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April 2005
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APPLICATION NOTES

Download the newest DSP application notes to make designing with DSPs easier.

TMS320C5509 to TMS320C5509A DSP Migration

TMS320C6418 Power Consumption Summary

TMS320F281x to TMS320F280x Migration Overview


DSP ERRATA

Please note following updates on DSP errata:

TMS320C6418 DSP

TMS320C5502 and TMS320C5501 DSPs


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SILICON

TI DSPs Honored with Multiple Product Awards - Several of TI’s DSPs were recently recognized for excellence and innovation:

“Greatest Innovation of the Past 15 Years” Award - Honored by EDN magazine, TI’s TMS320C55x™ DSPs were praised as the most significant design innovation in the last decade and a half for the outstanding engineering contribution to the electronics industry that helped spawn the wireless communications revolution.

“Best DSP Chip of 2004” by In-Stat Analysts - The industry’s first 90nm DSP, TI’s TMS320C6416T DSP at 1 GHz, received the coveted Microprocessor Report Analysts’ Choice Awards for 2004 for its performance at 1GHz, capable of processing higher frequency signals, or more channels per chip, its accelerators, and its system interconnect.

“2005 Editor´s Choice” Award - EE Times honored TI´s single-chip cell phone solution with the 2005 Editor´s Choice Award at the Embedded Systems Conference. This solution is the industry´s first single-chip solution for mobile phones, based on TI´s innovative DRP technology.

DSP Selection GuideTMS320F2808, TMS320F2806, and TMS320F2801 Controllers Sampling Today – 100MIPS, 32-bit DSPs for less than $5. F2808, F2806 and F2801 controllers offer leading control-optimized performance combined with unprecedented PWM technology providing 16 bits of accuracy in a 100 KHz control loop and 12 bits at 1MHz. Learn more now.

View Application-Focused Block Diagrams — From digital still camera and fingerprint biometrics to MP3 player/recorder, streaming media and more, TI provides an array of application-focused block diagrams to help expedite your design time. View the variety of block diagrams today.

Digital PowerDigital Power - Flexibility & 150-ps PWM Resolution Combining expertise in analog power management and DSP, the revolutionary new family of Fusion Digital Power™ products from TI provides solutions for a broad range of applications. From AC-line to point-of-load, covering uninterruptable power supplies, server, telecom, data-centric and VRM applications, TI’s Fusion Digital Power ICs provide cost-effective solutions with greater levels of performance, reliability and flexibility than today’s pure analog designs.

APPLICATIONS


How to Create IP Videophone Systems White Paper Download “How to Create IP Videophone Systems” White Paper – TI’s new Videophone Development Platform (VDP) improves quality and integration and lowers system cost, allowing OEMs to bring consumer broadband videophones to market faster by providing a complete development platform for designing point-to-point IP-based videophone systems. Download this white paper today for an overview of the market trends driving the demand for video telephony as well as the components and system considerations for building IP videophones.

Tune in TIHit the Audio Sweet Spot with Tune In TI — Discover TI DSP-based and analog audio solutions designed to help you deliver the sleek, feature-rich, high-performance products consumers demand. Find out how to get to market faster with Aureus™ digital signal processors, PurePath Digital™ technology and other TI audio solutions. Download the latest edition of Tune In TI.

“Videophones Poised for Take-Off”
With the videophone a long time coming, several converging factors are enabling videophones to begin going mainstream over the next few years. Read the article by Cliff Roth on the Video/Imaging Design Line website to see how TI is helping dramatically reduce videophone costs.

SUPPORT

TIDC Europe 2005Register Now for TI Developer Conference, European Series 2005 – Join us for the signal processing event where designers and engineers can study a wide range of application-based solutions from both TI and leading third parties. Choose from up to 16 modules in six highly focused tracks that aim to offer in-depth technical details, explore the latest innovations and provide a host of creative solutions that can help speed your product or application to market. Locations include Milan, Italy (May 25, 2005) and Tel Aviv, Israel (May 30, 2005).

TMS320C6416/6713 DSK One-Day Workshop – Receive a practical introduction to the TMS320C6000™ DSP at this one-day, hands-on, technical workshop. Learn about the C6000™ CPU architecture, creating and building Code Composer Studio™ projects, C6416 DSK hardware and software, and much more. Register today.

Free Online Training – An Intuitive Approach to DSP
— Find out the differences between digital signals and digital data, time domain and frequency domain, real-time and non-real-time, and types of filters. This course gives beginners an excellent overview of key concepts, and provides experienced staff with an alternative way to explain digital signal processing concepts. Register for this free online course today.



SOFTWARE

Take Advantage of TI’s Emulators, and Emulation and RTDX Technical Documentation – Make your design effort as flawless as possible by utilizing TI’s emulators and referencing TI’s long list of online technical documentation. Topics covered include application notes, technical reference, getting started, and installation and users manuals checklists to aid in your initial design and debug efforts. Download these guides today.


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