The MathWorks Announces New Third-Party Hardware Targets For Its DSP Software Tools.NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- -- Lyr and DSPecialists Boards Link to The MathWorks' DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive Software Tools To Accelerate Development Cycles -- The MathWorks, Inc. today announced the availability of new third-party real-time hardware targets for its industry-leading DSP software design tools. Lyr Signal Processing See DSP. (LSP LSP - Label Switched Path ) and DSPecialists GmbH have developed rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. hardware solutions that provide direct board-level support for code generated from The MathWorks' Simulink system-level modeling environment. Design engineers in the communications, electronics and computer industries can now accelerate their DSP development process by automatically generating real-time code from Simulink models that runs directly on LSP and DSPecialists hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . LSP and DSPecialists products, built on programmable DSPs from Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. , and Motorola, are primarily used in digital audio and telephony applications. "The availability of DSP code generation targets will enable our customers to perform efficient real-time testing of their DSP designs without low level programming or hardware configuration," said Ken Karnofsky, DSP marketing manager at The MathWorks. "These tightly integrated hardware and software tools will help them reduce design errors, cut product development time, and optimize the use of scarce DSP engineering resources." The primary benefit that DSP engineers will gain from this rapid prototyping environment is the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of their algorithms and correct performance problems before the physical hardware prototype system is produced. In addition, designers will have the added benefit of being able to move from one environment to another without rewriting code in C or DSP assembly language. Based in Germany, DSPecialists offers PHI-563, a product hardware interface for programming Motorola DSPs using MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and . PHI integrates with The MathWorks' Real-Time Workshop C code generator See application generator and macro recorder. and directly generates machine code for fixed-point DSP systems. "We specialize in providing efficient modular concepts for DSP systems," said Raymond Horn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DSPecialists. "The MathWorks' MATLAB, Simulink and Fixed Point Blockset offer the superior performance we need to supplement our tools for the rapidly changing DSP market." LSP, based in Canada, develops the SignalMaster family of rapid prototyping platforms based on Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and Motorola DSPs. Combined with Simulink and Real-Time Workshop, customers can now benefit from the algorithm design Algorithm design is a specific method to create a mathematical process in solving problems. Applied algorithm design is Algorithm engineering. Algorithm design is identified and incorporated into many solution theories of operation research, such as dynamic and simulation capabilities of The MathWorks and the rapid prototyping capabilities of SignalMaster. "The MathWorks' products complement our solutions perfectly," said Louis Belanger, general manager at LSP. "Our combined solutions simplify companies' development cycles and save precious resources." The MathWorks' DSP design tools, which integrate algorithm development, system-level simulation, and code generation, include MATLAB, Signal Processing Toolbox, Simulink, DSP Blockset, Fixed Point Blockset and Real-Time Workshop. About The MathWorks, Inc. Established in 1984, The MathWorks, Inc., based in Natick, Mass., develops, markets and supports MATLAB, Simulink and a family of data analysis toolboxes for scientists, engineers, and technical professionals. MATLAB provides the foundation and computational engine for all of The MathWorks products. Widely recognized as the industry's premier language for technical computing, MATLAB provides comprehensive math and visualization functionality, specialized application toolboxes and a powerful high-level language for users to interactively explore, analyze, design and prototype solutions to their problems. Simulink is a graphical, block-diagram environment for modeling, analyzing and simulating a broad range of dynamic nonlinear systems. The MathWorks products are used throughout the world in industries such as automotive, aerospace, environmental, telecommunications, computer peripherals, finance and medical. More than 400,000 users at the world's leading industrial, government and educational organizations rely on The MathWorks products for tremendous gains in productivity and flexibility. |
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