Overview
 Market pressures for high performance real-time systems using DSP technology have become more demanding. This has led to shorter development times requiring more complex applications and using DSP processors that are complex or unfamiliar to new designers.
In addition to the appropriate DSP device capabilities, effective software tools are critical in harnessing the maximum number of MIPS available in a DSP. This becomes especially important as developers of real-time multimedia systems migrate from microprocessors and microcontrollers to more efficient and faster DSPs. System developers need a familiar integrated code development environment as well as a wide selection of development tools integrated with the DSP target.
Code Composer Studio™ simplifies each stage of the DSP development cycle by extending the capabilities of the Code Composer™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to encompass full awareness of the DSP target by the host. Using the real-time foundation of DSP/BIOS and RTDX technology, DSP developers have access to seamless host-target communication for the first time. This provides host and target tools integration in a unified environment and simplifies DSP system configuration and application design to help designers get started faster than ever before.
Another first in the industry is Code Composer Studio's powerful real-time analysis and debug capabilities. DSP developers now have the ability to analyze and debug a live system without halting the processor. This allows users to identify real-time problems during design, development and in the field. Without this ability, such problems can take weeks to locate, if they can be located at all.
The unique advanced data visualization capability of Code Composer Studio™ enables DSP developers to gain a fast and intuitive understanding of the system and its characteristics. Using the integrated graphical signal analysis capability, you can see data change in real-time and identify problems quickly for specific applications including communications, control and imaging.
In addition, Code Composer Studio™ offers a unique extensible plug-in architecture allowing DSP developers to plug-in third-party tools seamlessly both on the host and on the target from DSP's widest network of third parties.
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