Audio, Video and DSP Design FPGA, DSP, PLL, and Embedded Firmware Audio Compression and Distribution Video Compression and Distribution

Audio and Video Generation, Compression and Distribution

• Designed the Maplin 5600 Electronic Music Synthesisers using hybrid Analog and Digital circuitry
• CVSD pioneer- won IEEE Student Paper Prize for a paper proposing and describing an early CVSD compression implementation.
• Audio and Video compression techniques, quality and bitrate tradeoffs
• Distribution of Audio and Video over LAN or the Internet - MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 and other Web Technologies
• PAL and NTSC standards, both DV and Analog
• Set Top Box - "last mile" distribution options (including wideband RF)

Analog and Digital Design and Simulation

• DSP Computer simulation and test
• High Speed FPGA Design and Simulation
• PCAD PCBA layout for high speed Surface Mount circuitry
• Discrete Analog design, including PLL, Filters and Servo Systems

Reference Design and Documentation

• Design of Reference circuit boards for ASIC circuits or Microprocessors
• Experience with extremely complex debug, including Microprocessor Logic debug
• Communications skills to accurately describe even the most complex ASIC design

Phase Locked Loop Design

• Microprocessor and DSP based Digital PLL design, simulation, and verification
• Servo Loop and Servo System design and simulation
• Analog PLL design, simulation, and verification

Test Equipment

• Test and characterization performed with my equipment, or with yours
• 200MHz, 80 Channel Logic Analyser, Digital and Analog Scopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Sweep Generators, Synthesizers, frequency and pulse counters.

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