Overview | Thrust
Areas | Development Environment | Case
Studies
A brief overview of some of the processor and tool expertise
of Aricent Signal Processing Group are as mentioned below:
DSP
Aricent has vast experience on developing and optimising algorithms/control
code on a number of Digital Signal Processors Some of these
include:
| Company |
Processor |
| Texas Instruments |
TMS320c54x (541, 542, 549, 5410, 5420), TMS320c55x (5509,
5510) |
| OMAP (ARM + c55x) |
| TMS320c62x (6201), TMS320c64x (6201, 6415, 6416, DM642) |
| TMS320c3x (30, 31, 32) |
| TMS320c67x (6701) |
| Agere (previously Lucent) |
1610, 1620, 16410 |
| LSI Logic |
CW1650, CW1660 (uses OAK DSP core) |
| Motorola |
Starcore |
Processor Expertise
FPGA
Some of the tools Aricent has been using in FPGA development
are as below
| Type |
Tools |
| Front End Tools |
Design Manager - Renoir |
| |
Model Tech's ModelSim PE 5.4d |
| |
Exemplar's Leonardo Spectrum |
| FPGA Prototyping Tools |
Mentor Graphics' FPGA Advantage Ver. 4.0 |
| |
Xilinx' ISE 5.2i Tools (Chip Viewer, Constraint Editor,
Floor Planner, iMPACT, State CAD, Timing Analyzer, Xpower) |
FPGA Tools Expertise
Hardware and Software testing tools
Some of the hardware and software tools used by Signal
Processing Group in day-to-day development and debugging process
are showcased below
| Item |
Description |
| Oscilloscope |
General debugging equipment |
| Logic Analyser |
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| Spectrum Analyser |
|
| Fading Simulator |
For simulating the various channel conditions specified
in GSM/GPRS/EDGE |
| Radio Communication Tester (R&S) |
Both for Testing User Terminal and BTS |
| 2.5G Wireless Test Equipment (proprietary) |
Includes debugging the signalling and traffic information
at User Terminal, debugging the messages sent over Abis |
| Signal Generator for GSM/EGPRS |
SG with GMSK and 8-PSK modulation capability |
| HP Vector Signal Analyzer w/RF section |
For RF testing |
| DSP Tester |
For Debugging DSP messages to its interfaces (like CP,
RF etc) |
| DSP Development environment (Code Composer Studio, LuxWorks
etc) |
Simulator and compilation tools (c5000, c6000, 1620/16410
etc) |
| Matlab / MSVC |
For general simulation |
Hardware and Software Tools
Last updated :
March 10, 2006
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