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July 2009
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    PROCESSORS
    APPLICATIONS
    Video
    Audio
    Industrial
    SOFTWARE
    COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT
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    Low cost, low power TMS320DM355 overview


    Training and Events
    PROCESSORS
    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.
    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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    APPLICATIONS
    Video
    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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    Audio
    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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    Industrial
    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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    SOFTWARE
    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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    COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT
    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.
    News from the TI.com blog within the E2E Community
    TI is actively developing widgets for downloading to iGoogle, Yahoo, or your own Web site, blog or desktop under a single TI.com Tools umbrella. For example, an audio calculator widget allows you to make common audio design calculations such as SNR and convert dBV to RMS. You can cut and paste the results or share the calculation. Check out the live preview and add this widget to your desktop or page now.
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    TRAINING AND EVENTS
    Code Composer Studio 4.0 preview course now available online
    CCS v4.0 is a major new release of Code Composer Studio that is based on the Eclipse open source software framework. Eclipse is becoming very popular in the embedded development community and is now becoming a standard in development environments. This session will provide tips on how to quickly do things in Code Composer Studio v4. Many of the tips include a short video capture that demonstrates how to perform the task.
    Online training: the new TMS320DM365 digital media processor
    Find out how this successor of the popular DM355 device offers multi-format HD video with H.264 up to 1080p. 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. Topics include overview of the new DM365 processor, comparison of DM355 and DM365 devices, review of various digital video codec performance, and highlights of the DM365 Digital Video Evaluation Module (DVEVM).
    Training presentation: TMS320VC5504/C5505 DSPs and EVM
    Curious about TI's new lowest power C5000™ DSPs for portable devices? Watch this five-minute on-demand presentation by Product Marketing Manager Fei Gao. She discusses the targeted applications and key features of C5504 and C5505 DSPs, as well as their corresponding evaluation module, in the context of balancing affordability with integration and scalability. View this multimedia presentation today.
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