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September 2006
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Applications

DaVinci Video360 Blog: Respond to High Definition Debate – Read the series of High Definition (HD) blog posts on the Video360 blog and then weigh in on the HD debate.

Video360 Podcast Explores How New IDE Speeds Digital Video Time to Market – The MULTI IDE by Green Hills Software opens the full potential of the ARM and DSP inside TI’s DaVinci™ processors. Download the podcast to learn more.

Video Compression White Paper – New white paper examines coding concepts, the compression standards legacy and the latest CODECs and their tradeoffs, plus trends in end-equipments.

Explosive Growth in Medical Devices Using DSPs – Download the “Medical Update” for technical design considerations regarding such applications as MRI, hearing aids, ultrasound, ECG and much more.

Silicon

Worldwide MSP430 Advanced Technical Conferences Will Make You an Expert – Register now and create your own customized schedule for this conference dealing with the world’s lowest power MCU.

Technical Article: ‘Designing Scalable DSP Parallelism for AdvancedTCA Systems’ – Learn how AdvancedTCA, parallel DSPs, and Serial RapidIO support each other for higher performance and scalability in telecom carrier equipment.

Electronic Design Magazine Features Challenges and Progress in Making Humanoid Robots – See how MontaVista Software’s Linux running on TI DSPs enables a robot named Wakamaru to make phone calls, send e-mail and more.

New DC/DC Controller Boosts Efficiency, Increases Load Handling – The new TPS40140 turns power supplies supporting data center and telecom equipment into fully scalable, stackable power systems.

Software
DSP/BIOS™ Benchmarks Application Report Now Available – Use new DSP/BIOS benchmark values to calculate your overall system performance or overhead.

Check Out DSP DesignLine’s ‘Optimizing for Cache Performance’– Part 2 of TI Senior Technical Staff Jackie Brenner’s series advises good planning to prevent cache misses and improve performance.

Visioneering Offers New IPTV Set-top Boxes Based on DaVinci Technology – Visioneering Corp. has launched the Sonata IPTV™ line of set-top boxes for standard definition and HD digital home applications.


Support
TI Developer Conference 2007 Abstracts Due Sept. 15 – TI is on the lookout for abstracts in the signal processing areas of audio, communications, control, education, systems, tools and video/imaging applications using DSPs, MCUs or high performance analog. Submit your abstracts by Sept. 15.

New Power Supply Design Seminar Coming to 35 U.S. and Canadian Venues – TI experts discuss advanced power supply concepts, basic design principles and real-world examples in a traveling one-day seminar that debuts in September.

Comprehensive DSP Design Support on Your Desktop – Access processor types and comparisons, tools and software, end-equipment solutions, system block diagrams, third-party offerings, DSP KnowledgeBase and more.

TI Tech Tips

Are there any update advisor patches available for Code Composer Studio™ v2? The first Code Composer Studio Service Pack, CCStudio 2.00.02, is now available through Update Advisor. Learn more.


Application Notes
and Errata



Application Notes:
Fast Development with DaVinci On Screen Display

Spread-Frequency Shift Keying Power Line Modem Software Architecture

DSP Errata:

TMS320C6455 DSP Errata

TMS320DM6443 Digital Media System-on-Chip Errata
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