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TIDC 2007 CONFERENCE AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Register
Today for TIDC Worldwide 2007
Don’t miss the opportunity to network with industry
experts, academic peers and TI engineers and business managers
at this annual conference, March 7-9 in Dallas. Take advantage
of a myriad of opportunities, including pre-conference technical
workshops, panel discussions and sessions presented by TI,
educators and industry partners such as The MathWorks and
National Instruments. Indulge in the Education Track, filled
with curriculum-building tools for teaching real-time signal
processing, analog, microcontroller and systems courses. Share
best practices with academic presenters and colleagues from
all around the globe as well as TI University Program staff.
Don’t miss the popular panel session “What is
a System?” hosted by Gene Frantz, TI principal fellow.
Frantz will lead a panel discussion with industry and academic
experts as they explore how to prepare students for the future
that awaits them.
Register online and get $900 off the full price! Educators
only $295, and students only $149.
Free
DSP Pre-Conference Workshop Included in TIDC Registration
Fee
Whether you’re just getting started or you’re
a real-time DSP expert, this workshop has something for you!
Join professors Mike Morrow, Thad Welch and Cam Wright on
Tuesday, March 6, for a full six-hour pre-conference hands-on
workshop offering both beginning and intermediate level instruction
in real-time processing using TI's TMS320C6713 DSP Starter
Kit (DSK) enhanced with an eDSP HPI daughter card. Instruction
will include getting started with a talk-through application
and proceed to FIR filter implementation and signal generation.
This workshop has received excellent reviews at several conferences.
The instructors bring a wealth of experience to the topic.
and the material is excerpted from their textbook. Academics
will be able to qualify for a grant for the equipment used
in the course. Access Content
Catalog and enter S285192 as the Session
ID to get more information on this workshop. Once you’ve
registered, use Schedule Builder to add this session to your
agenda. Seating is limited, so register today!
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SOFTWARE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AT TIDC 2007
The
MathWorks Presentation: Prototyping Video and Image Processing
Systems on the DM642 EVM Platform Using Simulink
This session will show attendees how to create prototypes
of algorithms on hardware at a fraction of the time it normally
takes and without sacrificing quality. This technical tutorial
shows how to model video and image processing systems in Simulink
using the Video and Image Processing Blockset. Enter S285236
as the Session ID in Content
Catalog to get more information on this session.
National
Instruments Presentation: Fixed-Point DSPs for Introduction
to Engineering Classes
Teach your students about commonly used fixed-point DSP platforms
that are often faster and more cost-effective for volume production
than floating-point platforms. This session shows how to leverage
the TI TMS320C6416 DSK with NI LabVIEW to help students visualize
theory, see the advantages of graphical programming and actually
build a signal processing application. Learn more about this
session by entering S284932 as the Session
ID in Content Catalog.
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TI IN THE NEWS AT TIDC 2007
Exciting Keynotes
at TIDC Worldwide
TIDC Worldwide opens in Dallas next month with a keynote speech
by TI executive Greg Delagi. David Deas of Bell Labs speaks
on day two, and TI President and CEO Rich Templeton gives
the final keynote March 9. Don’t miss their insights
into the latest technologies.
Tap
Into Connexions e-Publishing Opportunities for Academics
You can now take advantage of a unique Web-based teaching
and learning environment that’s destined to change the
way educational materials are developed and used. Connexions
is an e-publishing platform that adapts the open-source software
concept to scholarly academic content and combines unique
document creation and management software with an innovative
legal framework that enables anyone worldwide to freely publish
and share educational materials. Learn more about Connexions,
winner of the 2006 Tech Museum of Innovation Laureate, and
its wealth of signal processing and microcontroller content
using TI technology.
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THE DAVINCI EFFECT AT TIDC 2007
The
Video System Chain: From Analog to Digital and Back Again
Don’t miss this detailed discussion of every stage in
a typical video stream. Using a video security system application
example, instructors examine the hardware and software aspects
of the complete video chain as it moves through the capture,
process and display links. Learn more about this session by
entering S284006 as the Session ID in Content
Catalog.
TI Delivers New Processors Based on DaVinci Technology
Four new DSP-based digital media processors are optimized
for cost-sensitive applications, including automotive and
machine vision, video security, IP set-top boxes and video
telephony. Learn more on the exhibit floor at TIDC Worldwide
2007.
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UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT
The State University
of Santa Catarina in Joinville, Brazil
The Electrical Engineering Department (DEE) of the State University
of Santa Catarina (UDESC) in southern Brazil offers graduate
and undergraduate programs in electrical engineering, with
less than 100 new students admitted each year. TI’s
University Program has enabled key research in control and
automation at DEE-UDESC since the school joined the program
in 1999.
In
2000, for example, researchers designed a platform for digital
system control analysis in real-time. The system is based
on two TI DSPs connected in a master-slave configuration.
The TMS320F24x digital signal controller, optimized for motor
control, and the TMS320C6000™ platform of high-performance
DSPs, used for management and execution of computationally
intensive algorithms, are combined for an optimal digital
control system.
Other
research projects include the development of the communication
between embedded systems based in the two layers of CAN network.
To validate results, the department developed a CAN network
using F24x controllers and applied them to an automated guided
vehicle application. Some of its more elementary functions
were emulated in the DSP network by developing specific libraries.
In the power electronics arena, projects have focused on the
design and assembly of a reversible current rectifier with
high-power factor that leveraged the real-time values calculated
by an F24x controller. A second project examined a regenerative,
three-phase switching rectifier design with high-power factor
and control in “dq0” coordinates implemented on
a TMS320F28x controller.
DEE research also includes study of the control techniques
used in single-phase induction motors (i.e., direct-torque
control, field-oriented control and sliding-mode control).
Simulations were carried out to analyze the dynamic performance
of these techniques. Future projects are planned to implement
these techniques using the F28x controller to compare theoretical
and experimental data.
The partnership between DEE-UDESC and Texas Instruments allows
technical research that contributes to the development of
the Joinville area, a growing hub of technology and commerce
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