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Conference and Training Opportunities
TI
Developer Conference 2007 Call for Presentations – Due
Sept 15th
Put minds in motion at TIDC 2007 and submit your abstracts
today! We welcome submissions from all across academia in
the areas of audio, video, communications, power or education
using DSPs, MCUs or analog. Share the latest findings to come
out of the world’s most advanced universities!
Make
Plans to Attend the IEEE DSP Workshops in Wyoming
Join TI at the 12th Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Workshop
and the 4th Signal Processing Education (SPE) Workshop September
24-27, 2006, at Jackson Lake Lodge in the Grand Teton National
Park in Wyoming, USA. The DSP workshop is designed to unite
top researchers from around the world to discuss novel signal-processing
theories and methods. The SPE workshop is devoted to discussions
on new theories and methods for signal processing education.
Ray Simar, TI Fellow and chief architect of the TMS320C6000™
platform, will present Tuesday's keynote address and TI will
have university program and technical support on hand to discuss
your education and research needs. Let us know if you are
interested in attending one of the workshop opportunities
using TI DSP Starter Kits (DSKs) during the event by emailing
us at univ@ti.com.
Japan
Educator Conference Features World Renowned Keynotes
This two-day conference, held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
August 29-30, features detailed sessions from academics highlighting
signal processing in education and research. Keynotes from
Dr. Alan V. Oppenheim, Ford Professor of Engineering Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and
Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, Professor, Department of Information
and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information
Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo will be featured
as well.
The first day of the conference features education sessions
including universities presenting examples of how to educate
using Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and two companies explaining
DSP training courses. The second day presents a wide variety
of application sessions featuring presentations from universities
using DSP in Research and Development.
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Tools and Resources
Teaching
Accessory for C2000™ Controller-Based Courses Available
Now
Great news! The Zwickau Adapter Board is now available for
purchase thanks to the German company Sys Tec. Many educators
have requested this board, which is referenced in the widely
popular TMS320C2000™ Digital Signal Controller Teaching
CD-ROM. Get your Zwickau Adapter Board today and enhance your
teaching CD-ROM experience!
Eight
New Chapters Add Wealth of Application Information in TMS320C5000™-Based
Textbook
Real-Time Digital Signal Processing: Implementations and
Applications, 2nd Edition by Sen M. Kuo, Bob H. Lee and
Wenshun Tian takes a wholly practical approach, providing
essential information on real-time principles, DSP algorithm
development, and system design and implementation. With eight
new chapters analyzing the latest DSP applications, this book
includes a wealth of exercises, laboratory experiments and
programming examples using MATLAB, C and assembly languages
for the Texas Instrument TMS320C55xx™ processor.
Sen M. Kuo is a professor and chair at the Department of Electrical
Engineering, Northern Illinois University. He has written
over 150 technical papers and was the lead author on the books
Active Noise Control Systems (Wiley, 1996), Real
Time Digital Signal Processing (1st Edition) (Wiley,
2001) and Digital Signal Processors (Prentice Hall,
2005). Bob H. Lee, Business Development and Marketing, Ingenient
Technologies, Inc., is a senior member of Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with over 18 years industrial
experience at Texas Instruments, Motorola and US Robotics.
Wenshun Tian, Department of Research and Development, UT Starcom,
Inc., has over 16 years of industrial experience in telecommunications
and semiconductors and has written over 15 technical papers
in the fields of telecommunications, digital audio, speech
processing and DSP implementations.
TI
Third-Party Offers University Discount for OMAP5910 Development
Kit
TI Third-Party Network member, Empower Technologies, Inc.,
is offering a university program discount for their LDK5910
Embedded LinuxDSP Development Kit. Supporting TI's OMAP5910
processor, the kit includes the Empower LinuxDA Embedded OS™
and is available for universities for only $900 USD.
TMS320C2000™
Controller Digital Power Software Library Available Now
The TMS320C2000™ Digital Power Software Library (DPSLib)
is available for engineers working to develop digital-controlled
power supplies with the TMS320F28xxx Digital Signal Controllers.
The DPSLib is composed of independent software modules created
in optimized C, comes fully documented, is free and downloadable
from the web. The DPSLib is developed using the F2808 eZdsp™
Starter Kit.
Tier Electronics is producing a series of power stage boards
that work with the eZdsp and provide a ready-made platform
for initial digital power evaluation and software development.
The first two power stages from Tier will be a two-phase boost
PFC (PFC2808) and a dual phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB2808).
Digital
Media eNewsletter Launches User-Friendly Format
Students and faculty can now take advantage of the Digital
Media Focus eNewsletter’s new user-friendly format.
In addition to its enhanced, concise format, the Digital Media
Focus eNewsletter now features audio-specific content along
with a wide array of video/imaging information and downloads.
For the latest in TI technology releases, training and useful
tips and tricks, check out this newsletter today.
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The DaVinci™ Effect
Designing
Digital Video Systems Leveraging DaVinci?Technology Webcast
Join us on August 30 at 10 a.m. CST for this Webcast and learn
how to simplify digital video system design by leveraging
DaVinci™ technology. DaVinci technology has enabled
TI to reduce the complexity of integrating digital video,
making it easy to implement. Register
today.
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TI in the News
'Fortune' Magazine
Features TI's Lunatic Fringe
Discover how TI invests time in fostering a culture of visionary
ideas – not only among its own engineers, but also among
the ranks of university professors, inventors and small companies
worldwide. Read about the lunacy that keeps TI at the forefront
of innovation in Fortune magazine's Sept. 4 issue.
Click on the magazine cover, then on the Table of Contents
(TOC) tab. Scroll to page 121 and click to read the entire
story.
MSP430
eZ Design Contest
Do you have the most creative MSP430 design around? If so,
then show us what you’re made of by entering the MSP430
eZ Design Contest. The worldwide contest ends October 9 and
winners are eligible to win one of three DLP® HDTVs and
an all-expenses-paid trip to the MSP430 Advance
Technical Conference in Dallas, TX.
Visit
www.designmsp430.com
to submit your design, vote on other entries and for complete
contest rules. All registrants receive a 20% on the eZ430-F2013
Development Tool, the world’s smallest complete MCU
development tool, and free access to the MSP430 VirtuaLab.
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University Spotlight
Northern Illinois
University
At Northern Illinois University (NIU), both undergraduate
and graduate students are exposed to digital signal processing
(DSP) through courses, labs and projects. Courses include
Digital Filter Design, Real-Time DSP, DSP, Random Signal Processing,
Speech Signal Processing and Adaptive Signal Processing. The
popular Real-Time DSP course is geared toward seniors and
graduate students with weekly labs based on the fixed-point
TMS320C55x™ and Code Composer Studio™ software.
The final project for this course is real-time implementation
using TMS320VC5510 DSP Starter Kit. Students are able to check
out a DSK and are encouraged to use assembly code. Projects
have included audio effects, 3D sound, virtual bass, sound
recognition and acoustic echo cancellation among others.
The DSP laboratory is focused on projects that promote human
health and comfort. Active noise control (ANC) systems minimize
noise by creating an anti-noise of equal amplitude and opposite
phase of the unwanted noise. NIU DSP projects have incorporated
ANC systems into snore ANC headboards, global ANC systems
for small machinery, electronic mufflers, automobile cabins,
active engine mounts and active headphones. Currently, processors
using the floating-point TMS320C3x are being integrated into
psychoacoustic sound masking to improve the snore ANC; development
of a redesigned snore ANC system; and, development of an ANC
system for incubators (NICU) for premature babies.
Similar
to acoustic ANC, active vibration control (AVC) reduces unwanted
vibration in a system. The DSP lab is working with the Mechanical
Engineering department to develop AVC systems. One project
is an AVC seat for tractors and large equipment for reducing
back pain of operators. This project is conducted by a team
of undergraduate mechanical and electrical engineering students
and a graduate electrical engineering student.
Other
research projects include using ANC for canceling tinnitus,
a ringing in the ear; integrate apnea recording and detection
with snore ANC, and new pedagogical techniques. The possibility
of reducing or masking tinnitus using hearing-aid-like devices
is being explored. Various sound effects for game systems
are being developed on the DSK to introduce DSP to high school
and underclassmen.
The
Electrical Engineering Department at Northern Illinois University
places a high priority on the growing DSP programs, with special
focus on real-world applications.
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