Danville Introduces the New Snowbird™ Audio Processing Module

Danville Signal Processing are taking part in the 2016 NAMM event in Anaheim, California from 21st to 24th January. You can meet Dennis and the team on Booth 154, located in the lobby area.

If you do stop by the stand you will be among the first to see a demonstration of the brand new Snowbird™ Audio Module, a High-Performance Programmable DSP Hardware and Software Platform, designed to let you easily incorporate sophisticated audio DSP features into any product.

If you are interested in setting up a private meeting at NAMM please email Denis Labrecque at dlabrecque@danvillesignal.com

The Snowbird™ Digital Audio Processing Board is a stand-alone, high performance audio platform
designed to let you quickly and easily integrate sophisticated Audio DSP into a product. Featuring a powerful Analog Devices’ SHARC DSP, high quality I/O with an AKM stereo codec, and a custom software interface, the Snowbird™ Audio Module is the ideal platform for a variety of audio applications, including Guitar effects/Stomp Boxes, Amplifiers, Keyboards, Mixers, Eurotrack designs & more.

The Snowbird™  is for everyone - from experienced digital designers who want a flexible processing solution to analog experts that are considering a digital alternative.

You can use any of the pre- built audio functions - EQs, crossovers, mixers etc - or combine them with your own custom processing to create exactly what you need. The Snowbird Audio Module is also supported by a custom version of DSP Concepts’ Audio Weaver™ programming software. Audio Weaver is a powerful graphical design package that lets you create your signal processing chain by simply dragging and dropping highly optimised audio processing modules. Once the design is complete, the file can be saved and run stand-alone on the Snowbird Audio Module.

 

Danville Signal is targeting Spring 2016 for release. Please contact Sarsen Technology for more information.

Danville Signal Processing Announces dspSoM 589 based on Analog Devices SHARC® ADSP-SC589

Never ones to rest on their laurels, the team at Danville Signal Processing are about to release their most powerful DSP module to date.

The dspSoM™ 589 is designed around the latest SHARC Processor from Analog Devices, the ADSP-SC589.
The new board is a highly integrated, small form factor "System on Module" that combines the ADSP-SC589 SHARC processor with external memory and connectivity. It also provides you with a comprehensive platform for efficient development and production, and is ideal for fast time to market of high performance audio and industrial products. 

As with all the products from Danville, the connectivity and peripheral set has been selected to best compliment the Analog Devices processors' feature set, and deliver an optimised development platform for your designs as well as a production ready target for manufacturing. 
 
The ADSP-SC58x products complement the SHARC+ cores and DSP accelerators with the addition of an ARM® Cortex-A5 processor, with FPU and Neon® DSP extensions to handle additional real-time processing tasks and manage peripherals used to interface to time-critical data in audio, industrial closed-loop control, and industrial sensing applications.

For more information please contact the Sarsen Technology engineering team on +44 1672 511166 or email us - info@sarsen.net

 

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS PRE-RELEASE INFORMATION - ALL SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Blackfin and SHARC DSP Programming Made Easy!

Blackfin and SHARC DSPs generally use external flash memory for bootloading and other data storage. This flash can be preprogrammed before soldering onto the board, programmed with a bed of nails tester, or programmed via JTAG using an ADI ICE and Visual DSP++. None of these methods are ideal for production targets.

The dspFlash™ SHARC & Blackfin Programmer is a production programmer from Danville Signal Processing that
supports Blackfins and third generation SHARC DSPs. Thousands of DSP - flash memory configurations are supported, all you need is a standard ADI JTAG connection on your target.

How it works .......

The dspFlash programmer is connected via USB to a PC running Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7. Your target is connected via an inexpensive removable ribbon cable to a standard ADI JTAG connector.

The dspFlash programmer works in concert with the dspFlash Windows software program. You specify the target DSP, flash device, chip select, file format and data files.

Files are uploaded to each dspFlash programmer's internal SDRAM. Since the data now resides in the dspFlash programmer, it doesn't need to be downloaded each time when programming multiple devices. You are now ready to start programming.

You connect the programming cable to a powered target. The programmer automatically configures its I/O to the correct voltage of the target. Press "Write File" and the DSP writes its own flash. It doesn't rely on bit-banging via boundary scan. This would be possible but very slow. The programmer is fast, much faster than even an ADI HP-USB ICE and the VisualDSP++ flash programming utility. You can also write supplemental information. For example, you might want to add a serial number or calibration values.

The dspFlash Deluxe can also load and execute DSP programs independently of flash programming.

Take a Test Drive in Demo Mode:
You can download the dspFlash Windows Application zip file and take it for a test drive in demo mode.

We currently have two of these in UK stock, ready to ship in 1-2 days. Please contact Sarsen Technology for more information.

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Putting the spotlight on Danville Signal Processing

Danville Signal Processing, Inc. was founded in 1998 to manufacture products for the communication, audio, military and instrumentation markets using digital signal processing (DSP) technology as their core technology base. Sarsen Technology has represented Danville in the UK for over 10 years.

Solutions include:

• COTS DSP Boards and I/O Modules
• Embedded PCB assemblies
• DSP and FPGA combination solutions
• Standalone products
• Rack mount systems
• Custom board solutions

The dspblok family of products combine an Analog Devices SHARC DSP with the supporting circuits necessary to implement a powerful DSP Function Module.

Danville Signal's dspstak™ Engines are available for the latest Analog Devices SHARC® family processors. These modules generally consist of a DSP Processor, memory, power supplies and standard digital I/O such as RS-232 and USB.

The dsprak™ high performance audio platform is a semi-custom solution for OEMs. The basic 1U system supports 2 to 8 analog and digital inputs and 8 analog and digital outputs. Additional motherboards can be stacked to create larger systems with up to 32 channels.

Danville have also have gathered a number of DSP resources, ADI data sheets and application notes, DSP-related web sites and online tutorials to assist you in your DSP applications. They will continue to add information and resources to their website, to assist developers in gaining the DSP knowledge necessary to make their designs better, faster and more reliable.

Their goal is to become a repository of SHARC Related Resources and Reference Material for the DSP Developer. If you have a DSP trick, SHARC-related Article or Web Site that you'd like to add to Danville's reference library, please contact us and we will be happy to add it to the collection.

If you have any questions about Danville, or any of our other product lines, please give us a call on +44 1672 511166, or drop us an email.