From: hards4@ee.adfa.oz.au (Brad Hards)
Subject: comp.dsp FAQ 0.1 [2/2]
Organization: ADFA Vortex
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:49:43 GMT

10.  Summary of DSP prototyping boards and manufacturers.
{ Again we need much more information - preferably as in the following format }

This information was mainly supplied by
    Phil Lapsley (phil@rivetjoint.lapcon.com)
    David Pepper (dpepper@thumper.bellcore.com)
and by some of the 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well be out of date or simply wrong.
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Board Name: MM-96
Type of Board: Two processor DSP96002 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
Features:  DSP Processor: 2x DSP96002
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Board Name: DSP-16+
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900 
Features:  DSP Processor: 40 MHz 320C25
	   A/D -- D/A:  two channel 16 bit 50 kHz A/D, D/A.
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Board Name: DSP-56
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
Features:  DSP Processor: 27 (?) MHz 56k
	   A/D -- D/A:  dual 16 bit 100 kHz A/D, D/A DSPnet parallel
           interface, SCSI interface, async serial interface.
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Board Name: DSP-32C
Type of Board: AT&T DSP-32C IBM PC-AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP-32C
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Board Name: PC-56
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Ariel Corp (908) 249-2900
Features:  DSP Processor:27 MHz 56k with 16K or 64K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A:optional 14 bit single channel analog I/O 
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Board Name: Model 250 DSP board
Type of Board: TMS320C25 board for IBM PC AT
Company: Dalanco Spry 
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C25  40 MHz, 4K words program RAM(64K optional)
                          32K words data RAM (128K optional),
	   A/D -- D/A:  12 bit 300 kHz A/D, dual 12 bit 250 kHz D/A
                        16 bit expansion bus, serial port
Comments: Program RAM is zero-wait state, Data RAM is one wait state.
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Board Name: Tiger 30
Type of Board: TMS320C30 board for IBM PC
Company: DSP Research
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C30
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Board Name: Cheetah mother board 
Type of Board: DSP96002/dual DSP56001 IBM PC AT card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP96002 33 MHz, 256k-2M bytes RAM
                          dual DSP56001s 20 MHz, serial interfaces.
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Board Name: Banshee mother board
Type of Board: TMS320C30 IBM PC AT card 
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265 
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33 MHz, 256k-512k bytes RAM 
Comments: Optional boards allow multiple Banshee boards to be connected, 
provide extra memory, and provide dual 16 bit 200 kHz A/D, D/A 
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Board Name: Chimera system
Type of Board: TMS320C25 or TMS320C26 IBM PC AT card
Company: Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc. (ASPI) (404) 892-7265
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C25/TMS320C26, 40/50 MHz, 4K-64K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: 
Comments: A daughter board providing dual 16 bit 200 kHz A/D, D/A is optional
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Type of Board: DSP56001 board for IBM PC
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP56001
Comments: Motorola produce DSP56000 assembler, linker, simulator, C compiler
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Type of Board: DSP96002 board for IBM PC
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP96002
Comments: Motorola produce DSP96000 assembler, linker, simulator, C compiler
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Type of Board: PC board with TMS32010
Company: Natural Microsystems Corp. (800)533-6120
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS32010
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Board Name: DSP96002 System board
Type of Board:  DSP96002 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP96002 33 MHz , 64Kword 0ws RAM + 256Kword 1ws RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: dual 16 bit 100 kHz A/D converters (Motorola 56ADC16s)
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Board Name: DSP56001 System board
Type of Board: DSP56001 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP56001 20Mhz 192K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: 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
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Board Name: Dual DSP56001 Processor board
Type of Board: two processor DSP56001 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  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
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Board Name:DSP56116 System board
Type of Board: DSP56116 IBM PC AT card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Features:  DSP Processor:  DSP56116 80? MHz, 30K words RAM,
	   A/D -- D/A: two CODECs attached to 56116 serial ports
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Board Name: TMS320C25 System board
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C25  40 or 50 MHz 16K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A:  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
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Board Name:TMS320C25 Data Acquisition Processor
Type of Board: TMS320C25 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor:  TMS320C25 40 MHz, 64K words program RAM
                           64K words data RAM, 256K words buffer RAM,
Comments: Has buffer management unit, handling circular buffer management,
multiple data channel support, data compare functions, sample counter
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Board Name: TMS320C30 System board
Type of Board: TMS320C30 IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor:: TMS320C30 33 MHz, 64K words RAM 
	   A/D -- D/A: dual 16 bit  A/D (Burr Brown PCM78)
                       dual 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.
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Board Name: TMS320C50 System board
Type of Board:  TMS320C50 IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C50 50 MHz 32K words RAM
Comments: Has 65sq cm wire wrap area.
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Board Name: ADSP-2100 System board
Type of Board:  ADSP-2100A IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: ADSP-2100A 40 MHz 16K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: 12 bit 125 kHz A/D, D/A
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Board Name: ADSP-2101 System board
Type of Board: ADSP-2101 IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor:  ADSP-2101 12.5 MHz, 8K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: dual 14 bit 19.2 kHz CODECs (TI TLC32044Cs)
Comments: 32Kx8 EPROM socket allows some standalone behavior
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Board Name: DSP32C System board
Type of Board: DSP32C IBM PC AT card
Company:  Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP32C 50 MHz, 40K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: 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 protyping area.
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Board Name: DSP32C Telephony Board
Type of Board: DSP32C IBM PC AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP32C 50 MHz, 40K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: AT&T 7525 CODEC
Comments: Has 4 line  telephone interface with opto-isolated ring detector in
either US or UK configuration
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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
Features:  DSP Processor: PDSP-16488 
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Board Name: TMS320C1x Development System
Type of Board: IBM PC card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C14
Comments: Integrated emulation and programming system.
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Board Name: TMS320C40 Parallel DSP System
Type of Board: IBM PC/AT card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: 2 TMS320C40 50 Mhz 64K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A: Daughtercard expansion socketing
Comments: Uses TIM-40 compatible modules
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b. Mac Nubus cards
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Board Name: MAC-56 
Type of Board: Macintosh NuBus DSP56001 card
Company: Ariel Corp. (908) 249-2900
Features:  DSP Processor: 56001 with 48-192K words RAM
Comments: Comes with DSPworks software
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Type of Board: DSP56001 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP56001
Comments: Motorola produce DSP56000 assembler, linker, simulator, C compiler
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Type of Board: DSP96002 board for Mac II
Company: Motorola Corp. (512) 891-2030
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP96002
Comments: Motorola produce DSP96000 assembler, linker, simulator, C compiler
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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
Features:  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
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c. S-Bus
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Board Name: VS-20
Type of Board: Stereo DSP Sbus card
Company: Vigra (619) 483-1197
Price: ~$1,500
Availability: April 1991
Features:  DSP Processor: 56001
	   A/D -- D/A: 2 channel linear device (16 bit input, 18 bit output)
Comments:  Available sampling rates are only 32 KHz, 44.1, or 48KHz.  Push
to get this board out before the VS-30 (below).  The tool kit that is provided
with the board runs under OpenWindows.
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Board Name:  VS-30
Type of Board:  SBus Dual Channel Telephone Signal Processor
Company:  Vigra  (619) 483-1197
Price: ~$1,500
Availability:  June 1991
Features:  DSP Processor:  56001
	   A/D -- D/A:  2 channel linear device
			Probably only 8kHz sampling rate.
Comments:  Has two independent telephone connections onboard. 
Does speech data Compression.
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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
Features:  DSP Processor:  TMS320C30
	   A/D -- D/A:  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.
Comments:  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).
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Board Name:  S-32C
Type of Board:  SBus Accelerator Board
Company:  Ariel  (Steve Curtin src@ariel.com)
Price:  $2,995  ($5,795 with C compiler)
Availability: Orders being taken now.
Features:  DSP Processor: AT&T DSP-32C  50MHz (Floating Point)
                          256 Kbytes to 4 Mbytes SRAM
	   A/D -- D/A:  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.
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Board Name: S-56 / S-56X
Type of Board:  SBus Accelerator Board
Company:  Ariel  (board was designed by Berkeley Camera Engineering)
Price: $2,495 / $2,995
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  Motorola 56001 27Mhz
	   A/D -- D/A:  Digital Microphone or ProPort (see above)
Comments:  The S-56X has a Xilinx Gate Array for special purpose I/O. 
(1.2 Mby/sec transfer rate using the S-56X, w/ ~3ms latency at DMA page
boundaries).
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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)
Features:  DSP Processor:  None
	   A/D -- D/A:  166 kHz 16 Channel, 14 Bit Isolated A/D
	      and 4 Channel 18 Bit D/A converter
Comments:  32K Dual-Ported on-board RAM.  Single S-Bus slot.All software
included.  (A/D only is $1,995.00 and D/A only is $1,895.00)
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Board Name: SDSP/C30D
Type of Board: TMS320C30 SBus Processor Card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33Mhz 128Kwords RAM
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Board Name: SDSP/C30S
Type of Board: TMS320C30 SBus Processor Card
Company: Loughborough Sound Images
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C30 33Mhz 128Kwords RAM
Comments: Has SCSI interface
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d. VME
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Board Name:  SKY Challenger
Type of Board:  VME-Bus DSP board
Company:  SKY Computers
Features:  DSP Processor:  2 TMS320C30
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Board Name:  SURFboard
Type of Board:  VME DSP board
Company:  AT&T  (Louis Rosa 908-582-5667 or Jim Snyder  surf@research.att.com)
Price:  $10K
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  6 DSP-32C's organized as 2 sets of 3 processors
                           (input, output, central -- can be configured)
	   A/D -- D/A:  None.  Suggest use of the 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.
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Board Name:  Banshee\VME
Type of Board:  VME bus DSP accelerator card
Company:  Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc.
Price:  start at $4,995
Availability:  March 1991
Features:  DSP Processor:  TMS320C30
	   A/D -- D/A:  available as a separate daughter board
Comments:  Programming tools can be used through any PC-compatible computer 
(separate debugging port).
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Board Name:DSP56001 VME board
Type of Board: DSP56001 VME bus card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Features:  DSP Processor: two Motorola DSP56200 10MHz 24K words RAM
	   A/D -- D/A:  dual channel 16 bit 153 kHz A/D, D/A,
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Board Name: Versatile Array Signal Processor
Type of Board: VME-based three board (or more) set
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Features:  DSP Processor: five 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). 
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Board Name: Dual TMS320C30 VME board
Type of Board: Dual processor TMS320C30 VME card
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Features:  DSP Processor: dual TMS320C30 33 MHz, 64K words RAM per processor
           A/D -- D/A :optional dual 18 bit 200 kHz A/D, D/A
Comments: 6U Eurocard format 
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Board Name: MMI-210 Signal/Audio Processor
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Spectrum Signal Processing (604) 438-7266
Features:  DSP Processor:  two DSP56001
           A/D -- D/A : 2 (up to) 96 kHz 16 bit AD/DAs, 
Comments:  audio line I/O and 4 watt power I/O
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Board Name: Ranger
Type of Board: VME board
Company: Image and Signal Processing
Features:  DSP Processor:  up to 4 TMS320C30
Comments: Some libraries included.
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e. 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
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP56001 26 MHz  8K/16K words RAM per processor
Comments: Five NeXT compatible DB-15 ports
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f. SCSI
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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.
Features:  DSP Processor:  I860/960
	   A/D -- D/A:  None.
Comments:  Vectorizing C and FORTRAN compilers available. Math library(hand
coded) also available. Company also makes VME cards with similar features.
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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
Features: DSP Processor: DSP-32C with 64k RAM, expandable to 2Mbytes.
          Interfaces : DSP32C's serial I/O, 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.
Compatible with AT&T's DSP32C development system, compiler, etc.
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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
Features:  DSP Processor:  AT&T DSP-32C
	   A/D -- D/A:  16 Bit analog I/O
Comments:  Includes the PDS-32C Program Development Software.
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Board Name:  DeskLab
Type of Board:  SCSI data collection/analysis box
Company:  Gradient (609) 387-8688
Price:  $5,500
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  ??
	   A/D -- D/A:  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.
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g. Standalone.
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Board Name: AE2000
Type of Board: TMS320C31 board
Company: Intellibit
Features:  DSP Processor: TMS320C31
Comments: Board is only 3" by 2.5"
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Manufacturers:

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

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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: (415) 613-5113
Email: mikep@nikon.ssl.berkeley.edu

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

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

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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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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. US distributor is Spectrum Signal Processing (see below)

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Motorola Corp.
DSP Operation
Phone: (512) 891-2030
BBS: (512) 891-DSP1 (300/1200 baud)
BBS: (512) 891-DSP2 (1200 baud V.22)
BBS: (512) 891-DSP3 (2400 baud V.22bis)

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

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Spectral Innovations
Santa Clara
(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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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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