Title: Digital Signal Processors and Development Tools
CEEE/CEU Course Title: Digital Signal Processors and Development Tools Speaker: Boris Gramatikov, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmic Optics and Electronics Lab Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Abstract: Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) are used in a wide range of applications. Low-priced versions have made them very attractive in many applications that were considered too costly up until recently. With the introduction of the Texas Instruments TM320C6x processor architecture, DSPs started supporting features that facilitate the development of efficient high-level language compilers. Powerful programming tools like the Code Composer Studio (CCS) have enhanced programming productivity, while the addition of new hardware modules have improved connectivity, real-time operation, and execution speed. This, along with the introduction of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), the DSP-BIOS, and combination with Field-Programmable- Gate-Array (FPGA) technology has led to unprecedented expansion of DSP-based systems. This free four-hour mini-course will examine the origins of DSPs, their stages of development, and will cover the basics of getting started as a DSP developer. We will examine details of the most basic designs, analyze applications that include basic functions such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), digital filter design and implementation, signal synthesis (wave generation), compare using C- vs. Assembly language, Floating Point (FP) vs. Fixed point applications and much more. The course will focus on the C6713 processor and two development platforms – Traquair’s c6713Compact and TI’s DSP starter kit (DSK), both using the Code Composer Studio’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The course is appropriate for EE engineers wishing to acquire new knowledge and skills in the DSP area, system designers, embedded system programmers, senior undergraduate and first year graduate students, and anybody interested in computer engineering in general.
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