- What is a DSK?             
              WHAT IS A DSK?

   The Texas Instruments DSP Starter Kit (DSK) is a low-cost, flexible and easy-to-use Digital Signal Processing (DSP) tool designed for the first-time evaluater. Also the electronica hobbyist and ham-radio opperator can use the DSK for experiments in the field of sophisticated audiofilters, or modems for CW, RTTY, AMTOR, etc. The DSK is a stand-alone printed-circuitboard with a TMS320C26 digital signal processor and an AIC (D/A and A/D) chip.

   The system comes with its own DSK assembler, debugger and several example programs, all for MS-DOS. The interface is via the host's serial port. DSP code developed on the PC can be downloaded to the DSK and executed with the real-life signals. All device signals are brought out to headers positioned on the board so that daughter boards can be built and easily interfaced.

   The DSK can be connected to the serial or printer port of the Macintosh. You can use the standard apple serial cable and a D25 - D9 converter. If you like to make a cable yourself, here are the connections:

Mac Mini-8

DSK D9
1 ----------------- 4
3 ----------------- 3
4 ----------------- 5
5 ----------------- 2
8 ----------------- 5

Specifications:
   - 1568 Words of Configurable On-Chip 
     Program/Data RAM.

   - 256 Words of On-Chip Program 
     Boot ROM.

   - 16-Bit Instruction and Data Words.
   - 32-Bit ALU and Accumulator.
   - A/D and D/A Resolution 14 Bits, 
     Conversion rate19.2 kHz

Further information can be found in:

- TMS320C2x User's Guide.

- TMS320C2x DSP Starter Kit 
   User's Guide.