LabVIEW module programs embedded DSPs

The new DSP Module extends National Instruments’ popular LabVIEW graphical development environment to embedded - signal - processing applications, such as communications, custom-control algorithms, digital and least-mean-square filtering, and audio processing and analysis. The DSP Module expands LabVIEW’s core capabilities to directly program Texas Instruments’ (www.ti.com) TMS320C6711 and C6713 DSP starterkit evaluation boards and National Instruments’ Speedy-33 boardswith signal-processing functions and programming constructs, such asspectral analysis and filtering, without requiring a separate DSP compiler. DSP engineers spend much of their time performing multiple time timeconsuming tasks to make small deviceprogramming changes. With the LabVIEW DSP Module, engineers can make changes in real time on the actualDSP hardware to instantly display results and reduce overall development time. Gene Frantz, senior fellow at Texas Instruments, says, “With the release of the new LabVIEW DSP Module, DSPdevelopers have a graphical, systemlevel alternative for programming their DSP devices.” The module includes tools for designing, implementing, and analyzing DSP-based algorithms and systems, and prices start at $1995. —by Warren Webb

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