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Application Notes (Sorted By Date)

Wind River platform for consumer devices, VxWorks Edition 3.6 (2008-09-05)
Wind River platform for automotive devices, VxWorks Edition 3.6 (2008-09-05)
Wind River General Purpose Platform, VxWorks Edition 3.6 (2008-09-05)
Wind River field diagnostics (2008-09-05)
Implementing the Fast Fourier Transform for the Xtensa processor (2008-09-04)

Xtensa processor extensions for fast IP packet forwarding (2008-09-04)
Xtensa processor extensions for fast IP packet classification (2008-09-04)
Xtensa processor extensions for Data Encryption Standard (DES) (2008-09-04)
Implementing the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) on Xtensa processors (2008-09-03)
Convolutional coding on Xtensa processors (2008-09-03)

Implementing FIFO operations using TIE queues (2008-09-03)
Fast OFDM on Xtensa processors (2008-09-03)
Implementing a memory-based mutex and barrier synchronization library (2008-09-02)
Optimizing for energy using the Xenergy energy optimizator tool (2008-09-02)
Extending the JTAG.v module (2008-09-02)

Audio reference design guide addendum: system software example (2008-09-02)
Op amp precision design: Random noise (2008-09-02)
Emulation flow for Xtensa cores (2008-09-01)
Double-precision floating point emulation acceleration (2008-09-01)
Diamond Video Engine controller code example—A tutorial on developing control code for the 388VDO Engine (2008-09-01)

Unifying RISC and DSP (2008-08-29)
Understanding load capacitance and access time (2008-08-27)
Migrating from MSP430F13x/14x to MSP430F23x/24x (2008-08-27)
MSP430 capacitive single-touch sensor design guide (2008-08-27)
A robust glass-breakage detector using the MSP430 (2008-08-27)

Using the MIPS32 M4K processor core SRAM interface in microcontroller applications (2008-08-21)
Brief introduction to MIPS32 M4K core shadow registers for microcontroller applications (2008-08-21)
How Java software solutions outperform hardware accelerators (2008-08-21)
The MIPS32 34K core family: powering next-generation embedded SoCs (2008-08-20)
The MIPS32 24KE core family: high-performance RISC cores with DSP enhancements (2008-08-20)

Choose and use high-speed serial data analysis tools (2008-08-01)
Powering CoolRunner-II CPLDs (2008-07-25)
Three-phase electronic watt-hour meter design using MSP430 (2008-07-09)
MSP430x5xx quick start guide (2008-07-09)
Example of TMU operation (Generating 1 second by fixed interval timer) (2008-06-30)

Flash memory erase mode comparison: Simultaneous read/write vs erase suspend (2008-06-26)
Practical guide to endurance and data retention (2008-06-26)
Optimizing program/erase times (2008-06-25)
Testing modern radios (2008-06-24)
Common trace transmission problems and solutions (2008-06-23)

Understanding TI's PCB routing rule-based DDR timing specification (2008-06-23)
Implementing DDR2 PCB layout on the TMS320DM646x DSP (2008-06-20)
SH7780 initialization example (2008-06-19)
Design considerations for a transimpedance amplifier (2008-06-13)
Eliminating I/O coupling effects when interfacing large-swing single-ended signals to user I/O pins on Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs (2008-05-26)

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