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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: TMS320C2000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 October 2005

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Velodyne Acoustics is using TI's TMS320C2000 platform of digital signal controllers across all new subwoofers - including the latest SPL-R Series.

Velodyne Acoustics, the leading supplier of high performance subwoofers, is now using TI's TMS320C2000 platform of digital signal controllers across all new subwoofers - including the latest Small, Precise, Loud (SPL-R) Series Velodyne has now incorporated TI digital signal processing (DSP)-based controller technology in subwoofers ranging in price from $399 to $14,999

The Digital Drive (DD) Series and Distortion Limiting Series (DLS-R) subwoofers introduced in 2004 already feature C2000 controller technology.

The latest subwoofer series, the SPL-R, features a small cabinet size of just 10 x 10 x 12in yet delivers 2000W of dynamic power with one-sixth the amount of distortion level of competitive systems.

Critics have been universal in their praise of Velodyne's state-of-the-art