Introducing the FireCracker!
Based on Analog Devices popular Blackfin embedded processor, Silica has developed the FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform for audio and video applications. FireCracker is a unique concept of a hybrid between a development board and a reference design that enables design engineers to bring embedded computing solutions from concept to production in record time.

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Brave New World' for Designers of Embedded Instrumentation
Fortunately, due to the immense popularity of the PC as a development and processing tool, the market has already responded with several small-form-factor PC standards which are well suited to creation of embedded, portable instrumentation such as COM-EXPRESS. The COM-EXPRESS format has become a de-facto standard amongst users requiring utmost reliability, scalability, portability and ...
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Pentek Applications Stories
This section contains application stories which appeared in The Pentek Pipeline, Pentek's quarterly newsletter. These application articles show how Pentek products have been used to address an applications requirement, or solve a DSP problem. Articles will be added on a regular basis, so be sure to check back.
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FPGA vs. DSP Design Reliability and Maintenance
Digital signal processing (DSP) underpins modern wireless and wireline communications, medical diagnostic equipment, military systems, audio and video equipment, and countless other products, becoming increasingly common in consumers' lives. Due to advances in semiconductor technology, ever more complex DSP algorithms, protocols, and applications are now feasible, which, in turn, increase the complexity of the systems and products....
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Multi-Core DSP Enables Advanced Target Discrimination and Tracking
Video surveillance must automatically detect targets and suspicious behaviors in order to effectively monitor large networks of cameras. Single processor designs have limited previous attempts at video content analysis and computer vision. We present a cost-effective multi-core approach that utilizes 16 DSP and 8 RISC processors on one chip, working in parallel to analyze video feeds for use in smart network cameras.
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X5-210M
The X5-210M is an XMC IO module featuring four 14-bit 250 MSPS A/Ds with a Virtex5 FPGA computing core, DRAM and SRAM memory, and eight lane PCI Express host interface. A Xilinx Virtex5 SX95T with 512MB DDR2 DRAM and 4MB QDR-II memory provide a very high performance DSP core for demanding applications such as emerging wireless standards. The close integration of the analog IO, memory and host interface with the FPGA enables real-time signal processing at extremely high rates exceeding 300 GMACs per second.
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X5-400M
PCIe XMC Module - Two 400 MSPS, 14-bit TI ADS5474 ADCs and Two 500 MSPS, 16-bit DACs, Virtex5 FPGA and 512 MB Memory. The X5-400M is an XMC IO module featuring two 14-bit, 400 MSPS A/D and two 16-bit, 500 MSPS DAC channels with a Virtex5 FPGA computing core and PCI Express host interface on a standard XMC module. A Xilinx Virtex5 SX95T FPGA with 512 MB DDR2 DRAM and 4MB QDR-II memory provide a very high performance DSP core for demanding applications such as emerging wireless standards. The close integration of the analog IO, memory and host interface with the FPGA enables real-time signal processing at extremely high rates exceeding 300 GMACs per second.
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X5-GSPS
PCI Express XMC Module with Two 8-bit National ADC08D1500 A/Ds, Virtex5 FPGA and 512 MB Memory. The X5-GSPS is an XMC I/O module featuring two 8-bit, National Semiconductor 1.5 GSPS ADC08D1500 A/Ds with a Virtex5 FPGA computing core, DRAM and SRAM memory, and eight lane PCI Express host interface. A Xilinx Virtex5 SX95T with 512 MB DDR2 DRAM and 4MB QDR-II memory provide a very high performance DSP core for demanding applications such as emerging wireless standards. The close integration of the analog IO, memory and host interface with the FPGA enables real-time signal processing at extremely high rates exceeding 300 GMACs per second.
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