Highlights

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DSP

Accelerators Reduce DSC Overhead in Motion Control Applications

Texas Instrument's C2000 Piccolo F2807x incorporates a trigonometric math unit (TMU) and control law accelerator (CLA) to handle high speed analog analysis.
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Microcontrollers

Power Efficient Multicore SoCs Handle Vision and HMI Chores

Texas Instruments’ AM5K2Exx and 66AK2Exx multicore SoCs address a range of applications from computer vision to user interface. They are based on Arm Cortex-A15 cores.
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Boards

Processor Independent Embedded Platform Supports Modular Development

E3 Embedded Systems is taking its Processor Independent Embedded Platform (PIEP) to Kickstarter to see if the embedded community can take advantage of a modular prototyping system...
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DSP

Low Power DSPs Target Audio, Imaging And Automation Applications

Analog Devices new ADSP-BF70x incorporates the new Blackfin+ core. It uses only 95 mW of power at 400 MHz.
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DSP

Ultra-Low-Power DSP Delivers 200 MHz To Audio/Video Analytics

Featuring up to 200-MHz performance, Texas Instruments’ TMS320C5517 digital signal processor (DSP) speeds processing of data with low standby and low active power consumption,...
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Microcontrollers

Don't Tamper With This Core

Imagination Technologies latest MIPS core, the M15xx, is designed to be secure and tamperproof.
DSP

What’s the Deal with SoC Verification?

To be fully effective, SoC verification must include automation of the tests running on the embedded processors within the chip. Specialized software, like TrekSoC, can generate...
DSP

Lock Step Microcontroller Delivers Safe Motor Control

Texas Instruments' extended motor control support for safety applications with its new Hercules SafeTI microcontrollers.
DSP

QSFP+ Transmitter-Controller Chipset Reduces Power Consumption

Maxim's MAX3948 laser driver-controller cuts power consumption in QSFP+ fiber modules for 40 Gb/s.
DSP

Silicon Convergence and the Future of System Design

FPGAs are looking superficially more and more like ASSPs and microcontrollers and are actually enhancing their ability to allow system developers to differentiate in hardware....