Pin and Isolation Adapters

Blackhawk provides several different pin adapters to match Texas Instruments standard JTAG target headers.
Pin adapters are used to match different standards for emulation headers with different types of emulator pod cables.
Isolation adapters are used to protect both, the emulator and the target, from destructive ground loop voltage, harsh environments and new, untested designs.

Isolation Adapters support 3.3 - 5.0 Volt targets and are available with standard TI 14-pin or compact TI 20-pin (cTI) JTAG connections.
Below is a list of emulation and isolation adapters currently available for Blackhawk JTAG emulators. Please, specify the adapter name when ordering.
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Emulator Target Part # Description Image
14-pin TI 14-pin TI BH-ADP-ISO14 Isolation Adapter for standard 14-pin TI emulators to protect your PC/Emulator/Target from ground loop voltage, etc. Isolation_14_200px
20-pin cTI 20-pin cTI BH-ADP-ISO20 Isolation Adapter for 20-pin cTI emulators to protect your PC/Emulator/Target from ground loop voltage, etc. Isolation_20_200px
14-pin TI 20-pin cTI BH-14e_TI-20t_cTI Converts the standard 2x7 14-pin JTAG connector found on most XDS510 emulators to the 20-pin compact TI (cTI) target header. Emulation Adapter 14-pin Emulator 20-pin Target
14-pin TI 60-pin TI (trace) BH-14e_TI-60t_TI Converts the standard 2x7 14-pin JTAG connector found on most XDS510 emulators to the 60-pin high-density XDS560 Trace header. Emulation Adapter 14-pin Emulator 60-pin Target
20-pin cTI 14-pin TI BH-20e_cTI-14t_TI Converts an emulator's 20-pin Compact TI (cTI) header to the standard 2x7 14-pin target header. Emulation Adapter 20-pin Emulator 14-pin Target
20-pin cTI 20-pin ARM BH-20e_cTI-20t_ARM Converts an emulator's 20-pin Compact TI (cTI) header to the 20-pin ARM JTAG header. Emulation Adapter 20-pin Emulator 20-pin ARM Target
20-pin cTI 60-pin TI (trace) BH-20e_cTI-60t_TI Converts an emulator's 20-pin Compact TI (cTI) header to the 60-pin high-density XDS560 Trace header. Emulation Adapter 20-pin Emulator 60-pin Target
60-pin TI (trace) 14-pin TI BH-60e_TI-14t_TI Converts the 60-pin high-density (trace)  header to a standard 14-pin target header. Emulation Adapter 60-pin Emulator 14-pin Target
60-pin MIPI 14-pin TI BH-60e_MIPI-14t_TI Converts the 60-pin MIPI header to a standard 14-pin target header
(for use with BH-XDS560v2)		 Emulation Adapter 60-pin MIPI Emulator 14-pin Target
60-pin MIPI 20-pin cTI BH-60e_MIPI-20t_cTI Converts the 60-pin MIPI header to a standard 2x10-pin cTI target header (for use with BH-XDS560v2) Emulation Adapter 60-pin Emulator MIPI 20-pin Target
60-pin MIPI 60-pin TI (trace) BH-60e_MIPI-60t_TI Converts the 60-pin MIPI header to a 60-pin high-density XDS560 trace header
(for use with BH-XDS560v2)		 Emulation Adapter 60-pin Emulator MIPI 60-pin Target
60-pin MIPI 20-pin ARM BH-60e_MIPI-20t_ARM Converts the 60-pin MIPI header to a 20-pin ARM JTAG header (for use with BH-XDS560v2) Emulation Adapter 60-pin Emulator MIPI 20-pin ARM Target

Low-Cost Emulators for Texas Instruments devices

BH-USB200 low-cost EmulatorBH-USB200

The Blackhawk USB200 Emulator (USB200) is a TI XDS200-class emulator that is small, lightweight and portable. The USB200 product is compatible with the TI XDS2xx reference design.
The USB200 offers an excellent balance of performance and price placing it in between the super low cost XDS100 and high performance XDS560 class emulators. The USB200 is compatible with Code Composer Studio IDE (CCS) V5.2+ with the latest TI emulation update applied.
The controller supports the compact TI 20-pin JTAG header and voltage ranges from 1.5V to 4.1V. The USB host port permits communications with the host PC and two LEDs give operational status.
The USB200 supports the TI UniFlash™ programming utility and CCS DSS Java Scripting.
Blackhawk also has available optional Isolation Adapters which protect from ground loop voltage, harsh environments and new, untested designs. Isolations adapters support 3.3V to 5.0V targets with TI 14-pin and cTI 20-pin connections.

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BH-USB100v2D

Blackhawk USB100 V2D low-cost Emulator for Texas InstrumentsThe Blackhawk™ USB100v2 controller is a very low-cost controller for basic debugging of Texas Instruments DSPs. Requiring no external power source, the USB100v2 can support most of the basic features of higher priced emulators and requires no additional drivers when installed using CCS V4 or later.
As an added bonus, Texas Instruments is offering Code Composer Studio™ for FREE for use with the USB100v2. Please visit the TI wiki page for the XDS100 for news and details on this offer here.
The USB100v2 is a TI XDS100v2-compatible emulator fully supported under CCS v4 and newer Texas Instruments software development environments. The USB100v2 provides for faster code downloads and assembly code stepping in that the USB100v2 uses a high-speed USB2.0 (480 Mb/s) port instead of slower USB1.x (12 Mb/s) implementations.
Measuring just 1.6”L x 0.80”W x 0.65”H (4cm x 2cm x 1.6cm), not including the 5 inch cable, the Blackhawk USB100v2 is the smallest and most compact emulation product from a US manufacturer and is fully assembled and tested in the USA. It will support 1.8-3.3v targets with native cTI compact 20-pin connections and also includes standard 14-pin emulation adapter.
Additionally, with an optional 20cTI to 20ARM connector (available from Blackhawk), the USB100v2D can connect to 20-pin ARM Multi-Ice platforms.
The USB100v2D emulator sells at less than 100Euros.

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XDS560 Class Emulators

BH-XDS560v2

Blackhawk BH-XDS560v2 EmulatorThe Blackhawk XDS560v2 System Trace Emulator (BH560v2) is based on the XDS560v2 system trace reference design (XDS560v2) from Texas Instruments. The XDS560v2 design is the latest generation of the high-performance XDS560-class technology first made available by Blackhawk with the USB560/LAN560 and XDS560 Trace. Please, click on the image for the detailed datasheet.
The XDS560v2 design includes both high-speed USB 2.0 and 10/100Mbit Ethernet host interfaces, multi-color state and activity LEDs and a flexible, ribbon-coax JTAG cable. The JTAG cable comes with a native MIPI 60 connection and the unit ships with three (3) pin converters for connection to target boards with 14-pin TI, 20-pin compact TI, 60-pin trace and 20-pin ARM headers.Along with traditional JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) the XDS560v2 adds support for IEEE 1149.7 (aka cJTAG) and system trace (STM), an interface on the TI heterogeneous multi-core (ARM + DSP) devices.
As with the BH-LAN560 product, the Ethernet connection of the BH560v2 allows developers share access to target boards without the need of another computer.  Migrating from a LAN560 to the Blackhawk XDS560v2 is easy.
Unlike competitor models of the XDS560v2, Blackhawk products are bus-powered through the USB or LAN port. USB and LAN products are identical except that for the USB (BP = bus-powered) version the PoE power supply unit (injector) is not included while the PoE version comes with a so-called PoE kit.
Please note that this product does not support legacy software, e.g. Code Composer Studio V4.1x or earlier. It will support Code Composer Studio V4.2 or newer and all Ctools enabled devices.

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BH-USB560v2

TBlackhawk BH-USB560v2 Emulatorhe Blackhawk USB560v2 System Trace Emulator (USB560v2) is also based on the XDS560v2 system trace reference design (XDS560v2) from Texas Instruments.
The USB560v2 low-cost and compact design includes a bus-powered, high-speed USB 2.0 host interface with bi-color state and activity LEDs and a flexible, ribbon-coax JTAG cable. The JTAG cable comes with a native MIPI 60 connection and the unit ships with three (3) pin converters for connection to target boards with 14-pin TI, 20-pin compact TI and 20-pin ARM headers.
Along with traditional JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) the USB560v2 also includes support for IEEE 1149.7 (previously known as cJTAG) and system trace (STM), an interface on the TI heterogeneous multi-core (ARM + DSP) devices.
The System Trace capability is compliant to MIPI STP.  All Blackhawk XDS560v2-class emulators support STM. For those that are not familiar, MIPI STP expands to Mobile Industry Processor Interface System Trace Protocol. See www.mipi.org for more details.  Access to this capability is provided by TI CTools enabled devices for debug and optimization of multi-core processors. 

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Blackhawk JTAG Emulators for Texas Instruments Processors

Blackhawk LogoBlackhawk emulation products have been around since 1999 for all targets and every budget. The following Blackhawk JTAG Emulators for Texas Instruments TMS320 DSP (C2000, C5000, C6000), OMAP, DaVinci, Sitara, Keystone, and other devices are available:

*) No longer available

For safe debugging, several isolation dapters are available for use with the above listed emulators. These isolation adapters are designed to protect both the target and the emulator in harsh environments. To accommodate easy access to different targets, pin adapters matching all Texas Instruments connector standards are available as well. Please, find out more about adapters on Blackhawk's website: Isolation and Pin Adapters