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New DSP Products
C-to-FPGA Integration Accelerates Prototyping 10X. more>>
New DaVinci™ DM37x video processors from Texas Instruments. more>>
Analog Devices - JESD204A Data Converters Reduce Power and Board Space. more>>
RF Engines Feature rich IP core offers fast route to production. more>>
Analog Devices Introduces Data Converter with Dynamic Power Control. more>>
FC300 OFDM IP Core Helps OEM Customers Reduce Development Time. more>>
Octasic Introduces New Multi-Core DSP Device for Video. more>>
Actel Announces Power Management Solution for SmartFusion FPGA. more>>

Events
Femtocells Asia 2009
23rd - 24th March Tokyo. more>>
UK Embedded Systems Event
7th May Cambridge, UK. more>>
Adaptive Filtering & Linear Algebra DSP Course
17th - 19th Feb, Glasgow, UK. more>>
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Spectrum Digital
Spectrum Digital is selling 3 new target boards.
Evaluation Modules for the TMS320C6424, TMS320C6474, and TMS320DM357 are now available.  
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Red Rapids
The Channel Express family offers multiple ADC/DAC options coupled to your choice of Virtex-5 FPGA. These XMC/PCIe cards feature an 8-lane PCI Express interface, 512 MB DRAM, 32 MB SRAM, and synthesizer.  more>>  
Danville Signal
Danville Signals DSP + FPGA Modules. Combine the power of a floating point SHARC DSP with an Altera Cyclone III FPGA. Danville Signals dspblok 21369+fpga are highly integrated 60mm x 60mm modules.  more>>  
Curtiss-Wright Controls
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computings new 3U VPX Single Board Computer features a Freescale Power Architecture MPC8640D dual-core processor with high bandwidth serial fabrics for space and weight constrained harsh environments.  more>>  
Signum
JTAGjet-CCS, the ultimate DSP emulator with USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) is now only $995. Outperforms XDS510 emulators and supports CCStudio for C2000, C5000, C6000, OMAP, TMS470, TMS570 and DaVinci. Save even more on bundles with CCStudio!  more>>  
Blackhawk
Tailwind from Blackhawk is an extension to the Texas Instruments DSP/BIOS Real-Time Kernel that provides a POSIX API layer including complete SCA support for Software Defined Radio (SDR) apps.  more>>  
 
DSP Articles
Which Would Sherlock Holmes Choose - DSP or FPGA? by Michael Parker, Altera Corporation
  DSPs and FPGAs can both be used as digital signal processing platforms. Each type of device has advantages and disadvantages. There are many design guidelines that must be considered when choosing between FPGAs, DSPs, or a combination of the two. Factors that must be considered include device cost, performance, power consumption, design team experience, availability of IP and application-specific features.

System designers face a number of key questions during the architecture phase of their design project. Increasingly one of these questions is whether to use a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a digital signal processor (DSP) or a combination.
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All About Fourier Series by Brent
This links to a Fourier Series Tutorial. It will helps you to learn Fourier Series by manipulating flash programs. These programs let you see the math behind the Fourier Series without having to be a mathematician.

Currently the content of this site will help you see the Fourier Series presented as

1. Sine waves and cosine waves.
2. As a sum of complex exponentials

In addition there are programs that all you to see complex numbers presented as phasers.
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