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New: Daughter cards for patient monitoring devices When used with the TMS320VC5505 evaluation module, TI's new daughtercards for digital stethoscopes, electrocardiograms and pulse oximeters save months of development time. Design medical devices that are battery-efficient and thus more portable with a development tool set that offers a complete signal chain and software. Learn more about these TMS320VC5505 DSP-based daughtercards now.
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NEW: Unmatched connectivity options with new power-efficient processors
Packed with a unique combination of application-tuned features, power-management capabilities and peripherals, TI is offering four new processors (TMS320C6742, TMS320C6746, TMS320C6748 and OMAP-L138) with unmatched connectivity options and fixed- and floating-point capabilities. |
NEW: TMS320C550x evaluation module available now for US $395 This evaluation module includes the low power C5505 processor, TI's board-specific Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment and board support software development library and application demo + sample code. Order yours today to begin development. |
NEW: New DSP family enables fast, easy development for femtocell OEMs TI's new TCI6485 and TCI6489 offer complete solutions for HSPA residential and enterprise femto applications, helping manufacturers get to market fast with innovative products. |
Featured Guide: Innovate faster with TI's Consumer and Portable Medical Guide Extended battery life, ultra-low power and fast response times are driven by users' desire to quickly know their health status - even on the go. Meet these design goals faster by utilizing TI's broad portfolio of embedded processing, power management and high performance analog solutions. |
Featured Product Bulletin: TMS320C5505 and TMS320C5504 Low Power DSP Download the new C550x product bulletin which has been updated with the latest information. TI’s new pin-to-pin compatible processors provide industry’s best-in-class combination of standby and active power to maximize energy efficiency and extend the battery life for portable devices. |
Do you have a question about DM3x processors?
Do you need driver code, or are you having trouble finding info in an EVM? Post your query to the TMS320DM3x Processor forum in the TI E2E Community, where both TI engineers and fellow developers are solving problems. Another way to participate is to help with unanswered threads, which are listed on the right. Feel free to lurk, or start posting today. |
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Video: Learn the technical details of the DM335 The DM335 is packed with the same peripherals as its predecessor, the TMS320DM355 device, including high speed USB 2.0 on-the-go, external memory interface (EMIF), mobile DDR/DDR2, two SDIO ports, three UART Ports, two Audio Serial Ports, three SPI Ports, and SLC/MCL NAND Flash memory support. |
Featured Application Note: From TMS320DM35x to TMS320DM36x
Serving as an instructional tool for “Migrating from TMS320DM35x to TMS320DM36x Devices,” this application note also serves as a comprehensive comparison tool, iterating the differences in peripherals, power supplies, package characteristics, PLL, reset controller and bootmode between these two digital media processor families. View the PDF now. |
The DaVinci™ technology wiki continues to evolve The Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki includes pages of applications processors, DSPs and microcontrollers organized by device family, as well as pages about target content and foundational tools. Like any wiki, TI encourages developers to update and edit pages. Use the wiki today and subscribe to the RSS feed to see the latest modifications. |
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Featured White Paper: Multicore: Enemy or good solution
With multicore processors in all kinds of devices, TI's Gene Frantz and Ray Simar take a step back and see how multicore is changing the industry from opposing perspectives. |
OMAP3530 easy CUS package PCB escape routing
Learn more about the new technology called Via Channel™ array that allows for easy routing of the device in two signal and two power layers for cost and time effectiveness. View the full application report now. |
| Featured Article: Audio headphone amplifier extends mobile apps battery life
Mobile Handset DesignLine published Nick Holland’s article about the above innovative solution on June 1, 2009. |
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Now available: Four new ARM® Cortex™-M3-based Stellaris® MCU kits
Developers of control, automation and instrumentation applications can jumpstart designs with TI's new cost-efficient ARM® Cortex™-M3-based Stellaris® MCU kits |
Two new C2000 motor control kits with PFC
Easy regulation compliance and improved energy efficiency made possible with TI's new low-cost Piccolo MCU Motor Control Kits with Power Factor Correction. |
TI introduces RemoTI™ network protocol for ZigBee® RF4CE consumer electronics applications
RemoTI network protocol is a low-cost, feature-enriched solution including TI's best-in-class CC2530 IEEE/802.15.4 system-on-chip and software stack. |
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New WinCE BSP 6.10 available for OMAP35x download now available
This release from Bsquare includes improved 2D and multimedia performance for OMAP35x along with many other features and bug fixes. |
OMAP35x Linux DVSDK 3.0 now available for download
DVSDK 3.0 gives customers the ability to evaluate the hardware and software capabilities on OMAP35x Evaluation Module and to develop using the DSP, video accelerators, and graphics coprocessors available on OMAP35x platform. |
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Customize your topic view Did you know that you can sort topics in the E2E Community by product line, number of views, posting date, author, ratings and replies? Just click on Sorting and Filtering above the list of topics to see if someone else has already conveyed your conundrum, or find a solution to another problem you’d given up solving. This forum has contributors from both inside and outside TI. Start reading threads about TMS320C55x and C54x power-efficient DSPs now. |
Post your Code Composer Studio™ IDE questions
Wondering about slow performance? Check out the Code Composer forum. You'll find this and other dilemmas on the new Code Composer Studio™ IDE forum within TI's E2E Community. Write a new post or use your expertise to help resolve an unanswered thread today. |