SPRACW5A April   2021  – December 2021 F29H850TU , F29H859TU-Q1 , TMS320F2800132 , TMS320F2800133 , TMS320F2800135 , TMS320F2800137 , TMS320F280021 , TMS320F280021-Q1 , TMS320F280023 , TMS320F280023-Q1 , TMS320F280023C , TMS320F280025 , TMS320F280025-Q1 , TMS320F280025C , TMS320F280025C-Q1 , TMS320F280033 , TMS320F280034 , TMS320F280034-Q1 , TMS320F280036-Q1 , TMS320F280036C-Q1 , TMS320F280037 , TMS320F280037-Q1 , TMS320F280037C , TMS320F280037C-Q1 , TMS320F280038-Q1 , TMS320F280038C-Q1 , TMS320F280039 , TMS320F280039-Q1 , TMS320F280039C , TMS320F280039C-Q1 , TMS320F280040-Q1 , TMS320F280040C-Q1 , TMS320F280041 , TMS320F280041-Q1 , TMS320F280041C , TMS320F280041C-Q1 , TMS320F280045 , TMS320F280048-Q1 , TMS320F280048C-Q1 , TMS320F280049 , TMS320F280049-Q1 , TMS320F280049C , TMS320F280049C-Q1 , TMS320F28075 , TMS320F28075-Q1 , TMS320F28076 , TMS320F28374D , TMS320F28374S , TMS320F28375D , TMS320F28375S , TMS320F28375S-Q1 , TMS320F28376D , TMS320F28376S , TMS320F28377D , TMS320F28377D-EP , TMS320F28377D-Q1 , TMS320F28377S , TMS320F28377S-Q1 , TMS320F28378D , TMS320F28378S , TMS320F28379D , TMS320F28379D-Q1 , TMS320F28379S , TMS320F28384D , TMS320F28384D-Q1 , TMS320F28384S , TMS320F28384S-Q1 , TMS320F28386D , TMS320F28386D-Q1 , TMS320F28386S , TMS320F28386S-Q1 , TMS320F28388D , TMS320F28388S , TMS320F28P650DH , TMS320F28P650DK , TMS320F28P650SH , TMS320F28P650SK , TMS320F28P659DH-Q1 , TMS320F28P659DK-Q1 , TMS320F28P659SH-Q1

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Introduction
  3. 2ACI Motor Control Benchmark Application
    1. 2.1 Source Code
    2. 2.2 CCS Project for TMS320F28004x
    3. 2.3 CCS Project for TMS320F2837x
    4. 2.4 Validate Application Behavior
    5. 2.5 Benchmarking Methodology
      1. 2.5.1 Details of Benchmarking With Counters
    6. 2.6 ERAD Module for Profiling Application
  4. 3Real-time Benchmark Data Analysis
    1. 3.1 ADC Interrupt Response Latency
    2. 3.2 Peripheral Access
    3. 3.3 TMU (math enhancement) Impact
    4. 3.4 Flash Performance
    5. 3.5 Control Law Accelerator (CLA)
      1. 3.5.1 Full Signal Chain Execution on CLA
        1. 3.5.1.1 CLA ADC Interrupt Response Latency
        2. 3.5.1.2 CLA Peripheral Access
        3. 3.5.1.3 CLA Trigonometric Math Compute
      2. 3.5.2 Offloading Compute to CLA
  5. 4C2000 Value Proposition
    1. 4.1 Efficient Signal Chain Execution With Better Real-Time Response Than Higher Computational MIPS Devices
    2. 4.2 Excellent Real-Time Interrupt Response With Low Latency
    3. 4.3 Tight Peripheral Integration That Scales Applications With Large Number of Peripheral Accesses
    4. 4.4 Best in Class Trigonometric Math Engine
    5. 4.5 Versatile Performance Boosting Compute Engine (CLA)
    6. 4.6 Deterministic Execution due to Low Execution Variance
  6. 5Summary
  7. 6References
  8. 7Revision History

5 Summary

This application note demonstrates that typical industry software benchmarks that focus on processing time alone do not effectively convey the true performance of a system when executing real-time control applications. Real-time benchmarking approach gives a more comprehensive and realistic picture of the real-time capabilities of a system. For example, the ACI motor benchmark data for F28004x device with TMU execution from RAM shows that the non-control-algorithm components (INT response + Read ADC + Write PWM) contribute about 12% of the total signal chain execution duration which would be unaccounted for in a typical software benchmark. This percentage will vary for different devices depending on the architecture and analog capabilities and can be higher for a device where the peripheral accesses or ADC sampling takes longer as well as for other real-time control applications with a greater number of peripheral accesses.

The real-time benchmarking data in this application note showcases the differentiated features of the C2000 architecture such as tight peripheral integration, ADC early interrupt feature, optimized instruction set with math enhancement like TMU and efficient flash technology that together help reduce the sample to output response time and thus make the C2000 MCUs highly optimized for real-time control applications.