LabView module programs embedded DSPs
By Warren Webb -- EDN, May 27, 2005
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 (Picture). The DSP Module expands LabView’s core capabilities to directly program Texas Instruments’ (www.ti.com) TMS320C6711 and C6713 DSP starter-kit evaluation boards and National Instruments Speedy-33 boards with signal-processing functions and programming constructs, such as spectral analysis and filtering, without requiring a separate DSP compiler.
DSP engineers spend much of their time performing multiple time-consuming tasks to make small device-programming changes. With the LabView DSP Module, engineers can make changes in real time on the actual DSP 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, DSP developers have a graphical, system-level 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.
National Instruments, www.ni.com/dsp.
