DSP Blockset 2.0 completes solution for advanced design of complex DSP algorithms

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(1998), "DSP Blockset 2.0 completes solution for advanced design of complex DSP algorithms", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770baf.013

DSP Blockset 2.0 completes solution for advanced design of complex DSP algorithms

Software solutions for aerospace

DSP Blockset 2.0 completes solution for advanced design of complex DSP algorithms

UK distributor, Cambridge Control announces the launch of The MathWorks DSP Blockset 2.0, providing customers with tools targeted to simplify and accelerate DSP algorithm development. The DSP Blockset, an extension of The MathWorks' Simulink software, is part of its new DSP developer solution and believed to be the first open platform product in the market. The solution will service a demanding marketplace that normally suffers from long and costly development times.

The MathWorks suite of tools provides engineers with a single, open environment in which to explore new algorithms, simulate and visualise their behaviour and prototype the algorithms on real-time DSP hardware. Enhancements to Simulink and DSP Blockset enable engineers to bridge the gap between algorithm simulation and prototype implementation.

The new DSP Blockset 2.0, Simulink 2.1, MATLAB5.1 and the Signal Processing Toolbox form the DSP developer solution. It is believed that the major new performance and functionality enhancements to DSP Blockset 2.0 make it faster and easier to simulate large-scale DSP systems. Unlike competing approaches, the DSP developer environment accelerates the development of DSP software by tightly integrating algorithm simulation and prototype implementation. Developed for engineers working in communications and telephony, voice processing, multimedia, radar and sonar systems, this solution reportedly shortens development time because designs can be rapidly modified and tested and are fully portable from one hardware environment to another.

"The MathWorks' DSP developer solution enables our customers to complete challenging DSP designs and evaluate implementation trade-offs much earlier in the development process," said Ken Karnofsky, DSP marketing manager. "With over 12 years of providing the world's most comprehensive collection of array math and signal processing functions, we are well positioned to deliver the industry-leading solution for DSP algorithm development."

Customers can choose to augment the DSP developer solution with The MathWorks' Communications Toolbox and Real-Time Workshop. The Communications Toolbox provides MATLAB functions and Simulink blocks for a flexible, open approach to communication systems design, simulation and analysis. With Real-Time Workshop, users can generate C code from Simulink diagrams to accelerate simulations or to prototype real-time code on any floating point DSP hardware. Real-Time Workshop version 2.1 provides a flexible template mechanism for customising generated code to include application- and processor-specific optimisations. Users can evaluate and implement their designs quickly on the target hardware platform without lengthy hand coding and debugging.

Details from Cambridge Control. Tel: +44 (0) 1273 722838; E-mail: Pauline_Fox@camcontrol.co.uk