Leading DSP Industry Figures Headline TI Developers Conference

A ‘must see’ interactive workshop on how to deploy powerful DSP and FPGA system solutions using C-based and model-based design will take place at the Texas Instruments Developers Conference. Presented by Flemming Christensen, managing director of Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, and Dr Steve Chappell, director of applications engineering at Celoxica, the workshop is sure to interest researchers, scientists, DSP project managers, engineers and developers, system designers and integrators and developers of high performance embedded systems.

The TI event hits Birmingham on March 30 and the European series also rolls into Paris, Munich and Tel Aviv. The UK event takes place at the National Motorcycle Museum and gives attendees a rare opportunity to see two experienced and talented individuals with such different perspectives combining their expertise to aid developers in solving very complex design problems.

The presentation by Flemming and Steve will show how traditional work-flow barriers have been removed so designers no longer need to choose between either DSP or FPGAs to implement complex algorithms and signal processing systems. “Our technical workshop will present real-time DSP-FPGA design examples from image and video processing to software defined radio (SDR). These will target TI DSPs and Xilinx FPGAs,” explained Flemming.

“Our real-time example will show the development flow from algorithm to implementation using C-based hardware design, integrated with model based design using Simulink. It will guide developers through the complete design flow process highlighting complementary use of DSP and FPGAs,” added Steve.

The TI Developers Conference covers six DSP/FPGA application themes in parallel: video, audio, industrial control, analogue hardware, digital hardware and systems, software and tools. Beginners through to experts can spend a day gaining the latest insights and knowledge from the industry’s leading players such as Sundance and Celoxica. To register for the conference or find out more visit www.ti.com/europe/devcon.

More information:
Justin Wheatley, Systems Manager, Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd
Chiltern House, Waterside, CHESHAM, Bucks HP5 1PS
Tel. +44 (0)1494 792421 Fax. +44 (0)1494 793168
E-mail: CIPR0242@sundance.com Web: www.sundance.com

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Editor Notes
Flemming Christensen founded Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd in 1989 and is the creator of the 'Lego™-style’ modular concept that is behind the success of Sundance's COTS products. Hardly surprising when you consider Flemming was born and educated in Denmark from where Lego™ originates.

Steve Chappell is experienced in the application of electronic system level design techniques for FPGA, SoC and DSP systems. He is responsible for consulting and also manages projects in both embedded and high performance reconfigurable computing. His expertise is in the design of signal and image processing systems using FPGAs with both hands-on design and management experience. Before joining Celoxica, Steve was a Research Fellow in Physics at the Universities of Oxford and York, where he developed data acquisition, associated control and analysis systems. He holds a Doctorate in Physics.

Acronyms
DSP – digital signal processing
FPGA – field programmable gate Array
SDR – software defined radio
COTS – commercial off the shelf
SoC – system on a chip
TI – Texas Instruments