EDN

A Survey of Mainstream DSP Processors

The DSP processor landscape is changing in many ways. For example, in years past, vendors offered numerous “general-purpose” DSPs intended to serve a wide range of applications. Today, many DSP ...
Design-Reuse

Do's and Don'ts of Architecting the Right FPGA Solution for DSP Design

Finally a Practical "Do and Don't" primer on architecting FPGA solutions for DSP design. With more do's than don’ts, the article is a down-to-basics look at how to avoid the pitfalls and realize ...
EDN

Leverage DSP-enhanced RISC cores for low-cost, power efficient, single-processor VoIP designs

The on-going convergence of services over IP-based networks is driving the need for a variety of innovative Voice over IP (VoIP) terminal designs. These include IP phones, business and residential ...
Design-Reuse

Designing control circuits for FPGA-based DSP systems

FPGAs have made significant strides as engines for implementing high-performance signal processing functions, whether for ASIC replacement or performance acceleration in the signal processing chain ...
Electronic Design

Novel Architectures Pack Multiple DSP Cores On-Chip (Part 2)

Multicore DSPs now target packet-voice media gateways that require hundreds of channels per chip. Part 1 of this article, which also appears in the print version of ...
Electronic Design

Circuit Breaker Eliminates Sense Resistor

Usually an Electronic Circuit Breaker is composed of three components: a MOSFET, MOSFET controller, and a current sense resistor. Linear Technology's LTC4213 is a new type of circuit breaker that ...