TI Delivers New DaVinci™ Processors Priced as Low as $9.95 – Four new DSP-based digital media processors are designed for cost-sensitive applications, including automotive and machine vision, robotics and video security.

Dec. 12 Webcast: Green Hills System Makes Programming Digital Video Easier – See how Green Hills Software’s MULTI dual-debug system using DaVinci technology helps video programmers develop, debug and optimize code more quickly, reducing development costs. Register today.

New Reference Design for Hands-Free Car Cellular Phone Kits – TI and Lyrtech’s new Hands-Free Kit (HFK) reference design simplifies system design of hands-free cellular phone kits for automobiles and saves up to 9-months development time.

Field-Oriented Control (FOC) Using DSP-Based Systems Increases Motor Performance – Kedar Godbole, TI, discusses using FOC instead of traditional scalar techniques for variable speed operations, to enable industrial control designers to reduce motor size, cost and power consumption in industrial applications.

TI Extends Industry’s Lowest-Power DSP Platform with Low-Cost Device – TI’s new programmable TMS320C5506 DSP lengthens battery life, lowers system cost and reduces development time, enabling enhanced USB headsets, touch-screen controllers and cordless phones.

How to Optimize Power Consumption in Embedded DSP Applications – Learn how to minimize power consumption and employ power-saving techniques at runtime in a two-part contributed article by TI’s Scott Gary.

ADEL and TI Deliver Proven Fingerprint ID Processor in Volume – The combination of TI’s high performance TMS320C5000™ DSP platform and fingerprint identification technology from Shenzhen IDEAL Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (ADEL) has ramped to volume a new breakthrough processor for low-cost embedded fingerprint recognition applications.

Texas Instruments’ ‘Lunatic Fringe’ – Fortune magazine Senior Editor Peter Lewis sheds light on what he calls TI’s “small group of crazies” – mostly engineers led by chief chaos manager Gene Frantz – whose sole mission is to find optimistic innovators with great ideas.

Software Upgrade Now Available for Digital Video EVM for DaVinci Technology – Register now to qualify for the free Digital Video Evaluation Module 1.1 software upgrade, which will include such key elements as enhanced audio and video clips; an improved demo app user interface; enhanced Linux drivers, codecs and documentation; user selectable encoder bit rates and an optimized overall frame rate; and an upgraded DSP/BIOS™ link.

Check Out DaVinci Third Party Support for Faster Time-to-Market – Members of TI’s Third Party Network provide TI customers with integral components and tools that complement DaVinci technology. They offer various levels of video system integration, optimization and system expertise on DaVinci technology worldwide.

TI Developer Conference Worldwide 2007: Registration Now Open – TIDC Worldwide 2007 will offer three days of technical sessions, hands-on workshops and valuable networking. Share your ideas and gain new insights in the application areas of video, audio, communications and education. Register now for early bird special.

MSP430 Advanced Technical Conference (ATC) Worldwide – Experience, collaborate and master the world's lowest power MCU at the MSP430 ATC in Europe and Asia. Customize your schedule for the courses and labs that best fit your development needs.

Sign Up for ZigBee Training Now – The ZigBee Stack Application Development Workshop is a two-day hands-on course that provides a solid foundation in ZigBee protocol and Z-stack-based product development.