C28x Piccolo Vs Delfino Comparison

The common question that everybody has is what is the difference between Piccolo and Delfino that is used alongside the C2000 Texas DSP.

The delfino is name is associated with the high performance line of DSP having a Floating Point Unit. This include Family of TMS320F2833x, TMS320F2834x and TMS320F2837xD. Typically delfino's have more pins, more peripherals, more memory and faster CPU's.

The piccolo is generally considered by Texas as a roadmap for all the F280x series. This includes family of TMS320F2802x, TMS320F2803x, and TMS320F2806x. Typically piccolo have less pin count, reduced number of peripherals and a slower CPU. 

Apart from the clock speed and reduced pin count both the delfino and piccolo have the exact same C28x Architecture at the core. 

Introduction to Code Composer Studio - Creating your First Project

Obvious is not that obvious. One of my friends wanted to learn CCS and work on C2000. While teaching him the same it came to my realization that some of the most obvious things are not that obvious to the first timers. So here in this post i try to capture the question and process i followed to catch him up with the CCS and C2000.

Before we jump in making something with C2000 lets understand what is the IDE(Integrated Development Environment) that is the Code Composer Studio. Lets see how we can make first project in it and understand the workspace and paths that are assigned to it.