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Reducing Power Consumption and Increasing Bandwidth on 28nm FPGAs

Lower power consumption and higher bandwidth are now the two dominant requirements in designing next-generation high-end applications. The global trend across multiple markets is for higher bandwidth in the same footprint at the same or lower power and cost. The Internet is going mobile and video is driving bandwidth requirements at a growth rate of 50% year on year. The march to 40G and 100G systems (with 400G on the horizon) is underway to support this ever-growing bandwidth demand. Fierce competition is driving down prices. Space constraints abound, and … Read More → "Reducing Power Consumption and Increasing Bandwidth on 28nm FPGAs"

Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP

Texas Instruments’ (TI) Integra™ DSP+ARM devices combine a digital signal processor (DSP) and an ARM® processor, enabling developers to create applications best suited for executing a combination of signal processing tasks and microprocessor (MPU) tasks. This paper reviews the benefits of combining ARM processing with DSP processing in a single chip, including increased real-time performance, improved system flexibility and reduced system cost and power. Integra DSP+ARM processors are useful for applications such as power protection systems, industrial control, machine vision and … Read More → "Maximizing the Power of ARM with DSP"

C2000™ MCU Motor Control Primer

There is a significant demand for well-equipped digital motor control (DMC) platforms to educate the next generation of engineers.  In this users guide, a number of introductory-level digital motor control methodologies and laboratory tools are presented. These tools help engineers learn how to easily construct their own systems using TI provided device drivers, APIs, utilities, and libraries. Also learn about TI’s motor control developer’s kits, software framework, and DMC library. These documents provide a modular development strategy which allows the user to experiment incrementally from a basic … Read More → "C2000™ MCU Motor Control Primer"

Implementing the Top Five Control-Path Applications with Low-Cost, Low-Power CPLDs

Since their introduction in the mid-1980s and across all end markets, CPLDs have been design engineers’ favorite choice for control path applications. Taking into account today’s severe pressure to lower costs and power consumption, this white paper examines how Altera® MAX® V CPLDs provide solutions for the top five control-path applications.

Author:  Thomas Schulte, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Low-Cost Products, … Read More → "Implementing the Top Five Control-Path Applications with Low-Cost, Low-Power CPLDs"

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