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Microchip Technology Makes Adding Digital Audio to Embedded Designs Easy With New MPLAB® Starter Kit for dsPIC® DSCs
Submitted by Ionela on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:53.
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$59.98 Kit Provides Complete dsPIC Digital Signal Controller Development System With Debugger, Programmer, Integrated Development Environment and C Compiler CHANDLER, Ariz., March 17, 2008 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the MPLAB® Starter Kit for dsPIC® DSCs (part # DM330011), which comes with complete development software and hardware for only $59.98, including the USB-powered Digital Signal Controller (DSC) board with integrated debugger and programmer, the MPLAB IDE and MPLAB C30 C complier software, and sample programs and hardware for demonstrating speech and audio applications. |
National Semiconductor Introduces Breakthrough Analog Noise-Suppression Technology at One-Tenth the Power of DSP Solutions
Submitted by Ionela on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 08:19.
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New PowerWise Microphone Array Amplifier Reduces Background Noise and Delivers More Natural-Sounding Voice Quality February 28, 2008 National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today announced the first in a line of audio products incorporating far-field noise suppression technology. This unique technology delivers more natural-sounding voice quality by eliminating the output frequency distortions and other audio artifacts common with digital signal processor (DSP) or microprocessor software-based systems that use sub-band frequency processing algorithms to implement noise suppression. |
STMicroelectronics Introduces 24-bit Hi-Fi Audio-Quality DAC for Mobile Music Applications
Submitted by Ionela on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 17:19.
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New DAC offers high audio quality with on-chip power management enabling reduced footprint and direct connection to battery Click for larger image Geneva, January 17,2008 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in mobile multimedia, today announced a very high-performance 24-bit audio DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that offers 103dB dynamic range across the entire audio path. Aimed at the mobile music market, the new STw5200 is available in small TFBGA and VFQFPN packages, and soon, in a tiny 2.6 x 2.6mm WLCSP. Simplifying the system design, the DAC can also be directly connected to the battery. |
