Sundance DVIP - Manual (Page 6)

3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions
3.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
TIM Texas Instruments Module
DSP Texas Instrument Digital Signal Processor
Comport Communication Port. Standard communication interface developed by T.I
FPGA
Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Array.
SLink Sundance link. High-speed Parallel port
CP ComPort. Communication interface
RSL Rocket Serial Link
SHB Sundance High-Speed Bus. Communication interface
DDR Dual Data Rate
TxCy Denomination for TIM site x Comport y. x=1, 2, 3, 4 and y=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
on a TIM carrier board.
VP Video port
IP Input port
OP Output port
3.2 Definitions
DSP Module
Typically a TIM module hosting a TI DSP and, a Xilinx FPGA.
FPGA-only Module A TIM with no on-board DSP, where the FPGA provides all
functionality.
Firmware A proprietary FPGA design providing some sort of functionality.
Sundance Firmware is the firmware running in an FPGA on a DSP
Module or on FPGA-only Module
Root The starting point in every Diamond application is a processor
(DSP or FPGA) called root. The root acts as the base of the
network and a reference for locating all other processors.
Node It is a processor (DSP or FPGA) that can be reached from the root
by following wires through other processors
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