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Digital Signal Processing

Nuvation is recognized as a premier DSP design center. Our DSP teams include specialists for TI, ADI, Freescale DSPs. Increasingly our FPGA design capabilities are also utilized for co-processing highly parallel DSP operations. Nuvation also has algorithm development capabilities anchored by mathematicians and senior digital signal processing engineers.

  • Areas of Expertise:
    • TI MSP430, TMS470, C28x, C33x, C54x, C55x, C62x, C64x, C67x, DM64x, DaVinci, OMAP 3
    • ADI Blackfin, SHARC and TigerSHARC
    • Freescale i.MX and 56xxx DSPs
    • Audio, Video and image processing
    • Video Surveillance IP Cameras and DVRs
    • Electro-Optical subsystems
    • Precision motor control
    • Telematics
    • Defense and Homeland Security applications

Project Examples

PIP Reference Design



· Video co-processing reference design with Virtex-II Pro and TI DM642
· Picture-in-Picture (PIP) FPGA and DSP code
· Software MJPEG Viewer by Nuvation
· Utilizes Spectrum Digital EVM642 with Xilinx XiTI daughtercard
· Available for download
Telematics / Automotive







· DSP algorithm for precision braking system
· Implemented in TI F2812 DSP
· Utilizing feeback from GPS and speed sensors
· Analog interface circuit design
· Signal conditioning circuit

Medical Imaging



· Real-time video imaging (DAQ) system, 14 bits at 500 MSPS
· DMA Engine for image acquisition
· High-precision PLL management and ADC
· Co-processing with Stratix 1S80 FPGA DSP blocks and TI 6713 floating point processor
· Integration of a PCI interface with RTOS
LIDAR







· DSP algorithm development for precision ranging in defense application
· Highly optimized digital signal processing architecture
· Nuvation architecture ncreased efficiency by 28x!
· Implemented in Stratix FPGA
 

How To Engage

Customer Remarks

Nuvation has been an excellent extension of our engineering team at SpeedInfo. Nuvation helped develop our wireless products quickly and efficiently, allowing SpeedInfo to focus our core team on other mission-critical priorities. They have a great work ethic, great breadth and depth of talent, and they're fun to work with!
-- SpeedInfo

DSP Design Tools

  • MATLAB/Simulink
  • TI Code Composer Studio
  • ADI Visual DSP++
  • Freescale CodeWarrior
  • Quartus II & DSP Builder
  • Xilinx ISE and System Generator

Partners Altera Altium Analog Devices Arrow Cypress Epic Freescale Lattice
Partners Macadamian Microchip NXP Pixim Renesas Synplicity Texas Instruments Xilinx