EDN

Porting the Helix MP3 Decoder onto PIC32MX 32-bit MCUs

This application note describes the procedure to port the open source Helix MP3 decoder algorithm onto Microchip’s PIC32MX 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). The source code provided with this document ...
Design-Reuse

12-bit Extended JPEG Decoder Further Extends Compression Options Available from CAST

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 08, 2014 -- A new decoder IP core for the 12-bit Extended JPEG image format is now available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. One of the few such ...
Ars Technica

Is the Sound Blaster Live Value a 24 bit sound card ?? What's the difference if analogue output is used

Hi !<BR>I was reading a post on the MAD MP3 decoder, which decodes to 24 bit audio as compared to 16 bit output in the fraunhauffer decoder. Now on a 16 bit soundcard (i.e. with a 16 bit DAC) I don't ...
EDN

Squeeze extra resolution from an 8-bit DAC with Shannon decoder idea

When someone notices that two 8-bit DACs can be bought for less than one 16-bit DAC, a classic question is often asked: Why can’t you simply take two 8-bit DACs, assign one to the MSByte, the other to ...
Design-Reuse

Chips&Media's HEVC 4:2:0 10-Bit Decoder IP Licensed to Chipmaker

April 11, 2014 -- Chips&Media Inc. a leading provider of video IP core, announced today that they has signed a licensing agreement with one of the major fabless companies for WAVE410™v2- HEVC 4:2:0 ...
Electronic Design

Automotive ICs Go “Back to the Future” with Minimalist Logic Devices

The history and continued need of small-scale integration ICs for digital-logic functions. How a serial-input/parallel-output shift register can expand I/O pins while ...