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Acronyms and Definitions

The following acronyms are used throughout this document.

AcronymMeaning
AMCAdvanced Mezzanine Card
CCSTexas Instruments Code Composer Studio
CSLTexas Instruments Chip Support Library
DDRDouble Data Rate
DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSPDigital Signal Processor
DVTTexas Instruments Data Analysis and Visualization Technology
EDMAEnhanced Direct Memory Access
EEPROMElectrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EVMEvaluation Module, hardware platform containing the Texas Instruments DSP
HUAHigh Performance Digital Signal Processor Utility Application
HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
IPInternet Protocol
IPCTexas Instruments Inter-Processor Communication Development Kit
JTAGJoint Test Action Group
MCSATexas Instruments Multi-Core System Analyzer
MCSDKTexas Instruments Multi-Core Software Development Kit
NDKTexas Instruments Network Development Kit (IP Stack)
NIMUNetwork Interface Management Unit
PDKTexas Instruments Programmers Development Kit
RAMRandom Access Memory
RTSCEclipse Real-Time Software Components
SRIOSerial Rapid IO
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
TITexas Instruments
UARTUniversal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDPUser Datagram Protocol
UIATexas Instruments Unified Instrumentation Architecture
USBUniversal Serial Bus

Note: We use the abbreviation TMS when referring to a specific TI device (processor) and the abbreviation TMD when referring to a specific platform that the processor is on. For example, TMS320C6678 refers to the C6678 DSP processor and TMDSEVM6678L refers to the actual hardware EVM that the processor is on.