The University of Illinois and the Special Interest Group for Computer Architecture would like

to introduce our latest project : MPEG-MAN(TM)

 

The purpose of the MPEG-MAN was to bring together several leading-edge technologies.

Including:

Mpeg Layer 3 Encoding

Field Programmable Logic Arrays

High Performance Embedded Microprocessors

as well as the old favorite 'blinking lights' technology.

The idea is to build a portable Mpeg Layer 3 Player that is capable of

being interfaced with a PC through a standard Parallel or possibly used directly

to read from CDs.

If you have questions or suggestions please send email or

check out our newsgroup (uiuc domain only).

Here we will Post recent advancements/announcements in our quest.

• Tuesday August 5, 1997: Our proposal for the StrongArm is accepted.
• Early September 1997: Received the StrongARM
• Monday October 13, 1997 Ordered the new case to hold our Eval Board.
• We have a volunteer who will donate his expertise on as well as his time to build a sound board.
• Early November: Began ordering our new pc for the software development and interfacing.
• Currently Debugging the Eval Board's Self Diagnostics.
• We are awaiting the Xilinx FPGA Board to come by Dec 5 1997.
• November 25, 1997: Gave Birth to a brand new PPro PC.
• If you are interested in getting involved here is what we need help with:
• MPEG-Decoder Source code ported to the StrongArm
• Code to perform  Spectral Analysis like the WinAmp
• Circuit Synthesis of our Interface.
• Adding functionality to the Interface.
• Circuit Synthesis of the LED Display to be used
• as the the output as well as the Spectral Analyzer.
• Interfacing with
• PCMCIA,
• ISA,
• IDE CD-ROMs
• as well as Serial and Parallel Port.

The Hardware that we are using is:

SA-110 development board,

FPGA board,

LED array, Interface Display,

as well as a sound board for the final output.

 

The software packages that we are using to build the prototype include:

the SA-110 Software Development Kit,

Mentor Graphics System Architect, and the FPGA system synthesis kit.

Finally we will need an operating system running on the StrongARM.

There are several choices which we are considering:

 http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/strongarm/strongarm-tools-os.htm    

We would like to thank our sponsors for their generous donations:

For the SA-110 Evaluation Board, which includes the SA-110 StrongArm Processor DIGITAL Semiconductor StrongARM Microprocessors As well as Xilinx, Inc for the latest and greatest XC4000 development board. http://www.xilinx.com/spot/xc4000e.htm     Here is the link to the MPEG Layer 3 FAQ  File:  Frequently Asked Questions about MPEG Audio Layer-3 as well as the MPEG -Encoder/Decoder Page  FhG IIS: MPEG Audio Layer 3, downloadable demo software, sound examples some files on the StrongArm  DIGITAL Semiconductor StrongARM Microprocessors: Download Area as well as the manual for the SA-110 board PDF format     Total Hits Since 11/23/97

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