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February 2007
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Applications

DaVinciNew DaVinci™ Processor Optimized for Portable Video – Samples of the new TMS320DM6441 system-on-chip (SoC) for DaVinci technology are now available. This is the latest device that offers reduced cost and multiple power modes for portable video applications.

Download Updated DaVinci Background and Specifications – Get your up-to-date technical brief on all the integrated components of DaVinci technology to more easily and quickly develop innovative digital video products.

TMS320DM64x Processor Specs At A Glance
The DM644x and DM643x specifications sheets contain all the technical specs for the digital media processors including silicon, software, tools, partner solutions and more.

Overcome Barriers to Digital Rights Management (DRM) Deployment – A new TI white paper discusses how engineers should focus on boot up, playback and content transfers to effectively implement DRM.

Silicon

Ultra-Low Power MCU with 1MB Extended Memory Access Now in Volume – The MSP430FG461x MCU series’ new extended addressing mode meets larger system memory requirements and enables real-time applications to be developed in modular C libraries with full backward compatibility.

“Using a Low-Power Microcontroller as a System Supervisor” – View the Portable Design TI-authored article by Mike Mitchell to better understand how adding an inexpensive microcontroller to a complex system can reduce system current consumption.

Getting Started with DSP – Is DSP right for your application? Which applications are ideal for DSP? How do I develop step-by-step with DSP? These questions and more are answered at the TI Getting Started with DSP website.

“DSP Power-Management Techniques Help Achieve Faster Design Cycles” – Selecting the right DSP can make or break the design's market viability. View the Embedded.com contributed article by Stuart Cording and Lori Vidra of TI to learn about new approaches to managing and estimating power consumption.

Software

Evaluate TI Digital Media Software Free for 60 Days – Evaluate TI’s complete software portfolio for audio, video and voice applications free for 60 days to simplify development and reduce design costs.

New ZigBee™-Compliant TI Software Stack Online Now – The new IEEE 802.15.4 TI Medium Access Control (TIMAC) software stack is now available online. It supports both industry-leading TI RF transceiver platforms – the CC2430 and the CC2420.

Support

Achieve New Year’s Resolution: Get Trained on DaVinci Technology – One New Year’s resolution that is attainable and worthwhile is to take more DaVinci training in 2007. Choose from workshops, online training, on-demand webcasts, podcasts and more.

Sign Up for Hands-On ZigBee CourseThe Low Power Wireless and ZigBee Networking Workshop is the best way to get on the fast track to ZigBee success.

Embedded Edge™ Magazine
Each issue of the eTech Innovations eNewsletter includes Embedded Edge articles that we hope will interest you.

DaVinci Development Board Targets Streaming Media Devices – eInfochips is now shipping the new DaVinci Prototyping Board (DVPB) for quick prototyping of applications such as smart IP cameras, network video servers and video conferencing systems.

ORBexpress Supports DaVinci Processors
The small-footprint ORBexpress communications middleware from Objective Interface Systems supports DaVinci technology for simple and fluid distribution of logic and data that allows the target processors to operate at maximum efficiency.

GoDB Optimizes Platform for DaVinci-Based Consumer Embedded Devices – The newly optimized version of GoDB Tech’s flexible applications platform exploits the DaVinci architecture’s advanced display, memory and I/O management capabilities for emerging consumer embedded device development.

TI Tech Tips



How do I search the DaVinci-Linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com mailing list archives? Go to the DSP KnowledgeBase design support database to copy a script that will enable you to download the archives and search them for a given string.

Application Notes
and Errata



Application Notes:
Download 4Q2006 DSP Apps Journal

Building a Small Embedded Linux Kernel Example


DSP Errata:

TMS320DM6441 Digital Media System-on-Chip Errata

TMS320C6727/C6727B/
C6726/C6726B/C6722/
C6722B/C6720 DSPs Errata

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