The ADSP-21262 is the latest member of the SHARC® family, delivering new levels of speed, power performance, and peripheral integration while maintaining code compatibility with the existing SHARC portfolio of products. This document is focused on helping existing SHARC designers who need information on evaluating whether upgrading systems to the new ADSP-21262 is right for them. This note will highlight the new features that the ADSP-21262 has to offer and detail the list of traditional SHARC peripherals that do not exist in this product. The ADSP-21161 will be used as the example for the traditional SHARC processor. For a more in-depth analysis of each of the peripherals available on the ADSP-21262, the ADSP-2126x SHARC Hardware Reference Manual is an excellent resource.
The document serves as an engineer-to-engineer technical note regarding the ADSP-21262 SHARC DSP. It highlights that this device is the latest member of the SHARC family, offering new levels of speed and peripheral integration while maintaining code compatibility with existing products. The text focuses on helping designers evaluate whether upgrading their systems to the ADSP-21262 is appropriate.
The ADSP-21262 core runs at a maximum instruction rate of 200MHz.
The ADSP-21262 requires a core voltage of 1.2V.
There are 6 serial ports available on the ADSP-21262.