Analog Devices SHARC 82-000197-01 - Manual (Page 7)

SHARC USB EZ-Extender Manual vii
PREFACE
Thank you for purchasing the SHARC
®
USB EZ-Extender
®
, Analog
Devices, Inc. extension board to the EZ-KIT Lite
®
evaluation systems for
ADSP-21262, ADSP-21364, and ADSP-21369 processors.
The SHARC processors are based on a 32-bit super Harvard architecture
that includes a unique memory architecture comprised of two large
on-chip, dual-ported SRAM blocks coupled with a sophisticated IO pro-
cessor, which gives a SHARC processor the bandwidth for sustained
high-speed computations. SHARC processors represents today’s de facto
standard for floating-point processor targeted for premium audio
applications.
The EZ-KIT Lites and SHARC USB EZ-Extender are designed to be used
in conjunction with the VisualDSP++
®
development environment. Visu-
alDSP++ offers a powerful programming tool with new flexibility that
significantly decreases time required to port software code to a processor,
reducing time-to-market.
To learn more about Analog Devices development software, go to
http://www.analog.com/processors/tools/ .