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<p>A <b>digital signal controller</b> (<b>DSC</b>) is a hybrid of <a href="Microcontrollers" class="mw-redirect" title="Microcontrollers">microcontrollers</a> and <a href="Digital_signal_processors" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital signal processors">digital signal processors</a> (DSPs). Like microcontrollers, DSCs have fast <a href="Interrupt" title="Interrupt">interrupt</a> responses, offer control-oriented <a href="Peripheral" title="Peripheral">peripherals</a> like <a href="Pulse-width_modulation" title="Pulse-width modulation">PWMs</a> and <a href="Watchdog_timer" title="Watchdog timer">watchdog timers</a>, and are usually programmed using the <a href="C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C programming language</a>, although they can be programmed using the device's native <a href="Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">assembly language</a>. On the DSP side, they incorporate features found on most DSPs such as single-cycle multiply–accumulate (<a href="Multiply%E2%80%93accumulate" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiply–accumulate">MAC</a>) units, <a href="Barrel_shifter" title="Barrel shifter">barrel shifters</a>, and large <a href="Accumulator_(computing)" title="Accumulator (computing)">accumulators</a>. Not all vendors have adopted the term DSC. The term was first introduced by <a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip Technology</a> in 2002 with the launch of their 6000 series DSCs and subsequently adopted by most, but not all DSC vendors. For example, Infineon and Renesas refer to their DSCs as microcontrollers.
</p><p>DSCs are used in a wide range of applications, but the majority go into motor control, power conversion, and sensor processing applications. Currently, DSCs are being marketed as green technologies for their potential to reduce power consumption in electric motors and power supplies.
</p><p>In order of market share, the top three DSC vendors are <a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a>, <a href="Freescale" class="mw-redirect" title="Freescale">Freescale</a>, and <a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip Technology</a>, according to market research firm Forward Concepts (2007). These three companies dominate the DSC market, with other vendors such as Infineon and Renesas taking a smaller slice of the pie.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="DSC_chips">DSC chips</h2></div>
<p>NOTE: Data is from 2012 (Microchip and TI) and table currently only includes offering from the top 3 DSC vendors.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Vendor
</th>
<th>Device
</th>
<th>Clock Speed (MHz)
</th>
<th>Flash (<a href="Kilobyte" title="Kilobyte">kB</a>)
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<th>PWM channels, resolution, duty cycle
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<td>Microchip
</td>
<td>dsPIC30F
</td>
<td>30
</td>
<td>6–144
</td>
<td>4–8 (16 <a href="Bit" title="Bit">bits</a>, 1 or 16.5 ns depending on part)
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<td>
</td>
<td>dsPIC33F
</td>
<td>40
</td>
<td>12–256
</td>
<td>up 18 PWM (16 bits, 12.5 ns)
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<td>
</td>
<td>dsPIC33E
</td>
<td>70
</td>
<td>64-512
</td>
<td>up 16 PWM (16 bits, 8.32 ns)
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<td>Texas Instruments
</td>
<td>TMS320F28x
</td>
<td>60–150
</td>
<td>32–512
</td>
<td>16 PWM (13 bits, 150 ps)
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<td>
</td>
<td>TMS320LF240x
</td>
<td>40
</td>
<td>16–64
</td>
<td>7–16 PWM (11 bits, 150 ps)
</td></tr>
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<td>Freescale
</td>
<td>MC56F83x
</td>
<td>60
</td>
<td>48–280
</td>
<td>12 PWM (15 bits, 10 ns)
</td></tr>
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<td>
</td>
<td>MC56F80x
</td>
<td>32
</td>
<td>12–64
</td>
<td>5–6 PWM (15 bits, 10 ns)
</td></tr>
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<td>
</td>
<td>MC56F81x
</td>
<td>40
</td>
<td>40–572
</td>
<td>12 PWM (15 bits, 10 ns)
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="DSC_software">DSC software</h2></div>
<p>DSCs, like microcontrollers and DSPs, require software support. There are a growing number of software packages that offer the features required by both DSP applications and microcontroller applications. With a broader set of requirements, software solutions are more rare. They require: development tools, DSP libraries, optimization for DSP processing, fast interrupt handling, multi-threading, and a tiny footprint.
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