> - What process do you use to select the chip to use? I want > to make sure > whatever DaVinci chip I select is appropriate for as many of my future > projects as possible. I'm really liking the idea of the TMS320DM355 > since it's low cost, and has a cheap development kit. But it > only seems > to have 1 video port, and one of my projects is a 4 input NTSC video > capture device. Is there a way I can do this with the 355? My other > project is an HD video encode/decode project... so this IC > looks perfect > for that.
If you wish to capture 4 NTSC inputs simultaneously then neither the DM355 or DM644x would be a good fit. I would suggest that you look at the DM647/8 devices that have 5 configurable video ports. These devices are single core DSP only devices. For more information see the product folders below: DM647: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320dm647.html DM648: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320dm648.html Cheers Jon _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list [email protected] http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
