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IBM PC boards, Texas Instruments TMS320M500 (Mwave) processor:
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Name: Mwave multimedia platform
Type: TMS320M500 (Mwave) IBM PC AT card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265
Processor: TMS320M500 33(?) MHz, 64 kbytes data SRAM, 96 kbytes prog SRAM
Analog I/O: stereo 16 bit A/D D/A, codec, telephone line interface
Features: MIDI interface, microphone input, speaker output
IBM PC boards, other processors:
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Name: PDSP16488 Imaging/Graphics board
Type: PDSP-16488 IBM PC card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Processor: PDSP-16488
Q4.1.2: Mac Nubus DSP development boards.
Mac Nubus boards, AT&T processors:
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Name: MacDSP MB/A
Type: DSP32C Apple Mac NuBus board
Company: Spectral Innovations (408) 727-1314
Price: $3495-$4995
Processor: DSP32C 60 MHz DSP with up to 1 Mbyte SRAM
Comments: Optional 12 bit A/D card at 16 bit A/D, D/A with 1,2 or 8 channels
Mac Nubus boards, Motorola DSP56000 processor:
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Name: MAC-56
Type: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
Processor: 56001 with 48-192K words RAM
Comments: Comes with DSPworks software
Name: AudioMedia II
Type: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
Processor: 56001 @ 33.87 MHz with 8/4/4 K words P/X/Y RAM
Analog I/O: stereo 16 bit 44.1/48 kHz A/D, D/A (?)
Features: SPDIF I/O. Supported by DSP Designer software from Zola
Technologies Inc.
Name: Sound Accelerator II
Type: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
Processor: 56001 @ 33.87 MHz with 8/16/16 K words P/X/Y RAM
Features: Optional digital/analogue audio I/O unit available. Supported by
DSP Designer software from Zola Technologies Inc.
Name: Pro Tools
Type: Macintosh NuBus 2 x DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
Processor: 2 x 56001 32 MHz, 8/16/16 K words P/X/Y RAM each
Features: Optional digital/analogue audio I/O unit available.
Supported by DSP Designer software from Zola Technologies Inc.
Name of Board: DSP56001 Application Development System (ADS)
Type: DSP56001 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Processor: DSP56001
Comments: This is an external board that interfaces to a variety of hosts,
including the Mac, via host-specific adaptor cards.
Mac Nubus boards, Motorola DSP96000 processor:
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Name: DSP96002 Application Development System (ADS)
Type: DSP96002 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Processor: DSP96002
Comments: This is an external board that interfaces to a variety of hosts,
including the Mac, via host-specific adaptor cards.
Mac Nubus boards, Texas Instruments processors:
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Name: NB-DSP2300, 2301, 2305
Type: TMS320C30 board for Mac NuBus
Company: National Instruments (800) 433-3488
Processor: TMS32C30 at 33 (2300), 27 (2301), or 40 (2305) MHz.,
64K or 320K of memory, TMS320C30 to IEEE 754 translator hardware.
Features: 16 bit "real time system integration" (RTSI) peripheral bus.
Q4.1.3: SBus DSP development boards.
SBus boards, AT&T processors:
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Name: S-32C
Type: SBus Accelerator Board
Company: Ariel
Price: $2,995 ($5,795 with C compiler)
Processor: AT&T DSP-32C 50MHz, 256 Kbytes to 4 Mbytes SRAM
Analog I/O: Interfaces with Ariel's ProPort & Digital Microphone
Name: MAXCOM Multimedia Processor
Type: Dual DSP3210 Sbus card
Company: KINETICSYSTEMS
Processor: Dual DSP3210
Analog I/O: multimedia audio codec and a telephone quality codec.
Comments: Complete ATT DSP board using real-time operating system (VCOS) and
ATT Multimedia Module Library to provide functions for V.29/V.32 data/fax
modems, speech recognition/synthesis, etc.
SBus boards, Motorola DSP56000 processor:
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Name: S-56X
Type: SBus Accelerator Board
Company: Ariel (designed (and also sold) by Berkeley Camera Engineering)
Price: $2,495 / $2,995
Processor: Motorola DSP56001 27 or 32 MHz, 32 Kw RAM
Analog I/O: Digital Microphone, ProPort or AES/EBU
Features: DMA controller, Xilinx 3042 gate array for special purpose I/O.
(1.2 Mby/sec transfer rate using the S-56X, w/ ~3ms latency at DMA page
boundaries).
Name: VS-30
Type: SBus Dual Channel Telephone Signal Processor
Company: Vigra (619) 483-1197
Price: $1375
Availability: In beta test Sep/Nov 1992
Processor: DSP56001 (27 MHz)
Analog I/O: 3 x 8KHz u-Law CODECs. (Line 1, Line 2, handset)
Features: Two RJ-11 telephone jacks, and local handset jack, DTMF transmit
& detect, hook switch control, ring detect, Call progress monitoring
SunOS drivers, programming library, demos. All source code included.
SBus boards, Texas Instruments TMS320 processors:
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Name: SPIRIT-30 SBus
Type: 33 MFLOP Application Accelerator -- SBus
Company: Sonitech International Inc. (617) 235-6824
Price: $8,995 ($9,795 for the 40 MFLOP board)
Processor: TMS320C30
Analog I/O: Optional serial port box (extra $1795), IC-100-1 16 bit single
channel @ 100kHz or, DSP/AIB-1: A/D 2 ch., D/A 1 ch., sampling
rate up to 20 kHz,anti-aliasing filters, telephone handset interface
($480). Stereo audio and telephone interface card (1-22) for $695
comes with SW library and demo programs.
Features: Other options for the A/D/A system are available. Filter modules
are extra. Board runs the SPOX operating system. All of their boards are
code compatible with each other (PC and SUNs and VME). Up to six SPIRIT-30
cards can be configured for a 240 MFlop parallel processing system.
Name: SDSP/C30D
Type: TMS320C30 SBus Processor Card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz 128Kwords RAM
Comments: also available as SDSP/C30S with SCSI interface
Name: TDMB420
Type: TMS320C40 Sun Sbus Board
Company: Transtech Parallel Systems Corporation
Processor: Sun Sbus to TMS320C40 interface board
Name: HESB40
Type: SBus interface for TMS320C40 TIM-40
Company: Traquair Data Systems, Inc.
Processor: supports one TIM-40 TMS320C40 processors and other external dsps.
Features: Compatible with and capable of controlling HEPC2 PC/AT
board and HEV40 VME board and generic building block.
SBus boards, other processors:
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Name: ADDA1418-166
Type: S-Bus A/D and D/A (A/D and D/A are also available separately)
Company: Analyx Systems Inc. (510) 656-8017
Price: $2,495.00 (4-92) (A/D only $1,995, D/A only $1,895)
Processor: None
Analog I/O: 166 kHz 16 channel, 14 bit isolated A/D, 4 Channel 18 bit D/A
Features: 32K Dual-Ported on-board RAM. Single S-Bus slot. All software
included.
Q4.1.4: VMEbus DSP boards.
VMEbus boards, Analog Devices processors:
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Name: ADSP-21020 IXD7232
Type: Dual ADSP-21020 VME bus board
Company: Ixthos, Inc.
Processor: 2x ADSP-21020 512 Kbytes data/proc, 196 Kbytes prog/prc
Analog I/O: available via daughter card
Features: I/O mezzanine, RS-232 port, digital I/O option
VMEbus boards, AT&T processors:
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Name: SURFboard
Type: VMEbus DSP board
Company: AT&T (Louis Rosa 908-582-5667 or Jim Snyder surf@research.att.com)
Price: $10K
Processor: 6 DSP-32C's organized as 2 sets of 3 processors
(input, output, central -- can be configured)
Analog I/O: None, but can use Ariel ProPort VME board.
Comments: Multiple boards can be chained together. Central DSP's both have
access to a 1Mbyte DRAM which is also the interface to the VMEbus. Input
and output DSP's only have 2Kx32 memory. Central DSP's also have 256Kbytes
of local SRAM.
Name: VME6U6
Type: VMEbus 6U DSP32C board
Company: Communication Automation and Control, Inc. (CACI) (800) 367-6735
Processor: 6 DSP-32C 50 MHz, 512 Kbytes SRAM each
Analog I/O: available via mezzanine bus
Features: TDM expansion port to other boards, mezzanine bus
Price: $10,900
Name: VME9U12
Type: VMEbus 9U DSP32C board
Company: Communication Automation and Control, Inc. (CACI) (800) 367-6735
Processor: 12 DSP-32C 50 MHz, 128 Kbytes SRAM each (exp. to 512 Kby each)
Analog I/O: available via local mezzanine bus
Features: TDM expansion port to other boards, mezzanine bus
Price: $18,800
Name: VE-32C
Type: VMEbus 6U DSP32C four processor board
Company: Valley Technologies
Processor: 4x DSP-32C 50 MHz, 8 Kw SRAM each (exp to 128 Kw each)
Features: 16 bit digital matrix switch for IPC
Name: UltraFFT
Type: VME board (6U form factor)
Company: Valley Technologies
Processor: 2x DSP32C; 2x Plessey PDSP16510 FFT processors
Name: UltraDSP
Type: VME board (6U form factor)
Company: Valley Technologies
Processor: DSP32C 40 MHz; Sharp LH9124 DSP
VMEbus boards, Motorola processors:
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Name: V-56 DSP56001 VME board
Type: DSP56001 VME bus card
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
Processor: 27 MHz Motorola DSP56001, 32Kw P RAM, 64Kw data RAM
Features: EPROM boot, 24 bit parallel I/O, serial drivers, 24 bit ADBus
peripheral expansion port.
Analog I/O: None.
Name: DSP56001 VME board
Type: DSP56001 VME bus card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Processor: 2x Motorola DSP56200 10MHz 24K words RAM
Analog I/O: dual channel 16 bit 153 kHz A/D, D/A
Name: Versatile Array Signal Processor
Type: VME-based three board (or more) set
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Processor: 5x DSP96002
Comments: contains (1) general signal processing board (four processor
DSP96002 VME board), (2) I/O processor board (DSP96002 VME board),
(3) two-port memory board (4Mx64 bit dual port memory).
Name: MMI-105 Single Channel Audio/Signal Processor
Type: VME board
Company: Vigra
Processor: 20 MHz 56001 DSP (27 Mhz optional) 8K SRAM and 1 Meg ($1895)
or 8 Meg ($2995) DRAM
Analog I/O: 14 bit A/D and D/A; 8, 13.6, and 19 KHz sampling rates.
Features: Mic & line inputs, power amp & line outputs.
Name: MMI-210 Signal/Audio Processor
Type: VME board
Company: Vigra
Processor: 2x 27 MHz 56001 DSPs 8K SRAM (32K optional) and 1 Meg ($2995)
or 4 Meg ($3650) DRAM
Analog I/O: 16 bit A/D and D/A; 8, 16, 32, 44.1, 48, 96 Ksamples/sec
Features: Line and mic inputs, line and power amp outputs.
Name: MMI-420 Four Channel Signal Processor
Type: VME board
Company: Vigra
Price: $3225
Processor: 4 56001's 27 MHz - 96K SRAM and 16K EPROM per DSP
Features: 4 Megs multi-ported DRAM
Name: MMI-4210 Four Channel Signal/Audio Processor
Type: VME board
Company: Vigra
Price: $5950
Processor: 4x 56001's 27 MHz, 96K SRAM and 16K EPROM per DSP
Analog I/O: 4 16-bit A/D and 4 18-bit D/A converters, 1-50 kHz sample rate.
Features: Transformer or direct-coupled analog I/O. Programmable output mixing,
input and output gain levels. Digital mixing, speech energy detection, and
ADPCM on firmware.
VMEbus boards, Texas Instruments processors:
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Name: Blazer
Type: TIM40 modules on VME
Company: Image and Signal Processing
Processor: three TMS320C40 on base board, up to three more on TIM40 modules
Analog I/O: via TIM40 interface
Name: HEXC31
Type: 6U VMEbus 6 processor DSP card
Company: Analogic
Processor: 6x TMS320C31 40 MHz, 512 kw SRAM/proc, 16 MB DRAM,
Name: Banshee/VME
Type: VMEbus DSP accelerator card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc.
Price: starts at $4,995
Processor: TMS320C30
Analog I/O: available as a separate daughter board.
Features: Programming tools can be used through any PC-compatible computer
(separate debugging port).
Name: Ranger
Type: VME board
Company: Image and Signal Processing
Processor: up to 4 TMS320C30
Comments: Some libraries included.
Name: Clipper
Type: VME board
Company: Image and Signal Processing
Processor: up to 6 TMS320C40
Name: MZ 7770 Quad C40 DSP engine
Type: VMEbus 6U DSP board
Company: Mizar
Processor: 4x TMS320C40 50 MHz, 1 Mbyte SRAM per proc, 1 Mbyte global SRAM
Features: 512 Kbyte flash EEPROM
Name: HyperFlo DSP-3
Type: 6U VMEbus 3 processor DSP card (plus 68030 GP CPU)
Company: Pacific Cyber/Metrix, Inc.
Processor: 3x TMS320C30 40 MHz, 512 Kbytes SRAM/proc; 68030 general purpose CPU
Features: 3x 36 bit parallel I/O ports, fifos between processors
Name: HyperFlo DSP-4
Type: 6U (?) VMEbus 3 or 6 processor DSP card (plus 68040 GP CPU)
Company: Pacific Cyber/Metrix, Inc.
Processor: 3x or 6x TMS320C40 40 MHz; 68040 general purpose CPU
Name: HyperFlo DSP-38
Type: 6U VMEbus 3 processor DSP card (plus 68030 GP CPU)
Company: Pacific Cyber/Metrix, Inc.
Processor: 3x TMS320C30 40 MHz, 512 Kbytes SRAM/proc; 68030 general purpose CPU
Features: like DSP-3, but with MAXbus video interface
Name: Triple TMS320C25 Processor Baseboard (4282)
Type: VMEbus DSP board
Company: Pentek, (201) 767-7100
Processor: 1x 20 MHz TMS320C25 master processor with 32Kx16 SRAM,
32Kx16 EPROM; 2x 40 MHz TMS320C25 slave processors with 8Kx16 SRAM
(accessible by master).
Features: 1Kx16 dual-port RAM between VMEbus and master processor.
Name: TMS320C30 Processor MIX Baseboard (4283)
Type: VMEbus DSP board
Company: Pentek, (201) 767-7100
Processor: TMS320C30, 32 MHz, 256 KB SRAM, 128 KB EPROM, 1, 4, or 8 MB
dual-port RAM.
Analog I/O: available as separate daughter board.
Features: MIX expansion bus, 17 pin I/O timer connector
Comments: the MIX expansion bus allows up to three additional MIX DSP boards
to be attached to the 320C30 baseboard. MIX boards available from Pentek
include: 1 processor TMS320C30; 2 processor TMS320C30; 3 processor AT&T DSP32C;
1 processor TMS320C40; 2 processor TMS320C40; and a variety of analog and
digital I/O interface boards.
Name: TDMB421
Type: TMS320C40 6U VME TIM Motherboard
Company: Transtech Parallel Systems Corporation
Processor: 6U VME bus interface with 3 x TIM-40 module sites
Name: TDMB422
Type: TMS320C40 6U TIM Motherboard
Company: Transtech Parallel Systems Corporation
Processor: As TDMB421 buth with no VME interface
Name: HEV40
Type: 6U VME Slave Motherboard
Company: Traquair Data Systems, Inc.
Processor: up to three TMS320C40 processors.
Features: Multiple board configurations supported, Option available without
VME interface for use as low cost building block for large TMS320C40 systems.
Name: SKY Challenger
Type: VMEbus DSP board
Company: SKY Computers
Processor: 2x TMS320C30
Name: SPIRIT-30 VME
Type: VME board
Company: Sonitech International
Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz, 256 Kbytes SRAM (expandable)
Analog I/O: available via serial port
Features: serial, parallel port; mezzanine bus
Name: Dual TMS320C30 VME board
Type: Dual processor TMS320C30 VME board
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Processor: 2x TMS320C30 33 MHz, 64K words RAM per processor
Analog I/O: optional dual 18 bit 200 kHz A/D, D/A
Comments: 6U Eurocard format
VME bus: Texas Instrument processors
Name: AP65
Type: 6U VMEbus 5 Processor DSP card
Company: Analogic
Processor: 5x TMS320C31s, 40MHz, 512kb SRAM/proc, 4-64Mb DRAM
Features: 80 Mbyte/sec I/O FIFO, 5 Aux Ports (40 Mbyte/sec each),
SCSI-2 port
VMEbus boards, other processors:
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Name: CRV1M40
Type: VME board (6U form factor)
Company: Catalina Research Inc., (719) 531-5767
Processor: Sharp LH9124/9320 40 MHz
Analog I/O: None (?)
Features: 8K of VME address space, 16 pages of 32kx16 program space, mezzanine.
(See also: Valley UltraFFT and UltraDSP, under the VMEbus AT&T processor
section, above).
Q4.1.5: DSP development boards for the NeXT bus.
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Name: QP-56
Type: Five processor DSP56001 card for NeXT NextBus
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
Processor: 5x DSP56001 26 MHz 8K/16K words RAM per processor
Features: Five NeXT compatible DB-15 ports.
Q4.1.6: DSP development boards for the Amiga bus.
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Name: TMS320C25 DSP board for Amiga
Company: ???
Price: $299 (basic system), $399 (professional package)
Processor: TI TMS320C25 ?? MHz, 16K bytes RAM
Comments: for more information, fax +39 41 957 192 or email to
"aire@sabrina.dei.unipd.it".
Q4.1.7: DSP development boards for the SCSI bus.
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Name: DSP-32C
Type: SCSI Interface DSP Board (actually a PC board which can be
accessed through an on board SCSI port).
Company: Ariel
Price: $3,495
Processor: AT&T DSP-32C
Analog I/O: 16 bit analog I/O
Comments: Includes the PDS-32C Program Development Software.
Name: DeskLab
Type: SCSI data collection/analysis box
Company: Gradient (609) 387-8688
Price: $5,500
Analog I/O: 14 bit A/D D/A, Telephone interface is available.
Comments: Complete package of data collection and analysis tools under UNIX.
It is not possible (supported) to directly access the DSP that is in the box
nor can user specified functions be run using their analysis package.
Name: SKYstation
Type: DSP vectorizing accelerator for sparc workstations
Company: SKY Computers (508) 256-1626
Price: $10K and up (depends on amount of memory required)
Processor: Intel I860/960
Analog I/O: None.
Comments: Vectorizing C and FORTRAN compilers available. Math library(hand
coded) also available. Company also makes VME cards with similar features.
Name: DAT-Link and DAT-Link+
Type: Standalone SCSI unit
Company: Townshend Computer Tools (514) 289-9123
Price: US: $4,000-$4,500
Processor: DSP-32C with 64k RAM, expandable to 2Mbytes.
Features: AES/EBU interface.
Comments: Full networked software with server, applications and libraries
including source. Real time playback/recording of stereo audio files.
Trainable IR transceiver - control any device with IR remote control.
Works with any UNIX work-station that has SCSI.
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