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Texas Instruments

Tuesday, April 27
Marriott San Jose


Join Texas Instruments for a day packed with technical design sessions and technology exhibits. This training provides a learning forum where practical high-performance design solutions, tools, and workshops are presented for analog and digital technologies. The exhibits will demonstrate the latest TI technology. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with a number of Texas Instruments' experts and gain valuable ideas for solving your technical challenges!


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Microcontroller Track 1
Microcontroller Track 2
Applications Processors Track 3
Power Track 4
Signal Chain Track 5
Low Power Wireless Track 6
ARM Microprocessor Track 7
Designing with Beagleboard Track 8

Microcontroller Track 1
9:00am - 10:00am MSP430 Hands-On Lab (Part 1)  Abstract
This hands-on workshop is intended to educate the experienced MCU designer on the capabilities of the MSP430F5xx and learn first hand how to use them. You will experience embedded design with the MSP430, get familiar with an MSP430 development environment, learn where to find and how to use resources and better understand the MSP430 low-power concept. The course if perfect for those getting started or wanted a refresher on MSP430. Basic experience with general MCUs and knowledge of assembler and C language programming is assumed.
10:30am - 11:30am MSP430 Hands-On Lab (Part 2)  Abstract
This hands-on workshop is intended to educate the experienced MCU designer on the capabilities of the MSP430F5xx and learn first hand how to use them. You will experience embedded design with the MSP430, get familiar with an MSP430 development environment, learn where to find and how to use resources and better understand the MSP430 low-power concept. The course if perfect for those getting started or wanted a refresher on MSP430. Basic experience with general MCUs and knowledge of assembler and C language programming is assumed.
1:30pm - 2:30pm Embedded Web Server-Enabled Design Made Easy with Stellaris® MCUs (Part 1)  Abstract
This presentation will demonstrate using the Stellaris® LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit with Code Red Technologies’ Red Suite™ tools to set up embedded web solutions for a remote control application. The Stellaris LM3S6965 is an ARM Cortex™-M3 microcontroller with integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY. The Stellaris LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit features several different implementations of embedded web servers. The fully-functional Red Suite evaluation tools also feature real time code and interrupt trace capability with the Red Trace™ feature. The web server application will demonstrate how the provided royalty-free Stellaris libraries make it painless to have networking up and running in minutes, whether using an RTOS or not. The attendees will get a good understanding of how they can start building even the most advanced applications with Stellaris microcontrollers.
2:45pm - 3:45pm Embedded Web Server-Enabled Design Made Easy with Stellaris® MCUs (Part 2)  Abstract
This presentation will demonstrate using the Stellaris® LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit with Code Red Technologies’ Red Suite™ tools to set up embedded web solutions for a remote control application. The Stellaris LM3S6965 is an ARM Cortex™-M3 microcontroller with integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY. The Stellaris LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit features several different implementations of embedded web servers. The fully-functional Red Suite evaluation tools also feature real time code and interrupt trace capability with the Red Trace™ feature. The web server application will demonstrate how the provided royalty-free Stellaris libraries make it painless to have networking up and running in minutes, whether using an RTOS or not. The attendees will get a good understanding of how they can start building even the most advanced applications with Stellaris microcontrollers.
4:00pm - 5:00pm Embedded Web Server-Enabled Design Made Easy with Stellaris® MCUs (Part 3)  Abstract
This presentation will demonstrate using the Stellaris® LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit with Code Red Technologies’ Red Suite™ tools to set up embedded web solutions for a remote control application. The Stellaris LM3S6965 is an ARM Cortex™-M3 microcontroller with integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY. The Stellaris LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit features several different implementations of embedded web servers. The fully-functional Red Suite evaluation tools also feature real time code and interrupt trace capability with the Red Trace™ feature. The web server application will demonstrate how the provided royalty-free Stellaris libraries make it painless to have networking up and running in minutes, whether using an RTOS or not. The attendees will get a good understanding of how they can start building even the most advanced applications with Stellaris microcontrollers.

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Microcontroller Track 2
9:00am - 10:00am TI C2000 MCU Family Crash Course: How You Can Take Your Application to the Next Level in Energy Efficiency with C2000?  Abstract
Are you looking to maximize the power efficiency in your control application?  Are you frustrated that the MCUs available in the market today are not giving you the performance benefits you need to reach your efficiency goals?  TI has the MCU family for you.  For the past 15 years, the C2000 MCU family has been winning in control applications that require minimum power loss.  With a 32-bit DSP core embedded in a MCU architecture (Unified Memory Map, Flash, ADCs, & PWMs), C2000 has been able to address multiple control applications.  These applications include motor control for all types of motors; and digital power applications such as renewable energy and lighting.  Come learn about what C2000 MCUs have to offer your application to make it as energy efficient as possible.  Also see what development tools and software are available to jump start your application.
10:30am - 11:30am Introduction to TI's Stellaris Family of Cortex M3 Devices  Abstract
TI's Stellaris MCUs pair the ARM Cortex-M3 core along with advanced communication capabilities, including 10/100 Ethernet MAC+PHY, CAN, USB On-The-Go, USB Host/Device, SSI/SPI, UARTs, and I2C. TI also provides an extensive range of over 20 superb reference design, evaluation and development kits starting at $49. Stellaris MCUs are targeted at highly-connected applications including monitoring, building controls, network appliances and switches, factory automation, electronic point-of-sale machines, test and measurement equipment, medical instrumentation and gaming equipment.  This presentation provides an overview of Stellaris MCUs, software tools and kits, StellarisWare™ software, and applications.  The session will close with a free-form Q&A session to handle your questions on the more than 140 microcontrollers in TI’s Stellaris family of MCUs.
1:30pm - 2:30pm Bringing TI’s Bluetooth® Technology to the MSP430 Platform  Abstract
As TI expands the reach of our connectivity platforms, we  are putting new tools in the hands of customers to quickly and easily add connectivity to products based on TI embedded processors   such as MSP430.  In this session we will introduce the newest platform offering that integrates TI’s BlueLink™ product family with the MSP430 solution.  You will learn about the platform’s features, capabilities, differentiators and  how to position this offering with your customers .  You will also get to see the platform  in  action as  we demonstrate a gaming and a healthcare sample application running on an MSP430F5438 Experimenter Board.
2:45pm - 3:45pm Designing for Ultra Low Power Using the New MSP430F5xx Family  Abstract
Realizing a low power system design when every microampere counts is rarely an easy task to achieve. Such an effort requires detailed knowledge of everything your MCU offers in the way of enabling ULP as well as the features of any external components. This course gives practical instructions of how to realize an ultra-low power application using the MSP430 family. Special focus is given to specific ULP features, how to select components for ULP applications and coding techniques that reduce the power consumption of your embedded application.
4:00pm - 5:00pm FRAM: Opening New Horizons for Embedded Developers  Abstract
FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) is the next generation non-volatile memory technology for ultra-low power embedded microcontrollers.  It’s fast write capability (like DRAM), practically unlimited write endurance (>1014 cycles) and ultra-low power consumption benefits developers and end users alike.  The presentation will describe FRAM’s ability to function as universal memory helping ease the life of developers, reducing development time (faster time to market) and costs.  In addition, FRAM enables several new, exciting ultra-low power applications such as batteryless, intelligent sensors. The presentation will include a look at the power consumption advantages of FRAM in one such application. FRAM also offers significant advantages over incumbent technologies in several other applications such as energy harvesting, sensoring, datalogging, motor control etc.

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Applications Processors Track 3
9:00am - 10:00am OMAP Architectures for Smart Grid and Power Line Communication Applications  Abstract
One of the biggest challenges designers face as they approach developing today’s increasingly complex smart grid systems including power monitoring/analytics and power line communication is determining the appropriate mix of processing elements and discrete components to use to optimize the system performance. The SOC (system-on-a-chip) integration that makes today’s smart grid innovations possible often involves combining different processing elements on a single device, for example TI OMAP L13x. These elements can include programmable functions, such as general-purpose (usually RISC) microprocessors and DSPs, and fixed function PWMs. These elements are important for designers to efficiently develop a smart grid system that runs a high level operating system and supports different power line communication protocols and smart power algorithms such as THD, RMS voltage/current, transient detection, etc.
10:30am - 11:30am Implementing Skype Video Conferencing on the DM36x  Abstract
Skype has changed the video phone industry. OEMs and manufactures are now able to directly connect to the consumer without inter-operability and operator concerns. To meet this challenge, TI offers a DM365 based D1 video phone that runs Skype SW stacks for encryption and streaming. This session will address some of the unique challenges facing HW & SW designs such as how to share the HW design with the DM365 based USB camera to maximize HW reuse, challenges when running Skype SW on DM365, how to solve acoustic echo cancellation issues, and audio & video synchronization.
1:30pm - 2:30pm Getting Started With Android Today and Maximizing Your Effectiveness (Part 1 of 2)  Abstract
With the availability of Android for the Texas Instruments OMAP35x, developers are now able to utilize the unique power of the Android application framework to create new compelling designs. Attend this session to learn about the fundamentals of the Android architecture, advantages of Android for designs relative to Linux, Mentor developer tools to assist Android developers, and how Android and TI OMAP35x work together.
2:45pm - 3:45pm Getting Started With Android Today and Maximizing Your Effectiveness (Part 2 of 2)  Abstract
With the availability of Android for the Texas Instruments OMAP35x, developers are now able to utilize the unique power of the Android application framework to create new compelling designs. Attend this session to learn about the fundamentals of the Android architecture, advantages of Android for designs relative to Linux, Mentor developer tools to assist Android developers, and how Android and TI OMAP35x work together.
4:00pm - 5:00pm Introducing New Low Power DSPs For Your Application  Abstract
There are a wide range of low power processors available from Texas Instruments. It can get challenging to determine which processor is the right processor for your customer's low power application. There are many factors that influence this processor selection - use case of the application, performance requirements, battery type, battery life and many others. This presentation gives an overview of the various low power processors from TI including MSP430, C5000, C6000 and OMAPL1/OMAP3 processors. Both static power and active power consumption of the processors are compared with performance. The use cases of several power-sensitive applications are analyzed in detail and the processor selection process is explained in detail.

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Power Track 4
9:00am - 10:00am Component Selection, Layout and Thermal Design Considerations for DC/DC Converters  Abstract
DC/DC converters with internal transistors and compensation have become very popular due to their relative ease of use. This topic covers how to select the external components and properly lay out the circuit to achieve the maximum performance of the converter. Several good and bad layout examples are provided to show how layout impacts sensitive circuits. Thermal layout for linear regulators is also explored.
10:30am - 11:30am Energy Harvesting by Cymbet  Abstract
This session provides an overview of how to design autonomous wireless sensors using various energy harvesting transducers, energy conversion circuits, energy storage with permanent thin film battery technology, sensors and the TI MSP430 and CC2500 and the TI CC430. Various configurations of autonomous self-power sensors based on energy harvesting will be detailed. Low power EH RF system architectures will be discussed and design examples will be shown.  An example of a Zero Power Wireless Sensor will be demonstrated using the eZ430-RF2500-SEH Demo Kit and the new DigiKey Self Powered CC430 Weather Station Reference design.
1:30pm - 2:30pm TI Lighting Power Solutions Overview  Abstract
This session will present an overview of Texas Instruments' LED lighting solutions available today. The solutions will be for Residential, Commercial, Outdoor and Infrastructure Lighting. Both AC-DC and DC-DC solutions in the forms of Reference Designs, EVMs and products will be discussed. Solutions from both Analog and Embedded Processing will be presented.
2:45pm - 3:45pm Battery Characteristics, Safety, Cell Balancing and Cell-based Thermal Sensing  Abstract
The Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery has gained great popularity in recent years as the market for battery powered portable devices grows rapidly. It has superior characteristics including high gravimetric and volumetric energy density, low self-discharge, and no memory effect. On the other hand, a Li-Ion battery pack requires mandatory safety features because of the battery’s sensitivity to overcharge and high temperature. This paper aims to discuss the characteristics and safety of rechargeable batteries, and emerging battery chemistries such as LiFePO4 and LiMn2O4 batteries. It will also present design considerations on connecting the battery cells in parallel or in series in applications. New trends toward designing safer battery solutions and longer battery life, such as advanced cell balancing technologies and cell-based thermal monitoring, will be discussed.
4:00pm - 5:00pm Rechargeable Batteries and Their Optimized Chargers  Abstract
Battery operated portable power devices have been growing significantly. Safely, fast, and efficiently charging a Li-Ion Battery has become challenging task. This training session first discusses the NiMH and Li-Ion, LiFePO4 battery charging requirements and how our charger implementation meets these requirements. As USB gradually becomes a main power source to charge a battery, and power adapter starts to share the same connector with the USB. Various USB battery chargers are presented with and without power path management functions. 3MHz synchronous switching single cell charger (bq24150/1) increases the effective charging current, reduces the heat generated from the charger, and minimizes the charging time compared with linear battery chargers. Finally, a few switching mode battery chargers are presented to charge Multi-cell LiFePO4 and Li-Ion batteries.

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Signal Chain Track 5
9:00am - 10:00am Op Amp Stone Soup: A Cookbook Collection of Single Supply Op Amp Circuits  Abstract
This presentation offers a “Stone Soup” collection of useful op amp circuits to solve linear application problems on a daily basis.  Each op amp circuit (pre-built in the included TINA SPICE schematic) is presented as a definition-by-example with a brief overview of its functionality, applicable transfer function and/or waveforms and key equations for re-scaling the function to your exact application.   A sampling of the ingredients include the following circuits: Voltage-to-Current Conversion, Drive Circuits (Bridge-Tied-Load, Parallel Op Amps, High Current Cascade Reference Buffer), Translation Circuits (Single-Ended to Differential, Differential to Single-Ended, Differential In to Differential Out), Conditioning Circuits (Full-Wave Rectifier, Supply Splitter, Integrator Amp in Feedback, Isolation Amplifier, G=1/G=-1 amp), and Comparator Circuits (AC Coupled, Comparator with Hysteresis).
10:30am - 11:30am Benefits and Trade-offs of Using Programmable PLLs to Configure Frequencies and Reduce EMI  Abstract
System Designer is looking not only for higher speed but also for  flexibility to ease development time and find cost-effective solutions. TI's new programmable clock generator family allows designers to generate multiple frequencies from one clock source, customize the device (EEPROM), tweak the system clock without redesigning the board or have only one device fitting for several boards.
1:30pm - 2:30pm ESD Protection: Protecting the Complete System  Abstract
System level ESD protection at the interface connector is particularly challenging. Semiconductor chips based off advanced low voltage, small geometry process nodes enable miniaturization, more power savings, and better economy of scale. But it poses an even bigger challenge to provide ESD immunity since it becomes more difficult to design robust ESD solutions as the process geometry gets smaller. External ESD clamp circuits or integrated protection devices are popular choice to enhance system level ESD protection.  This presentation will cover key system level ESD challenges, common techniques to improve overall system level ESD performances, TI’s IPD solutions, and selecting the right ESD clamps for a given application.
2:45pm - 3:45pm Audio CODEC Solutions with miniDSP and PurePath Studio by Critial Link  Abstract
The latest generation of TI Audio Codecs, Processors, Touch Screen Controllers, and ADCs have specialized miniDSP's built in for increased functionality and flexibility. Learn the capabilities of this audio processing technology and see a demonstration of the configuration software, PurePath Studio. Just drag and drop popular audio algorithms in this GUI interface and create your own solutions without any programming. Let your CODEC do more of the processing work.
4:00pm - 5:00pm Learn How New DLP Development Platforms Enable 3-D Measurement and Digital Exposure Applications  Abstract
Machine vision, rapid prototyping, 3-D biometrics and phototherapy are a few of a growing array of applications using DLP technology.  Until recently, however, developing a proof of concept for these applications was a significant barrier to entry for DLP technology.  To solve this problem TI, together with our DLP Design Houses; DLi, LogicPD, Visitech and ViALUX, developed three DLP based development platforms.  This session provides an overview of the three development platforms: Discovery 4100 (D4100), LightCommander and Pico Projector development kits.  A participant will learn how to quickly startup each platform and develop a custom project on the new DLP LightCommander.

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Low Power Wireless Track 6
9:00am - 10:00am Low Power RF Basics  Abstract
This presentation gives an introduction to RF systems. The presentation gives an overview of a complete RF system as well as an introduction to the different building blocks in an RF system. Important parameters such as sensitivity, selectivity, output power, link budget are discussed in detail. Finally, compliance to frequency regulations around the world are discussed.
10:30am - 11:30am Low Power RF Protocol Overview  Abstract
Texas Instruments Low Power RF (TI LPRF) offers RF solutions (Transceivers and SoCs) that target many different RF frequencies and standards. For some of them TI provides the HW (sub1GHz and 2.4 GHz) and SW (proprietary: SimpliciTI™; standards: MAC 802.15.4, RemoTI™ and Z-Stack™ for the ZigBee® standard) and for others it provides the HW only and cooperates with partners to provide the SW (Wireless M-Bus, 6LoWPAN, SP100, WHART). This training helps the attendee to better understand which questions to ask when taking the decision on which SW (RF protocol) to use. Although the main topic is SW also HW related questions like “Which frequency is targeted?” are discussed as they have an influence on which SW protocols one can chose from. Then the advantages and disadvantages of the different protocols are discussed in more detail by looking at two different use cases:
  1. Point-to-point connection for a remote control
  2. Multi node network to control the temperature in a house.
1:30pm - 2:30pm What is SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) and What Can I Do With It?  Abstract
With the announcement of the next evolution in USB wired connectivity, SuperSpeed USB, the questions become: What is this? & What can I do with it?  The first part of this session will look at what is new and better with SuperSpeed USB.  How is it different than USB 2.0 beyond the obvious speed increase? How is backward compatibility being maintained – as this will be critical to continue the success of USB with end-users who believe "USB is USB"? The second half of the session will discuss what applications will benefit from this new technology.  How will the new interface benefit the end-users and why should they care?  Finally an early look at the SuperSpeed USB Product Roadmap will be presented.
2:45pm - 3:45pm CC430: MCUs for Space Constrained, Ultra-Low-Power, Wireless Applications  Abstract
The CC430 platform is a highly integrated, monolithic SoC based on the industry-leading MSP430 MCU architecture and TI’s ultra-low power RF solutions.   By making RF design easy, small, performance-rich and power-efficient, the CC430 platform helps advance applications including RF networking, energy harvesting, industrial monitoring and tamper detection, personal wireless networks, automatic metering infrastructure (AMI) and heat cost allocators.
4:00pm - 5:00pm Design Considerations for Connecting Consumer Products to Internet Web Applications and Browsers by Arrayent, Inc.  Abstract
The rapid adoption of smartphones (smartphone exceeded laptop shipments in 2008) is driving many companies to explore ways to connect their products to smartphones and web applications.  By attending this seminar you will better understand that choosing a wireless LAN protocol is just the first step in enabling Internet connectivity to your product. Three components are required to connect a product to web applications on the Internet:  RF wireless, gateway and a server back end.  Other Tech Day tracks will discuss RF Wireless design tradeoffs, so this session will focus on the gateway and server design considerations.  Using a design example we will cover:  ensuring dumb simple set up;  NAT firewall traversal; asymmetric protocols for low power consumption; web server in the product endpoint vs. gateway vs. cloud; network state storage in the gateway or server; caching vs. SQL queries; number of open TCP sessions.

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ARM Microprocessor Track 7
9:00am - 10:00am Introduction to TI's Cortex A8 Family of Devices  Abstract
TI has introduced many new processors based on the Cortex-A8 architectures. This session provides an overview of the ARM-based MPU options and guides you through the decision-making process and learn more about the scalability of the different architectures.
10:30am - 11:30am ARM Microprocessor Hands-On Workshop
(Part 1 of 4)
  Abstract
This is a combined lecture and hands-on lab session. The discussion starts with an overview of TI’s devices and software development kits (SDK). The heart of the presentation examines TI’s Linux options, from an overview of Linux itself to where you can get versions of Linux for TI platforms (including Arago, TI’s Open Embedded Linux distro) and finally examining how you build within the Linux environment. The session’s discussion ends with a brief, practical examination into using Linux on embedded platforms. After booting the system with an SD/MMC card, the lab gets you working with the Linux graphical user environment, just as if you were working on a desktop computer. If you have time after exploring the GUI environment, there are
further, optional exercises to explore Linux’s networking applications, boot environment and mounting various file systems.
1:30pm - 2:30pm ARM Microprocessor Hands-On Workshop
(Part 2 of 4)
  Abstract
This is a combined lecture and hands-on lab session. The discussion starts with an overview of TI’s devices and software development kits (SDK). The heart of the presentation examines TI’s Linux options, from an overview of Linux itself to where you can get versions of Linux for TI platforms (including Arago, TI’s Open Embedded Linux distro) and finally examining how you build within the Linux environment. The session’s discussion ends with a brief, practical examination into using Linux on embedded platforms. After booting the system with an SD/MMC card, the lab gets you working with the Linux graphical user environment, just as if you were working on a desktop computer. If you have time after exploring the GUI environment, there are
further, optional exercises to explore Linux’s networking applications, boot environment and mounting various file systems.
2:45pm - 3:45pm ARM Microprocessor Hands-On Workshop
(Part 3 of 4)
  Abstract
This is a combined lecture and hands-on lab session. The discussion starts with an overview of TI’s devices and software development kits (SDK). The heart of the presentation examines TI’s Linux options, from an overview of Linux itself to where you can get versions of Linux for TI platforms (including Arago, TI’s Open Embedded Linux distro) and finally examining how you build within the Linux environment. The session’s discussion ends with a brief, practical examination into using Linux on embedded platforms. After booting the system with an SD/MMC card, the lab gets you working with the Linux graphical user environment, just as if you were working on a desktop computer. If you have time after exploring the GUI environment, there are
further, optional exercises to explore Linux’s networking applications, boot environment and mounting various file systems.
4:00pm - 5:00pm ARM Microprocessor Hands-On Workshop
(Part 4 of 4)
  Abstract
This is a combined lecture and hands-on lab session. The discussion starts with an overview of TI’s devices and software development kits (SDK). The heart of the presentation examines TI’s Linux options, from an overview of Linux itself to where you can get versions of Linux for TI platforms (including Arago, TI’s Open Embedded Linux distro) and finally examining how you build within the Linux environment. The session’s discussion ends with a brief, practical examination into using Linux on embedded platforms. After booting the system with an SD/MMC card, the lab gets you working with the Linux graphical user environment, just as if you were working on a desktop computer. If you have time after exploring the GUI environment, there are
further, optional exercises to explore Linux’s networking applications, boot environment and mounting various file systems.

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Designing with Beagleboard Track 8
9:00am - 10:00am Developing Sophisticated User Interfaces on Embedded Devices Featuring TI’s Beagleboard (OMAP™) Development Board (Part 1 of 5)  Abstract
The TI OMAP Application Processor family provides the CPU horsepower and connectivity required to deliver sophisticated rich multi-media user interfaces while addressing the cost requirements of mass market devices. The capability to deliver sophisticated user interfaces is a new experience for most embedded software developers who are used to dealing with very basic and static user interfaces because of cost or performance constraints. The objective of this tutorial is to provide an accelerated day of learning about new user interface options on embedded multimedia devices. After attending this session, a developer will have built and debugged on a TI Beagleboard, a C++ based media player application that combines a user interface built with the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia along with the Digiplayer software from Digilink Software. In addition to building this sample application the attendee will understand the next steps required to develop even more sophisticated user interfaces and rich multimedia systems.

A TI Beagleboard will be used to help illustrate course concepts. Attendees will receive a preconfigured, bootable, SDHC flash memory card. Once they boot their Beagleboard with this card, students will be able to develop their application on the Beagleboard and display their results on their own laptop using VNC. Students should bring their own Beagleboard and laptop with VNC installed. They will be provided the other cables they need by the instructor.

10:30am - 11:30am Developing Sophisticated User Interfaces on Embedded Devices Featuring TI’s Beagleboard (OMAP™) Development Board (Part 2 of 5)  Abstract
The TI OMAP Application Processor family provides the CPU horsepower and connectivity required to deliver sophisticated rich multi-media user interfaces while addressing the cost requirements of mass market devices. The capability to deliver sophisticated user interfaces is a new experience for most embedded software developers who are used to dealing with very basic and static user interfaces because of cost or performance constraints. The objective of this tutorial is to provide an accelerated day of learning about new user interface options on embedded multimedia devices. After attending this session, a developer will have built and debugged on a TI Beagleboard, a C++ based media player application that combines a user interface built with the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia along with the Digiplayer software from Digilink Software. In addition to building this sample application the attendee will understand the next steps required to develop even more sophisticated user interfaces and rich multimedia systems.

A TI Beagleboard will be used to help illustrate course concepts. Attendees will receive a preconfigured, bootable, SDHC flash memory card. Once they boot their Beagleboard with this card, students will be able to develop their application on the Beagleboard and display their results on their own laptop using VNC. Students should bring their own Beagleboard and laptop with VNC installed. They will be provided the other cables they need by the instructor.

1:30pm - 2:30pm Developing Sophisticated User Interfaces on Embedded Devices Featuring TI’s Beagleboard (OMAP™) Development Board (Part 3 of 5)  Abstract
The TI OMAP Application Processor family provides the CPU horsepower and connectivity required to deliver sophisticated rich multi-media user interfaces while addressing the cost requirements of mass market devices. The capability to deliver sophisticated user interfaces is a new experience for most embedded software developers who are used to dealing with very basic and static user interfaces because of cost or performance constraints. The objective of this tutorial is to provide an accelerated day of learning about new user interface options on embedded multimedia devices. After attending this session, a developer will have built and debugged on a TI Beagleboard, a C++ based media player application that combines a user interface built with the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia along with the Digiplayer software from Digilink Software. In addition to building this sample application the attendee will understand the next steps required to develop even more sophisticated user interfaces and rich multimedia systems.

A TI Beagleboard will be used to help illustrate course concepts. Attendees will receive a preconfigured, bootable, SDHC flash memory card. Once they boot their Beagleboard with this card, students will be able to develop their application on the Beagleboard and display their results on their own laptop using VNC. Students should bring their own Beagleboard and laptop with VNC installed. They will be provided the other cables they need by the instructor.

2:45pm - 3:45pm Developing Sophisticated User Interfaces on Embedded Devices Featuring TI’s Beagleboard (OMAP™) Development Board (Part 4 of 5)  Abstract
The TI OMAP Application Processor family provides the CPU horsepower and connectivity required to deliver sophisticated rich multi-media user interfaces while addressing the cost requirements of mass market devices. The capability to deliver sophisticated user interfaces is a new experience for most embedded software developers who are used to dealing with very basic and static user interfaces because of cost or performance constraints. The objective of this tutorial is to provide an accelerated day of learning about new user interface options on embedded multimedia devices. After attending this session, a developer will have built and debugged on a TI Beagleboard, a C++ based media player application that combines a user interface built with the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia along with the Digiplayer software from Digilink Software. In addition to building this sample application the attendee will understand the next steps required to develop even more sophisticated user interfaces and rich multimedia systems.

A TI Beagleboard will be used to help illustrate course concepts. Attendees will receive a preconfigured, bootable, SDHC flash memory card. Once they boot their Beagleboard with this card, students will be able to develop their application on the Beagleboard and display their results on their own laptop using VNC. Students should bring their own Beagleboard and laptop with VNC installed. They will be provided the other cables they need by the instructor.

4:00pm - 5:00pm Developing Sophisticated User Interfaces on Embedded Devices Featuring TI’s Beagleboard (OMAP™) Development Board (Part 5 of 5)  Abstract
The TI OMAP Application Processor family provides the CPU horsepower and connectivity required to deliver sophisticated rich multi-media user interfaces while addressing the cost requirements of mass market devices. The capability to deliver sophisticated user interfaces is a new experience for most embedded software developers who are used to dealing with very basic and static user interfaces because of cost or performance constraints. The objective of this tutorial is to provide an accelerated day of learning about new user interface options on embedded multimedia devices. After attending this session, a developer will have built and debugged on a TI Beagleboard, a C++ based media player application that combines a user interface built with the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework from Nokia along with the Digiplayer software from Digilink Software. In addition to building this sample application the attendee will understand the next steps required to develop even more sophisticated user interfaces and rich multimedia systems.

A TI Beagleboard will be used to help illustrate course concepts. Attendees will receive a preconfigured, bootable, SDHC flash memory card. Once they boot their Beagleboard with this card, students will be able to develop their application on the Beagleboard and display their results on their own laptop using VNC. Students should bring their own Beagleboard and laptop with VNC installed. They will be provided the other cables they need by the instructor.

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