DDC Services Overview

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We provide best-in-class design services for the digital industry. We architect, design, and implement chips (ASICs , SOCs, and FPGAs, etc.) , associated circuits and software, and the systems which encompass them, in all of the following types of systems:
IP Demo MPEG Stream Editor	Video / Image Processing
	Applications: set-top box, digital cameras, digital TV, automotive, military imaging, medical imaging (CT, PET, Angiography, etc.), video conference, video phone, etc.
	Compression: 420, 422, 444, decoding, encoding, transforms, performance metrics, MPEG I, MPEG II, MP3, AAC, MPEG4, JPEG, DCT, H263, H261, etc.
	Image Processing: CCD, IR, FLIR, CMOS sensors, night vision, equalization, zoom/scaling, color conversion/rotation, histogramming, thresholding, contrast enhancement, white balance, format conversion, sensor interfacing, CCD interfacing, Bayer, frame averaging, bad pixel replacement, DCT, non-uniformity correction, coincidence detection, color interpolation, temporal filtering, symbology overlay, sharpening, edge detection, rotation, translation, image reconstruction, genlock, test pattern generators, spatial filters, back projection, convolution, Radon transforms, etc.
	Formats: CCIR601, CCIR656, PAL, NTSC, progressive, interlaced, RS-170, QCIF, CIF, VGA, SVGA, HD, etc.
	Audio
	MPEG I, MPEG II, MP3, AAC, WMA, PCM, Dolby Digital, MIDI, FM synthesis, Codecs, microphones, A/u-law
	Communications
	Modulation: BPSK, QPSK, QAM, OFDM, FM, PM, AM, carrier synchronization, detection and recovery, Costas Loop, etc.
	Error Control Coding: Viterbi, Reed Solomon, CRC, BCH, interleaving, scrambling, encryption/decryption, DES, cyclic codes, convolutional codes, etc.
	Cellular: TDMA, CDMA, GSM, PCS, 3G, IS-41, Video phone, A/u-law, PLLs, transcendental function generation, transforms, transmitters, receivers, carrier/frame synchronization, protocols, link budget analysis, baseband signaling, bandpass signaling, etc.
	Networking: IEEE802.3, IEEE802.11, HDLC, USB, FiberChannel, TokenBus, USB, I2C, custom
	Telecom: HDLC, T1, CHI, A/u-law, DSL, ADSL, DS0, DS1, DS2, DS3, carrier/frame synchronization, framing, protocols, link budget analysis, baseband signaling, bandpass signaling, etc.
	DSP
	Filters: FIR, IIR, frequency domain filtering, convolution, 2D filtering, time domain filtering, notch, comb, bandpass, lowpass, highpass, multi-rate, decimating, interpolating filters, polyphase, averaging, adaptive filters, active noise cancellation, etc.
	Transforms: DFT, IDFT, FFT, IFFT, DCT, IDCT IDCT, Radon
	General: sampling, quantization, transcendental function generation, multi-rate, spectral analysis, correlation, convolution, RSSI, linear interpolation
	Automotive
	Video system for airbag deployment, engine controllers, UART/Comm, transmission controllers, CAN bus, injector control, protected outputs, H-Bridge, sensor access, Power steering Controllers, Position/torque inputs, filtering, end of life replacements, airbag deployment, Navigation system (GPS), MP3, Voice Activated/controlled system, PCMCIA controller/Flash device
	Medical
	Medical Imaging: worked with angiography lineups, CT scanners, PET scanners, coincidence detecters, all in the image processing sections of these products.
	Instrumentation Control: developed several FPGAs and software for medical control applications for angiography lineups, fitness machines (heart rate monitor), ECG equipment (16 analog channel control, with remote video switching, optical data transfer, etc.), EEG equipment, audiometric brainwave analyzers, eye motion equipment, camera controllers, etc.
	Biometric: extensive experience in developing audio stimulus and retinal stimulus for EEG correlation of external stimulus
	Interfaces
	PCI, ISA, VME, Multibus, USB, Ethernet, PCMCIA, I2C, Token Bus, Custom, T1, CHI, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, LVDS, LDT, microprocessors, SDRAM, SRAM, SBSRAM, Flash, FIFOs, etc. RISC, CISC, state machines, micro sequencers, VLIW, Superscalar, out-of-order execution, super-pipeline datapaths, controls, DMA's, processor interfaces, SDRAM interfaces, embedded applications, FIFOs, timers, arithmetic operations, ALUs, QPRAMs