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Nanjing Nari-Relays Electric Co., Ltd. Keeps the Lights On with SHARC and Blackfin
Nanjing Nari-Relays Electric Co., Ltd. (NR) is regarded as a world leader in the areas of research and manufacturing of numerical protection, automation and control systems for both HVAC and HVDC power systems.
NR found that the performance of SHARC® and Blackfin® processors was superior to microprocessor and microcontroller-based designs in the critical applications of sensing and reacting to
faults and transient events in the power grid. These functions are critical to the reliability of the nationwide power grid, from the large generation stations to the residential transformer, and at every point in between.
Read more about NR's use of SHARC and Blackfin processors.
Read more about processors in industrial applications.
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Interactive 4D Movie-Theatre with Blackfin-based Controller Introduced
Promwad, a Belarus-based provider of electronics development services and member of The Collaborative™, Analog Devices DSP Third Party Developers Program, recently announced a new interactive 4D movie-theatre that uses the ADSP-BF532 Blackfin processor.
The mini movie-theatre, developed for the amusement industry, features seats mounted on a movable platform capable of motion into six coordinate planes. The Blackfin processor is used to calculate space coordinates and control actions on the platform motor. To control the motion, it was necessary to re-calculate space coordinates of the platform's position into motor rotation angles that required many resource-intensive trigonometric calculations. The Blackfin provided price and performance advantages and easy connection to
analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters making it the ideal choice for this application.
Read more about this Blackfin application.
See the Interactive movie-theatre in action in our Featured Video.
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Register to Win a Blackfin EZ-KIT Lite From Arrow Electronics
Today's electronic devices require more feature integration than ever before, and connectivity is often at the top of the list. The Blackfin
ADSP-BF52x and BF54x series of processors provide connectivity via integrated USB 2.0 HS OTG MAC and PHY, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, serial interfaces
such as I2C/TWI, UARTs, SPI, CAN, Serial ports, which provide easy interfaces to companion ICs such as 802.11Wi-Fi transceivers, Bluetooth
transceivers, and Zigbee low-power wireless networking transceivers.
In addition to these interfaces and easy connection to companion ICs, the Blackfin processors have the ability to run the required software
stacks to support these interfaces, including USB stacks ported to Blackfin, Bluetooth stack, and TCP/IP stacks to support network interfaces.
To get you started with these processors, Arrow Electronics is offering North American customers the chance to win a free ADSP-BF527 EZ-KIT Lite®
or ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite.
Read more about the Blackfin EZ-KIT Lite offer.
Learn more about the ADSP-BF527 EZ-KIT Lite and ADSP-BF548 EZ-KIT Lite.
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Special Offer on NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for Blackfin
The LabVIEW™ Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors integrates National Instruments' LabVIEW with ADI's VisualDSP++®
development environment. LabVIEW, combined with VisualDSP++, provides a seamless debugging environment by allowing you to step through
graphical code and C code simultaneously and visualize the embedded code in the VisualDSP++ IDE. With VisualDSP++ you have access to over
140 hand tuned algorithms, specifically designed for Blackfin processors, that can be embedded directly into your code.
Analog Devices is pleased to offer the NI LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors evaluation kit for $199.00 (US) and the NI
LabVIEW Embedded Module for ADI Blackfin Processors for $4995.00 (US). This limited time offer is valid until July 31, 2008.
Learn more about this special offer.
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New Blackfin Development Kits
Digital Video Starter Kit with Ethernet and Streaming Video
The Digital Video Starter Kit, by Avnet Electronics Marketing, provides a simplified prototype development platform for networked video applications,
combining the unique video handling capabilities of the Blackfin processor and state-of-the-art CMOS image sensors. The kit is provided complete with
either a Wide-VGA or 2 Megapixel image sensor headboard, a 500 MHz dual core Blackfin processor board with both USB and Ethernet interfaces, and sensor
development tools, including utilities for video capture and analysis.
FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform
The FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform for audio/video and communications applications enables design engineers to bring embedded
computing solutions from concept to production in record time. The platform, designed by Silica, is based on the powerful Blackfin processor and designed
with industry standard interfaces and peripherals.
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Training
Online Training
Blackfin Online Video Tutorials
Blackfin Online Learning and Development (BOLD) modules are a series of video tutorials
providing you with knowledge and tips on how you can shorten your development cycle without ever leaving your desk.
View the Blackfin Video Tutorials Listing.
One Day Workshops
Cut your time-to-market by getting up to speed fast with a one day hands-on Blackfin workshop.
Embedded Processing SpeedWay Design Workshop™ by Silica
Locations throughout Europe
This full day workshop provides an overview of Analog Devices' Blackfin family
of embedded processors including product road map information and the inner workings
of the processor (core, memory, power management, and peripherals).
Attendees will participate in three hand's-on hardware labs with an emphasis on digital
video imaging featuring Avnet's Digital Video Surveillance Kit. The workshop offers practical
lessons that designers can immediately apply to their current projects.
Learn more and view locations.
Multi-Day Processor Workshops
These 3.5 day workshops teach you how to efficiently design with the latest ADI processors. Hands-on training is provided, using VisualDSP++ development tools (with both assembly and 'C' programming languages).
Presented by Kaztek Engineering's ADI-trained instructors. Workshop participants receive a discount on their choice of hardware or software development tools.
Blackfin Processor System Development & Programming
(ADSP-BF533 & ADSP-BF537)
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New Application Notes
EE-326: Blackfin Processor and SDRAM Technology (Rev 1, 05/2008) (pdf, 911,255 bytes)
EE-326: Code example (Rev 1, 05/2008) (zip, 778,667 bytes)
EE-334: Using Blackfin Processor Hibernate State for Low Standby Power (Rev 1, 05/05/2008)
(pdf, 925,993 bytes)
EE-334: Associated ZIP File (Rev 1, 05/05/2008) (zip, 1,310,808 bytes)
EE-339: Using External Switching Regulators with Blackfin Processors (Rev 1, 05/2008) (pdf, 167,769 bytes)
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