DADiSP
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DADiSP is short for data analysis and digital signal processing. This software package by DSP Development Corp and is a cross between a spreadsheet and a digital signal-processing package. It runs on any IBM PC or compatible, has 640Kbytes of memory, and requires a graphics card. A hard disk and a math coprocessor are recommended. This $795 program allows the user to perform regular signal analysis with the look and 'what if' scenarios of a spreadsheet. The user can use this tool for rapid analysis and development of DSP algorithms with easy signal manipulation and waveform plotting. The package includes 150 functions for signal generation, Fourier analysis, statistical and peak analysis, data manipulation, and I-O. It is easy to install and has a very useful tutorial. Drawbacks include: a cluttered screen if more than 16 of the 64 possible signal windows are used at a time, a memory problem with operations using many windows, and a requirement that all windows be on-screen simultaneously. An overall good engineering aid.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1988
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Embedding DSP
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Development tools for digital signal processors (DSP) can accelerate the design and development of systems with embedded DSPs and can cut development costs by letting the engineer focus on a specific application. Higher-level DSP tools such as debuggers and simulators offer insights into the program's execution and flaws while a developmental program is running. Other DSP tools can be useful for designing, implementing, simulating and testing systems with embedded DSPs. Support for these DSP chips include code generators that produce ASCII DSP assembly language files and accelerator boards with specific DSP chips. Many DSP packages are featuring improved user interfaces. For example, Signal Technology Inc's N!Power module now has a block diagram user interface, runtime mode under X-Windows, code generator and advanced DSP algorithm libraries. DSP packages are also being designed with block-diagram algorithms.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1991
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Digital Filter Design Package (DFDP2), version 2.12
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Atlanta Signal Processors Inc's $1195 Digital Filter Design Package (DFDP2) version 2.12 contains three IEEE-based basic filter-design modules, an optional fourth filter-design module, and a $249 assembly language code generator for Texas Instruments Inc's TMS320XX DSP chips. DFDP2 runs on IBM PCs or compatibles and requires 512Kbytes of RAM and a hard disk. Only four printer devices are supported, none of them laser printers. The DFDP2 has a poor user-interface. The DFDP2 is appropriate when there are fixed filter specifications.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1988
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