Objective
1.) To gain a better understanding of how digital video products have developed over time and how the video and compression standards and recommendations have been used in the past to help build these systems as well as into the future.
2.) To provide a technical understanding of the terms and concepts of digital video and provide a broad understanding of how products are implemented using hardware and software, particularly as it applies to programmable platforms using DSPs.
3.) To obtain a better understanding of the different imaging and video compression standards as to how and why they are used. By using some general rules of thumb, help provide some criteria to use so that the resulting performance can be better understood.
4.) To understand what the components are that make up a digital video system and how they are used.
5.) To gain a better understanding of what components and development platforms Texas Instruments has to offer in developing and debugging digital video products and how to select the right components and tools for building and developing different video products.
6.) To understand the advantages of a programmable platform as it applies to digital video solutions.

Description
This is an introductory class that will help provide a basic understanding of the terminology of digital video and provide technical insight on how video is processed and used in systems today. A broad perspective of digital video is presented by giving a brief overview of the history of video and explaining what are some of the market trends for digital video in the future. The current imaging and video compression standards are discussed to help give a better understanding of their functionality and show what are the advantages and differences that exist between them.

Building on this knowledge, block diagrams of digital video systems are analyzed. Examples are provided to show how the processing blocks of these systems can best be implemented with programmable devices using the C5000 and C6000 family of DSPs. Examples are also given on how the external blocks of these systems can best be implemented using the broad offering of analog and network based components available from Texas Instruments.

Finally, an overview is given of the hardware and software tools that are provided by Texas Instruments and its 3rd parties in order to gain a better understanding of the feature rich development platform that is currently available for building digital video products.

Course Modules
1. Module 1 - Introduction to Digital Video Systems - History, Trends & Technology (01Dsp9-09)
2. Module 2 - Anatomy of Digital Video Systems (02Dsp9-09)
3. Module 3 - Video Compression Technology (03Dsp9-09)
4. Module 4 - System Module - Block Diagrams, Components, Tools (04Dsp9-09)