eTech Innovations July 2008
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Download TI's new 3Q08 Video & Imaging Guide
Visit the Video and Imaging Guide download page to see how TI's customized products can help you launch differentiated products quickly and cost-effectively across the entire spectrum of the video market.
Applications
IP cameras get smart with high performance - Global Sources (May 16) overviews the emerging IP camera market and how programmable SoCs are finally winning over integrators, channel resellers and end users to leave the "CCTV sanctuary".

iGoogle brings video timing, ratio gadgets
Add "TI.com Video Tools" or "All-in-One" to your iGoogle homepage for TI's current and future video gadgets to calculate monitor timing or pixel and aspect ratios.

Low-power RF network protocol improves battery life 50 percent - The SimpliciTI™ network protocol 1.0.5, the only protocol that supports TI's proprietary and standards-based radios, is designed for easy implementation and deployment on TI RF platforms.

Video graphics digitizer industrial temp samples here - The TVP70025I I-temp version of the TVP7002 digitizer adds a 10-bit maximum sample rate of 95 MSPS at the full temperature range for 1080i video and WXGA graphics.
Silicon
Optimize PCB routing using OMAP35x processor
Download the "OMAP35x 0.65 mm Pitch Layout Methods" application report to learn how the new Via Channel technology featured on the ball grid array package can substantially impact PCB cost savings.

 Low-cost TAS3208 EVM demos audio SoC
The new, USB bus-powered TAS3208 EVM offers a full test setup using only an iPod, headphones and a PC loaded with PurePath™ Studio graphical development environment to showcase suitability for audio applications like music phone docks.

New generation MCUs enable "no battery" products - TI MSP430F5xx microcontrollers (MCUs) offer the industry's lowest power consumption (up to 25 MHz peak performance, increased flash and RAM, and integrated peripherals) that results in longer battery life, smaller batteries or no batteries at all.

University and industry work together to drive low power advances - MIT professor joins TI experts for a discussion on advancements in low power technology and the roles both industry and academia must play.
Software
Pixel Magic CE maximizes visual experience
Pixel Magic CE software from Ipera Technology is a robust, easy-to-integrate embedded video enhancement solution designed to run efficiently on embedded processors for portable devices.

Z-Stack™ software 2.0.0 ideal for smart energy - Z-Stack software 2.0.0 supports the latest CC2520 transceiver, MSP430, the new SmartRF™ 05 software development environment and ZigBee 2007, including the ZigBee PRO feature set.

Keep it simple with optimized DaVinci Digital Media Software - Simplify development and reduce costs by using the production-tested, easy-to-integrate DaVinci software portfolio for your digital media application. Focus on product differentiation instead of development for audio, video and voice applications.
Support
"Impossible" often means "hasn't been done yet" - The "From the Desk to Your Pocket" video cast features TI Principal Fellow Gene Frantz predicting how today's technology will enable engineers to produce the impossible, like pocket-size ear bud translators.

 Pro audio designs can't miss a beat - The "Meeting the Pro Audio Challenge" application report reveals how Lyrtech's professional audio development kit and TI's floating-point, audio-optimized processors help designers achieve the highest audio quality and add innovative features while reducing design costs.

DaVinci™ technology-based "Crittercam" video cast - Corey Jaskolski, director of engineering at the National Geographic Society, demonstrates the Crittercam, a small camera mounted on animals to learn more about their behavior which includes a DVR based off of a pre-DaVinci chip.
TI tech tips



How do I manage my portable system power and performance to minimize standby leakage power?
A new TI white paper explains how new SmartReflex™ power and performance technologies can help dynamically adjust transistor performance versus leakage, lower voltages for idle memory banks, and automate the application of SmartReflex technology in the design process.
Application reports
and errata


Application reports:
Hardware Design Guidelines for TMS320F28xx and TMS320F28xxx DSCs

 PowerPAD™ Thermally Enhanced Package (Revised)

Errata:
TMS320DM6441 Digital Media System-on-Chip Silicon Revisions 2.1, 1.3, 1.2 and 1.1
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