3.
EVM Hardware Setup 2-5
Connecting to a Console Window
2.2 Connecting to a Console Window
You can open a console windo w that allows you to watch and interrupt
EVM boot messages by following these steps:
1) Connect a seria l cable betwee n the serial port on the EVM and the
serial port (for example, COM1) on a PC.
2) Run a terminal session (such as Minicom on Linux or HyperTerminal
on Windows) on the wor kstation and configur e it to connect to tha t
serial port with the following characteristics:
■ Bits per Second: 115200
■ Data Bits: 8
■ Parity: None
■ Stop Bits: 1
■ Flow Control: None
3) When you power on the EVM, you will see boot sequence messages.
You can press a key to interrupt the boot sequence and type
commands in the U-Boot command shell. In this guide, commands to
be typed in the U-Boot shell are indicated by an
EVM # prompt.
2-6
Chapter 3
Running the Demonstration Software
This chapter explains how to ru n the software demos provide d with the
DVEVM kit.
Topic Page
3.1 Default Boot Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
3.2 Starting the Standalone Demos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
3.3 Running the Standalone Demos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
3.4 Running the Demos from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
3.5 Running the Network Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 –11
3-1
Default Boot Configuration
3.1 Default Boot Configuration
Out of the box, the EVM boots from flash and starts the demos
automatically after a few seconds when you power up the board. It does
not require an NFS mount or a TFTP server to run the standard demos.
Note: The default U-Boot bootargs definition sets "ip=off", which disables
the Ethernet connection.
The out-of-the-box boot parameters are listed in Section A.4.1. The
following are alternate ways you may want to boot the board:
❏ TFTP boot with hard drive file system (Section A.4.2)
❏ Flash boot with NFS file system (Section A.4.3)
❏ TFTP boot with NFS file system (Section A.4.4)
❏ PAL video mode vs. NTSC video mode (Section 4.3.7)
To abort the standard boot, p ress any key in the console wi ndow (see
Section 2.2). Also see Section A.4, Alternate Boot Methods if you want to
change the boot configuration.
3.2 Starting the Standalone Demos
When you connect the EVM hardware, the pre-loaded examples run
automatically on the display. These examples encode and decode audio,
video, and speech. There are two ways to use the demos:
❏ Standalone. This is the default power-on mode. The demos run
automatically with n o c onn ec tio n to a wo rks tation in the defa ult boo t
configuration. This is the mode documented in the rest of this
chapter.
The standalone demo was se t up by the DVSDK, which copies the
file /examples/dvevmdemo to the directory /etc/rc.d/init.d (the central
repository for startup scripts). This file is symbolically linked to
/etc/rc.d/rc3id/S88demo. When the board boots up and enters
runlevel 3, this file is ex ec ute d to start th e de mo we b s erve r a nd th e
demo interface.
❏ Command line. Once you have connected the EVM to a workstation
and installed the neces sar y so ftware ( as de sc ribe d i n S ect ion 4.3.1,
Installing the Target Linux Software), you can run the demos from the
board’s Linux command line. For further information on running the
demos from the command lin e, see the demo doc umentation th at is
linked to by the DVSDK release notes.
Note: When you run the demos from th e comma nd line, make s ure
the interface process used by the standalone mode demos is not
3-2
Starting the Standalone Demos
running. Otherwise y ou wil l se e err or messages raised whe n d evi c e
drivers fail to open.
Once the EVM board has booted, the display
should show a pi cture of the remote control.
You use the IR remote to control the demos.
The order of the buttons on the actual remote
may be different from the picture; if your
remote looks different, find the buttons with
the same labels on your remote.
To use the demos in standalone mode, follow
these steps:
1) Check to make sure the batteries are
installed in your IR remote.
2) The initial screen shows a diagram of the
IR remote, which you use to run the
standalone demos. Take a minute to look
at the functions of the various buttons.
3) Since this is a universal remote, you may
need to set it to use the codes necessary
to run the DVEVM demos. To do this,
hold down the "Code Search" button until
the red light on the remote stays lit. Then
press the "DVD" butto n an d enter "0 020"
as the code (for older remotes shipped
with the kit, the code is "020").
4) If you accidentally put the remote in TV or
some other mode , press " DVD" to return
the remote to the correct mode.
5) If the remote does not accept the
DVD+0020 code, do a full reset by
removing the batteries, pressing the
Power button for at lea st a minute, then
reinserting the batteries. Then program
the remote as in Step 3.
Running the Demonstration Software 3-3
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