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4. Hardware.

This section deals with DSP hardware, including boards, peripherals, and
some peripheral chips.  Most of this information comes from:

    Phil Lapsley	(phil@rivetjoint.lapcon.com)
    David Pepper	(dpepper@thumper.bellcore.com)
    Malachy Devlin	(madmal@spd.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk)
    Paul Russell	(paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk)
    Steve Haehnichen	(vigra!calvin!steve@UCSD.EDU)
    Josh A. Kablotsky	(joshua.kablotsky@analog.com)
    Len May		(len.may@cygnus.spd.analog.com)
    Steve Sidman	(sidman@sharpwa.com)

Q4.1: DSP development boards.

Note: This information was mainly supplied by some vendor catalogues I had.
This information is in no way definitive, and much of the information may
well be out of date or simply wrong.

Q4.1.1: IBM PC DSP development boards.

IBM PC boards, Analog Devices processors:
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Board Name: ADSP-2101 LAB-DSP
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 or ADSP-2105 IBM PC/AT XT
Company: Computer Continuum
DSP processor: ADSP 2101 or ADSP 2105
Features: Shared memory between PC and DSP.  Serial I/O.  Daughter board.

Board Name: ADSP-2100 System board
Type of Board:  ADSP-2100A IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: ADSP-2100A 40 MHz 16K words RAM
Analog I/O: 12 bit 125 kHz A/D, D/A

Board Name: ADSP-2101 System board
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: ADSP-2101 12.5 MHz, 8K words RAM
Analog I/O: A/D -- D/A: dual 14 bit 19.2 kHz CODECs (TI TLC32044Cs)
Comments: 32Kx8 EPROM socket allows some standalone behavior

Board Name: ADSP-2101 DSPB 2101-4
Type of Board: Four processor ADSP-2101 IBM PC AT board
Company: CMS GmbH
DSP processor: 4x ADSP 2101
Analog I/O: 2 16 bit A/Ds per processor.

Board Name: Feature Finder ADSP-2105
Type of Board: ADSP-2105 frame grabber for IBM PC
Company: Current Technology, Inc.
DSP processor: ADSP 2101
Features: RS-170 video interface, 512x512 video memory, feature extraction s/w

Board Name: LAB2105 DSP Card 
Type of Board: ADSP-2105 board for IBM PC
Company: EnterTec, Inc.
DSP Processor: ADSP-2105
Analog I/O: Codec with microphone input and headphone output.

Board Name: ADSP-2105 DSP Platform
Type of Board: Dual ADSP-2105 or ADSP-2101 IBM PC board
Company: Hollis Electronics
DSP Processor: 2x ADSP-2105 (or ADSP-2101s)
Analog I/O: 2 14 bit D/A, 2 12 bit A/D
Features: 2x RS-232 UARTs, real-time clock, 2x 16 bit timers, 4 char LED

Board Name: ADSP-2100 DX2100
Type of Board: ADSP 2100 (?) IBM PC board
Company: Logabex
DSP Processor: ADSP-2100 (?)

Board Name: GODSPEED  (ADSP-2101) 
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 IBM PC board
Company: Prime Ideal
DSP Processor: ADSP-2101, dual-port RAM to PC bus
Analog I/O: 48 kHz codec w/ speaker and mic connectors

Board Name: ADSP-2105 Espresso Board
Type of Board: ADSP-2105 IBM PC XT/AT board
Company: Saddle Point Systems
DSP Processor: ADSP-2105 or ADSP-2101, 28K words memory.
Analog I/O: on board codec

Board Name: ADSP-2101 SPB2
Type of Board: Dual ADSP-2101 IBM PC AT board
Company: Signal-Data 
DSP Processor: 2x ADSP-2101s, 32Kw RAM/proc, 8Kw ROM/proc.
Analog I/O: 12 bit A/D, 12 bit D/A on one processor

Board Name: PC-1601A, DSPS-2601
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 IBM PC board (?)
Company: Wavetron Microsystems
Comments: DSPS-2601 is a multi-channel version.  (?)

Board Name: ADSP-21020 System Board
Type of Board: ADSP-21020 IBM PC AT board
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: ADSP-21020, 160 Kw program RAM, 160 Kw data RAM
Analog I/O: dual 16 bit analog I/O daughter card option.
Features: Interval timer.

Board Name: GAMMA 20/25
Type of Board: ADSP-21020 IBM PC AT board
Company: BittWare Research Systems, Inc.
DSP Processor: DSP-21020 25 MHz, 32K or 128K RAM
Analog I/O: duaghter card available
Features: DT-connect interface, mezzanine bus for daughter cards


IBM PC boards, AT&T processors:
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Board Name: AT-DSP2200
Type of Board: AT&T DSP-32C IBM PC-AT card
Company: National Instruments (800) 433-3488
DSP Processor: DSP-32C
Analog I/O: 16 bit sigma-delta A/D, D/A
Features: 16 bit real-time system integration (RTSI) peripheral bus interface.

Board Name: DSP-32C
Type of Board: AT&T DSP-32C IBM PC-AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
DSP Processor: DSP-32C

Board Name: DSP32C System board
Type of Board: DSP32C IBM PC AT card
Company:  Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: DSP32C 50 MHz, 40K words RAM
Analog I/O: dual 16 bit 153 kHz A/D, D/A (Burr Brown PCM78 & PCM56)
Comments: "DSP32 Processor board" is as above, but without analog I/O.
Instead it has a wire wrap prototyping area.

Board Name: DSP32C Telephony Board
Type of Board: DSP32C IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: DSP32C 50 MHz, 40K words RAM
Analog I/O: AT&T 7525 CODEC
Features: 4 line telephone interface with opto-isolated ring detector in
either US or UK configuration.


IBM PC boards, Motorola DSP56000 processors:
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Board Name: DSP-56
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
DSP Processor: 27 (?) MHz DSP56001
Analog I/O:  dual 16 bit 100 kHz A/D, D/A
Features: DSPnet parallel interface, SCSI interface, async serial interface

Board Name: PC-56
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
DSP Processor: 27 MHz 56k with 16K or 64K words RAM
Analog I/O: optional 14 bit single channel analog I/O.

Board Name: Cheetah mother board 
Type of Board: DSP96002/dual DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265
DSP Processor: DSP96002 33 MHz, 256k-2M bytes RAM, dual DSP56001s 20 MHz
Features: serial interfaces.

Board Name: DSP56001 Application Development System (ADS)
Type of Board: DSP56001 board for IBM PC
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
DSP Processor: DSP56001
Comments: Motorola produce DSP56000 assembler, linker, simulator, C compiler.
This is an external board that interfaces to a variety of hosts, including
the IBM PC, via host-specific adaptor cards.

Board Name: DSP56001 System board
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: DSP56001 20Mhz 192K words RAM
Analog I/O: two 16 bit 153 kHz A/D w/ 3rd order analog filters,
       two 16 bit D/A  w/ 3rd order analog filters, telephony codec
Comments: "DSP56001 Processor board" is same, but without analog I/O

Board Name: Dual DSP56001 Processor board
Type of Board: two processor DSP56001 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: 27 MHz 56k, 32K words RAM per CPU
           Interface: Two ADS ports, each processor has RS422 or SLD ISDN
Comments:  2Kx16 bit dual port RAM between host and each processor,
           2Kx24 bit dual port RAM between 56ks


IBM PC boards, Motorola DSP56116 processor:
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Board Name: DSP56116 System board
Type of Board: DSP56116 IBM PC AT card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
DSP Processor:  DSP56116 80? MHz, 30K words RAM,
Analog I/O: two CODECs attached to 56116 serial ports


IBM PC boards, Motorola DSP96000 processor:
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Board Name: MM-96
Type of Board: Two processor DSP96002 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
DSP Processor: 2x DSP96002

Board Name: DSP96002 Application Development System (ADS)
Type of Board: DSP96002 board for IBM PC
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
DSP Processor: DSP96002
Comments: This is an external board that interfaces to a variety of hosts,
including the IBM PC, via host-specific adaptor cards.

Board Name: DSP96002 System board
Type of Board: DSP96002 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: DSP96002 33 MHz , 64Kword 0ws RAM + 256Kword 1ws RAM
Analog I/O: dual 16 bit 100 kHz A/D converters (Motorola 56ADC16s)


IBM PC boards, Texas Instruments TMS320 processors:
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Board Name: DSP-16+
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900 
DSP Processor: 40 MHz 320C25
Analog I/O: two channel 16 bit 50 kHz A/D, D/A.

Board Name: Model 250 DSP board
Type of Board: TMS320C25 board for IBM PC AT
Company: Dalanco Spry 
DSP Processor: TMS320C25  40 MHz, 4K words program RAM(64K optional),
	32K words data RAM (128K optional),
Analog I/O:  12 bit 300 kHz A/D, dual 12 bit 250 kHz D/A
Features: 16 bit expansion bus, serial port
Comments: Program RAM is zero-wait state, data RAM is one wait state.

Board Name: Tiger 30
Type of Board: TMS320C30 board for IBM PC
Company: DSP Research
DSP Processor: TMS320C30

Board Name: Banshee mother board
Type of Board: TMS320C30 IBM PC AT card 
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265 
DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz, 256k-512k bytes RAM 
Analog I/O: 16 bit 200 kHZ A/D, D/A available via optional boards.
Comments: Optional boards allow multiple Banshee boards to be connected, 
provide extra memory, and provide analog I/O.

Board Name: Chimera system
Type of Board: TMS320C25 or TMS320C26 IBM PC AT card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265
DSP Processor: TMS320C25/TMS320C26, 40/50 MHz, 4K-64K words RAM
Analog I/O: optional 16 bit 200 kHz A/D, D/A is optional via daughter card.

Type of Board: PC board with TMS32010
Company: Natural Microsystems Corp. (800) 533-6120
DSP Processor: TMS32010

Board Name: TMS320C25 System board
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C25  40 or 50 MHz 16K words RAM
Analog I/O:  1 channel 16 bit 54 kHZ A/D, D/A (100 kHz 12 bit)
Comments: "TMS320C25 Processor board" is as above, but without analog I/O

Board Name: TMS320C25 Data Acquisition Processor
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor:  TMS320C25 40 MHz, 64K words program RAM, 64K words data RAM,
	256K words buffer RAM
Features: Has buffer management unit, handling circular buffer management,
multiple data channel support, data compare functions, sample counter.

Board Name: TMS320C30 System board
Type of Board: TMS320C30 IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz, 64K words RAM 
Analog I/O: 2x 16 bit A/D (Burr Brown PCM78), 2x 16 bit D/A (Burr Brown PCM56)
Comments: "TMS320C30 Processor board" is as above, but without analog I/O and
has instead a prototyping area.

Board Name: TMS320C50 System board
Type of Board:  TMS320C50 IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C50 50 MHz 32K words RAM
Features: 65sq cm wire wrap area.

Board Name: TMS320C1x Development System
Type of Board: IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C14
Comments: Integrated emulation and programming system.

Board Name: TMS320C40 Parallel DSP System
Type of Board: IBM PC/AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: 2 TMS320C40 50 Mhz 64K words RAM
Analog I/O: Daughtercard expansion socketing.
Comments: Uses TIM-40 compatible modules


IBM PC boards, other processors:
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Board Name: PDSP16488 Imaging/Graphics board
Type of Board:  PDSP-16488 IBM PC card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
DSP Processor: PDSP-16488 


Q4.1.2: Mac Nubus DSP development boards.

Mac Nubus boards, AT&T processors:
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Board Name: MacDSP MB/A
Type of Board: DSP32C Apple Mac NuBus board
Company: Spectral Innovations (408) 727-1314
Price: $3495-$4995
DSP 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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Board Name: MAC-56 
Type of Board: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
DSP Processor: 56001 with 48-192K words RAM
Comments: Comes with DSPworks software

Name of Board: DSP56001 Application Development System (ADS)
Type of Board: DSP56001 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
DSP Processor: DSP56001
Comments: This is an external board that interfaces to a variety of hosts,
including the Mac, via host-specific adaptor cards.

Board Name: AudioMedia II
Type of Board: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
DSP 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.

Board Name: Sound Accelerator II
Type of Board: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
DSP 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.

Board Name: Pro Tools
Type of Board: Macintosh NuBus 2 x DSP56001 card
Company: DigiDesign Inc. (415) 688-0600
DSP 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.


Mac Nubus boards, Motorola DSP96000 processor:
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Board Name: DSP96002 Application Development System (ADS)
Type of Board: DSP96002 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
DSP 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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Board Name: NB-DSP2300, 2301, 2305
Type of Board: TMS320C30 board for Mac NuBus
Company: National Instruments (800) 433-3488
DSP 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: What are some SBus DSP development boards?

SBus boards, AT&T processors:
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Board Name:  S-32C
Type of Board:  SBus Accelerator Board
Company:  Ariel
Price:  $2,995  ($5,795 with C compiler)
Availability: Orders being taken now.
DSP Processor: AT&T DSP-32C 50MHz, 256 Kbytes to 4 Mbytes SRAM
Analog I/O:  Interfaces with Ariel's ProPort & Digital Microphone
	(DM-N $595.00; ProPort = $1,295)
Comments:  The ProPort is a dual channel 16-bit A/D, 20 bit D/A add on box
which has 7 crystal controlled sample rates from 8 to 96 kHz (including 48,
44.1, & 32). This device is in a separate box which attaches to the
"NeXT compatible port" on the board. Entropic is porting Waves+ to this board.

Board Name: MAXCOM Multimedia Processor
Type of Board: Dual DSP3210 Sbus card
Company: KINETICSYSTEMS 
DSP 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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Board Name: S-56X
Type of Board: SBus Accelerator Board
Company: Ariel (board was designed by Berkeley Camera Engineering)
Price: $2,495 / $2,995
Availability:  Now
DSP Processor:  Motorola DSP56001 27 or 32 MHz, 32 Kw RAM
Analog I/O:  Digital Microphone, ProPort (see above) 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).

Board Name:  VS-30
Type of Board:  SBus Dual Channel Telephone Signal Processor
Company:  Vigra  (619) 483-1197
Price: $1375
Availability:  In beta test Sep/Nov 1992
DSP 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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Board Name:  SPIRIT-30
Type of Board:  33 MFLOP Application Accelerator -- SBus
Company: Sonitech International Inc. (617) 235-6824
Price:  $8,995  ($9,795 for the 40 MFLOP board)
Availability: Now
DSP 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.

Board Name: SDSP/C30D
Type of Board: TMS320C30 SBus Processor Card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz 128Kwords RAM

Board Name: SDSP/C30S
Type of Board: TMS320C30 SBus Processor Card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz 128Kwords RAM
Features: SCSI interface.


SBus boards, other processors:
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Board Name:  ADDA1418-166
Type of Board: 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)
DSP 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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Board Name: ADSP-21020 IXD7232
Type of Board: Dual ADSP-21020 VME bus board
Company: Ixthos, Inc.
DSP 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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Board Name: SURFboard
Type of Board: VMEbus DSP board
Company:  AT&T (Louis Rosa 908-582-5667 or Jim Snyder  surf@research.att.com)
Price:  $10K
DSP 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.


VMEbus boards, Motorola processors:
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Board Name: V-56 DSP56001 VME board
Type of Board: DSP56001 VME bus card
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
DSP 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.

Board Name: DSP56001 VME board
Type of Board: DSP56001 VME bus card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
DSP Processor: 2x Motorola DSP56200 10MHz 24K words RAM
Analog I/O: dual channel 16 bit 153 kHz A/D, D/A

Board Name: Versatile Array Signal Processor
Type of Board: VME-based three board (or more) set
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
DSP 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). 

Board Name: MMI-105 Single Channel Audio/Signal Processor
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Vigra
DSP 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.

Board Name: MMI-210 Signal/Audio Processor
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Vigra
DSP 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.

Board Name: MMI-420 Four Channel Signal Processor
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Vigra
Price: $3225
DSP Processor: 4 56001's 27 MHz - 96K SRAM and 16K EPROM per DSP
Features: 4 Megs multi-ported DRAM

Board Name: MMI-4210 Four Channel Signal/Audio Processor
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Vigra
Price: $5950
DSP 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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Board Name: SKY Challenger
Type of Board:  VMEbus DSP board
Company: SKY Computers
DSP Processor:  2x TMS320C30

Board Name: Banshee\VME
Type of Board: VMEbus DSP accelerator card
Company:  Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc.
Price: starts at $4,995
DSP 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).

Board Name: Triple TMS320C25 Processor Baseboard (4282)
Type of Board: VMSbus DSP board
Company: Pentek, (201) 767-7100
DSP 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.

Board Name: TMS320C30 Processor MIX Baseboard (4283)
Type of Board: VMEbus DSP board
Company: Pentek, (201) 767-7100
DSP 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.

Board Name: Dual TMS320C30 VME board
Type of Board: Dual processor TMS320C30 VME board
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
DSP 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 

Board Name: Ranger
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Image and Signal Processing
DSP Processor: up to 4 TMS320C30
Comments: Some libraries included.

VMEbus boards, other processors:
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Board Name: CRV1M40
Type of Board: VME board (6U form factor)
Company: Catalina Research Inc., (719) 531-5767
DSP Processor: Sharp LH9124/9320 40 MHz
Analog I/O: None (?)
Features: 8K of VME address space, 16 pages of 32kx16 program space, mezzanine.


Q4.1.5: DSP development boards for the NeXT bus.
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Board Name: QP-56
Type of Board: Five processor DSP56001 card for NeXT NextBus
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
DSP 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 SCSI bus.
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Board Name:  SKYstation
Type of Board:  DSP vectorizing accelerator for sparc workstations
Company:  SKY Computers  (508) 256-1626
Price: $10K and up (depends on amount of memory required)
Availability:  Now.
DSP Processor:  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.

Board Name: DAT-Link and DAT-Link+
Type of Board: Standalone SCSI unit
Company: Townshend Computer Tools (514) 289-9123
Price: US: $4,000-$4,500
Availability: 1 week delivery
DSP 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.

Board Name: DSP-32C
Type of Board: SCSI Interface DSP Board (actually a PC board which can be
	accessed through an on board SCSI port).
Company:  Ariel
Price:  $3,495
Availability:  Now
DSP Processor:  AT&T DSP-32C
Analog I/O:  16 bit analog I/O
Comments:  Includes the PDS-32C Program Development Software.

Board Name:  DeskLab
Type of Board:  SCSI data collection/analysis box
Company:  Gradient (609) 387-8688
Price:  $5,500
Availability:  Now
DSP Processor: ?
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.


Q4.1.7: Standalone DSP development boards
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Board Name: AE2000
Type of Board: TMS320C31 board
Company: Intellibit
DSP Processor: TMS320C31
Comments: Board is only 3"x2.5".

Board Name: ADSP-2105 DSP-11B, ADSP-2101 DSP-11S
Type of Board: ADSP-2105 and ADSP-2101 stand-alone DSP boards
Company: Innovative Devices
DSP Processor: ADSP-2105 or ADSP-2101
Analog I/O: 4x 14 bit A/D, 2x 14 bit D/A.
Comments: 3"x5" stand-alone DSP board.

Board name: ADSP-2101 based 4 kbps voice codec module
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 stand alone module?
Company: Specom Technologies
DSP Processor: ADSP-2101
Features: Voice coding based on CELP.
Comments: stand-alone module?

Board Name: ADSP-2105 Based digital voice playback system
Type of Board: ADSP-2105 stand alone module?
Company: Specom Technologies
DSP Processor: ADSP-2105
Comments: stores up to 2 hours of speech

Board Name: EZ-LAB kit
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 stand alone evaluation module
Company: Analog Devices
DSP Processor: ADSP-2101
Features: needs power supply, speaker, and microphone.  Comes with PC
development software and some canned demos.

Board Name: MC68HC16EVB
Type of Board: Motorola 86HC16 standalone board
Company: Motorola
Processor:  68HC16
Analog I/O: 8 bit or 10 bit A/D, D/A requires obtional chip
Features:  Includes asembler, simulator, demo C compiler that run on
an IBM compatable pee cee and communicate via printer port.
Comments: Motorola has been pushing the 68HC16 as a low-end DSP,
even though it's not what most DSP folks think of when they say "DSP".

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Q4.2: Who makes AES/EBU digital audio transceiver chips?

Several companies:

Sony Corp.: CX23033 transmitter, CX23053 receiver.
Comments: the Sony receiver chip is very difficult to work with due
to a bad PLL design.

Crystal Semiconductor Corp., (512) 445-7222
CS8411 and CS8412 receivers, CS8401 and CS8402 transmitters.
Comment: the 8411 and 8401 are designed for use with microprocessors/DSPs.
The 8412 and 8402 are intended for use in stand-alone applications.

Motorola Corp. (800) 521-6274 or (512) 891-2030 (DSP marketing)
DSP56401 transceiver.
Comment: designed for use with the DSP56000.

Yamaha: YM3613B transmitter, YM3623B receiver, YM3436 receiver,
YM3437 transmitter.

References:

Kahrs, Mark, "An AES/EBU Circuit Compendium or AES/EBU Circuits I Have
Known and Loved," presented at the 91st Convention of the Audio
Engineering Society, October 4-8, 1991.  Reprints: AES, 60 East 42nd
St., New York, NY, 10165.

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5. Manufacturer's addresses and telephone numbers.

Analog Devices
1 Technology Way
P.O. Box 9106
Norwood, MA  02062-9106
Phone: (617) 329-4700
Phone: (617) 461-3672 (DSP applications assistance)
Phone: (617) 461-3881 (DSP marketing)

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Ariel Corp.
433 River Road
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Phone: (908) 249-2900
FAX: (908) 249-2123
BBS: (908) 249-2124
Email: ariel@ariel.com

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AT&T Microelectronics
Dept. AL-520404200
55 Union Blvd.
Allentown, PA  18103
Phone: (800) 372-2447
FAX: (215) 778=4106

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Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI)
770 Spring St.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 892-7265
FAX: (404) 892-2512

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Berkeley Camera Engineering
3616 Skyline Drive
Hayward, CA 94542
Phone: (510) 889-6960
FAX: (510) 889-7606
Email: mikep@nikon.ssl.berkeley.edu

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BittWare Research Systems, Inc.
Inner Harbor Center, 8th Floor
400 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:  (800) 848-0435
FAX:  (410) 783-7375 

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Catalina Research Inc.
Colorado Springs
(719) 531-5767

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CMS GmbH
Postfach 100202
Einsteinstrabe 61-63
D-7505 Ettlingen
Germany
Phone: (07243) 31001

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Computer Continuum
75 Southgate Avenue
Daly City,  CA 94015
(415) 755-1978

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Crystal Semiconductor Corp.
P.O. Box 17847
Austin, TX  78760
Phone: (512) 445-7222
FAX: (512) 445-7581

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Current Technology, Inc.
99 Madbury Road
Durham, N.H. 03824
Phone: (603) 868-2270
FAX: (603) 868-1352

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Dalanco Spry
89 Westland Ave.
Rochester, NY  14618
Phone: (716) 473-3610

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DigiDesign Inc
1360 Willow Road, Suite 101
Menlo Park CA 94025
Tel: 010 1 415 327 8811
FAX: 010 1 415 327 0777

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DSP Research
391 Balsam Ave. (OR Possibly: 1095 E. Duane Ave) {Someone clarify?}
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: (408) 773-1042
FAX: (408) 736-3451

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EnterTec, Inc.
P.O. Box 8858
Richmond, VA 23225
Phone: (804)353-7133
FAX: (804) 353-7134

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Hollis Electronics Co.
5 Northern Blvd., Unit 13
Amherst, NH  03031
Phone: (603) 598-4640

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Image & Signal Processing
120 Linden Avenue
Long Beach CA 90802
Phone: (213) 495-9533
FAX: (213) 495-1258

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Innovative Devices, Inc.
1119 Damelart Way
Brentwood Bay, B.C.  V0S 1A0
Canada
Phone: (604) 652-5240 

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Intellibit
P.O. Box 9785
McLean, VA  22102-0785
Phone: (703) 442-4781
FAX: (703) 442-4784

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Ixthos, Inc.
12210 Plum Orchard Drive
Silver Spring, MD  20904
Phone: (301) 890-1000

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KINETICSYSTEMS
in USA:
William Ponton
Tel: 609-921-2088 
FAX: 609-683-9633
in Europe:             
Tel: 41-22-798-4445    
FAX: 41-22-798-0525  

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Logabex
ZI de Montaudran
3 Avenue Didier Daurat
31400 Toulouse
France
Phone: (33) 61-80-94-37

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Loughborough Sound Images Ltd
The Technology Centre
Epinal Way
Loughborough Leics LE11 OQE
England
Phone: +44 (0)509 231843
FAX: +44 (0)509 262433
N.B. U.S. distributor is Spectrum Signal Processing (see below)

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Motorola Corp.
DSP Operation
Mail Drop OE314
6501 William Cannon Drive, West
Austin, TX 78735-8598
Phone: (512) 891-2030 (marketing)
BBS: (512) 891-DSP1 (300/1200 bps)
BBS: (512) 891-DSP2 (1200 bps V.22)
BBS: (512) 891-DSP3 (2400 bps V.22bis)

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National Instruments
6504 Bridge Point Parkway
Austin, TX  78730-5039
Phone: (512) 794-0100
Phone: (800) 433-3488
FAX: (512) 794-8411

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Natural Microsystems Corp.
8 Erie Drive
Natick, MA 01760-1313
Phone: (800) 533-6120

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Pentek, Inc.
55 Walnut St.
Norwood, NJ  07648
Phone: (201) 767-7100
FAX: (201) 767-3994

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Prime Ideal
Joseph Virzi
2124 Parker Street #300
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (415) 513-8062

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Saddle Point Systems
3960 Greenwood Ave.
Oakland, CA  94602
Phone: (510) 530-0971

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Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc.
5700 NW Pacific Rim Blvd
Camas, WA 98607
Phone: (206) 834-8711
FAX: (206) 834-8611

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Signal-Data
63 Vester Paradisvej
DK-2840 Holte
Denmark
Phone: (45) 30 42 6054
Phone: (301) 890-1000

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Sonitech International Inc.
(617) 235-6824

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Specom Technologies Corp.
3673 Enochs Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 736-7832
FAX:  (408) 736-7861

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Spectral Innovations
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 727-1314

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Spectrum Signal Processing
Westborough Office Park
1500 West Park Drive
Westborough MA 01581 USA
Phone: (508) 366-7355
FAX: (508) 89988 2772

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Townshend Computer Tools 
Phone: (514) 289-9123,
FAX: (514) 289-1831
E-Mail: datlink%tt@cam.org

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Virga, Inc.
4901 Morena Blvd.
Bldg. 502
San Diego, CA 92117
(619) 483-1197

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Wavetron Microsystems
1135 Oddstad Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
Phone: (415) 366-5371 or (415) 366-5375


Other information sources:  

1.  SBus Developer List maintained by Sun.  Lists all known SBus devices 
being developed.  Contact Jeff Siegel (sieg@pistons.sun.com).

2.  Signal Technology's N! Power (X-windows software for signal analysis)
is designed to work with "a variety of Data Acquisition Hardware devices." 
Their system also has basic and advanced DSP modules.

3.  Entropic Speech's Waves+ package (X-windows software for DSP type
processing -- includes a lot of speech tools) works with a number of
processor boards including some of those from Ariel.

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