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Article: Dev kits round 3: TI's DLP Pico kit and the Beagle Board
Read Electronic Design's hands-on review of the DLP Pico Projector Development Kit, which editor Bill Wong reviewed in conjunction with the OMAP35x-based BeagleBoard. |
Floating point DSCs complement their value-priced fixed-point TMS320F280xx series
New family of microcontrollers features $2 price point and could bring real-time control to hybrid vehicles, home appliances, street light networks and a host of other applications that couldn't afford it before. |
FG47x MCUs offer on-chip integration, reduce design complexity
The new MSP430FG47x MCUs provide ultra-low power, high performance and analog peripherals for efficient development of reliable, low-cost medical products. |
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Updated VICP signal processing library (VICP3.0 Library)
This library provides additional functions and enables customized algorithms for the TMS320DM6446/1 and TMS320DM648/7 digital media processors with DaVinci™ technology. |
Ultrasound scan conversion on TI's C64x+ DSPs
When developing portable or handheld ultrasound machines, understanding design considerations for achieving high efficiency scan conversion is critical. Download our application report to learn more. |
New TMS320C6455 DSP starter kit for medical imaging
This new starter kit for medial imaging delivers all manufacturers need to evaluate and harness the power of highly programmable DSP algorithms for medial imaging applications. |
New HD H.264 IP camera reference design based on TI's TMS320DM365
This single-platform, cost-effective solution significantly reduces development time so customers can quickly create cost-sensitive products such as IP cameras, IP modules for closed-circuit TV cameras and more. |
New DVR reference design provides H.264 in HD
Based on TI's DM365 and the new TVP5158 video decoder, this single platform solution allows faster development at a reduced cost. |
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Featured White Paper: Automatic level controller for speech signals using PID controllers white paper
The Voice Activity Detection (VAD) is generally computationally intensive. This paper explores a less computational-intensive ALC, which uses a Proportional Integral (PI) controller for detecting voice activity. |
Choose an audio processor with the new selection tool
The Audio Selection Tool includes all products from TI's audio portfolio including digital audio processors, PurePath Digital™ power amplifiers, audio converters, CODECs and sample rate converters. Start by answering a few questions today! |
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TI acquires Luminary Micro® and portfolio of Stellaris® Cortex M3 MCUs
TI has acquired Luminary Micro and its Stellaris® family of Cortex™-M3 MCUs with over 140 solutions that are shipping today. Customers can now enjoy the design innovation of Stellaris MCUs along with the proven experience and technical strength TI brings as a global semiconductor provider. As part of TI’s Catalog MCU portfolio, Stellaris 32-bit MCUs bring:
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Immediate availability of M3 MCUs with advanced communication capabilities, including 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY, CAN, USB On-The-Go, USB Host/Device, SSI/SPI, UARTs, and I2C |
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An extensive range of over 20 reference design, evaluation and development kits starting at $49 |
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Solutions for highly-connected applications including monitoring, building controls, network appliances and switches, factory automation, electronic point-of-sale machines, test and measurement equipment, medical instrumentation and gaming equipment |
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Featured Application Report: MSP430 competitive benchmarking
Application report with results from benchmarking the MSP430 against microcontrollers from other vendors based on various aspects of the microcontroller's performance. |
New MSP430 and C2000 brochures now available for download
Get the latest information on ultra-low power MSP430 and 32-bit architecture real-time control C2000™ microcontrollers. |
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Get your copy of the OMAP™ & DaVinci™ Software for Dummies book
Explore TI's OMAP & DaVinci processors to create your next cool product: These programmable devices provide the best of a hybrid world — a general purpose processor and a digital signal processor. This guide shows you how to architect your software to make optimal use of the two processors. Become familiar with ready-to-use software provided by TI, as well as tools that speed up development. You get to build a real working video/audio system and still be home for dinner and the kids. |
Meld with Linux system engineers
Meld allows embedded Linux systems engineers to connect and share information, ideas and software. There are many ongoing discussions on various TI platforms. |
Code Composer Studio 4.0 preview
This training contains a number of tips on how to quickly do things in Code Composer Studio v4. Many of the tips include a short video capture that demonstrate how to perform the task. |
GStreamer on TI DaVinci and OMAP platform
GStreamer online training is now available. Become familiar with the framework and see how to leverage it for your designs based on DaVinci™ technology or the OMAP™ platform. |
Ultrasound software toolkit speeds development for manufacturers
Available today, TI's new embedded processor software toolkit (STK) speeds time to market, improves performance and lowers development costs for manufacturers of diagnostic ultrasound equipment. |
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The upside to the downturn
TI's Gene Frantz talks about the silver lining of today's declining market in his most recent blog post. Drop him a comment and recommend a subject for his next post.
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Check out and chime in on the most viewed topics in the OMAP™ applications processors E2E forums
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Bluetooth 3.0 - Even faster than before!
Bluetooth® 3.0 is finally here! Congratulations to all those in the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) who worked diligently on the latest Bluetooth protocol. As more devices support this new high speed data transfer, the door will open for new use cases, such as peer-to-peer networking... [keep reading the Mobile Momentum blog at e2e.ti.com] |
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Join Texas Instruments for a day packed with technical design sessions and technology exhibits
Technology Days is aimed at providing a learning forum where practical high-performance design solutions, tools, techniques, topologies and examples will be presented. The exhibits will demonstrate the latest TI technology and don't miss this opportunity to meet with a number of Texas Instruments' experts and gain valuable ideas for solving your technical challenges!
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View the new DM365 digital media processor webinar on-demand
It is not too late to learn how this successor of the popular DM355 device offers multi-format HD video with H.264. Integration of multiple components and software increase flexibility and decrease cost including: multiple connectivity options, best-in-class Image Signal Processing, production ready codec bundles, DaVinci™ technology and much more. |
New hands-on TMS320C2000 Piccolo one-day workshop
Attend the new TMS320C2000 Piccolo one-day workshop and evaluate all the advanced capabilities of TI's new Piccolo microcontroller through lecture and hands-on labs using the innovative Piccolo MCU ControlSTICK. |
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