LabVIEW graphical development environment with ADI's VisualDSP++ embedded development environment is now available to streamline the development of Blackfin-based systems.
LabVIEW graphical development environment with ADI's VisualDSP++ embedded development environment is now available to streamline the development of Blackfin-based systems. The new toolkit, which is included free with ADI's VisualDSP++ software and hardware evaluation kits, integrates with NI LabVIEW to provide design engineers with a single development, prototyping and test environment for applications running on the Blackfin microprocessor. ³By collaborating with National Instruments on this product, we can provide our customers with solutions that help them integrate measurements throughout the design process,² said Gerald McGuire, Analog Devices General Manager, Media Platforms and Services, DSP and Systems Products Division.

³With the new Analog Devices Blackfin Test Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW, design engineers can graphically view data to verify algorithm performance earlier in the design process and compare data with real-world signals using NI measurement hardware.² Because testing early in the design process of Blackfin-based systems was traditionally time consuming and not automated, design engineers often delayed validation until after they built system prototypes.

Using the Blackfin Test Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW, design engineers now have an integrated tool chain for easily building automated test systems and utilities for their Blackfin-based systems.

With easier test integration, they can iteratively verify their designs throughout the design cycle and identify flaws early in the process.

Early testing reduces overall development time and improves the quality of products that use Blackfin Processors, such as wireless LAN systems, MP3 players and household appliances.

The Blackfin Test Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW gives engineers an intuitive and familiar graphical tool to easily build test and verification systems.

Engineers can use the toolkit to rapidly develop Blackfin test systems by automating routine VisualDSP++ processes, such as building, downloading and running code, with a simple set of LabVIEW virtual instruments.

With the toolkit, engineers also can use LabVIEW to communicate data directly to and from the Blackfin Processor's memory through VisualDSP++ Background Telemetry Channels, a high-speed communication protocol specific to ADI.

Design engineers can use the Blackfin Test Integration Toolkit for LabVIEW and ADI VisualDSP++ software with a wide variety of NI measurement I/O hardware and modular instruments to validate algorithms by comparing real-world stimulus/response measurements with theoretical data.