UserManual for TMS470

 UserManual for TMS470

Hi,

I have been searching for UserManual of the TMS470 controller from Texas Instruments.

i went to their site and got the following relevant documents:
1. Datasheet
2. Peripherals Overview Reference Guide
3. couple of Application notes

however these documents do not give the registers description in detail and I am not able to locate the User manual kind of document that i have for a LPC2000 controller from NXP.

The TI site says the controller is not recommended for new designs.

can anyone please help me in finding the document.

Thanks
kannan.k

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

BTW.. The actual controller is a TMS470R1B1M

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

Have you asked TI?

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

On the TI website search for the ARM Automative MCU.
You will get a long list of Reference Documents on individual modules within the TMS470Rx MCU such as
TMS470R1x Memory Security Module (MSM) Reference Guide (spnu243.htm, 0 KB).
This is just one module in the long list of modules. I never seen a single User's Guide for the TMS470Rx.
And yes, TI's website is one of the worst in the chip vendors world.
Bradford

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

Thanks Bradford. I was able to get some documents from there.
@Andy
i have requested TI of the documents and am yet to receive any response from them.

Kannan.k

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

I was able to get few documents from TI site.
And I got a mail from TIAsia...
stating that they don't have the documents in their database!?!???!

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

And.... do you still want to use this device? May be you should take TI's advice serious, not recommended for (new) designs.
The catch is, if you need 1MB Flash and some automotive/industrial features, this is the only chip on the market for you. If you don't need more than 512K, you REALLY want to think about alternatives to the TMS470.

 RE: UserManual for TMS470

Hi,

there is not a single document that has register definitions, but they are scattered through about 20 pdfs, each for one peripheral.
It seems that they are not really counting on this processor any more but I managed to find some pdfs, look at the links:
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms470r1a64.html
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms470r1a128.html

It seems that you will have to look for all TMS470 variants from A64 to B1M and download all documents.