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[Kent Adams <Kent.Adams@jcu.edu.au>]

Latest CEANET E-NEWS -- VOL 10 NOVEMBER '99
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Kent Adams, Director, Information Technology & Resources
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• To: "Kent Adams" <Kent.Adams@jcu.edu.au>
• Subject: CEANET Newsletter - Enews Vol 10
• From: "ken" <ken@ceanet.com.au>
• Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:20:26 +1000 (EST)

Mr Kent Adams { kent.adams@jcu.edu.au }
Computer Centre
James Cook University


CEANET E-NEWS  --  VOL 10 NOVEMBER '99
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(c) CEANET PTY LTD 1999 www.ceanet.com.au
Welcome to our fourth newsletter for 1999.

CEANET is the Australian Distributor for innovative research and development products from The MathWorks (MATLAB), Waterloo Maple, NAG, dSPACE and Lyr Signal Processing.

CEANET is celebrating its 30th year in the Australian Technical Software industry.

In this newsletter we are offering some exciting new suites and prices from both MathWorks and Maple.  Please read on..

Please pass this newsletter on to any colleagues you believe may have an interest in our software solutions. If you would prefer not to receive this newsletter please reply with the word REMOVE as the subject of the reply.

Regards
Ken Dunstan
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Manager - Visual Dynamics Division

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CONTENTS
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* CEANET IS CELEBRATING ITS 30TH YEAR IN THE AUSTRALIAN TECHNICAL SOFTWARE INDUSTRY.
* RELEASE 11.1 UPDATE CD'S TO SHIP IN DECEMBER
* MOTOROLA DSP DEVELOPER'S KIT LINKING TO MATLAB WAS DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA
* MATHWORKS CLEAR LEADER IN SIMULATION/MODELLING TOOLS FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN
* PC-IN-THE-LOOP FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING OF REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
* MATLAB COMPILER SUITE - A SPECIAL BUNDLE AT A DISCOUNT PRICE
* CDMA REFERENCE BLOCKSET FOR SIMULINK ANNOUNCED
* MAPLE V APPLICATIONS CENTRE
* MAPLE STUDENT EDITION (INCLUDES FREE SIGMAPLOT R4)
* SPECIAL OFFERS FROM WATERLOO MAPLE
* DSPACE RELEASES TARGETLINK
* DSPACE RTI GENERATES C-CODE FROM SIMULINK 3.0
* CEANET WEB PAGE  - CAN WE PUBLICISE YOUR PAGES ?
* FROM DSP CONCEPT TO HARDWARE - FAST!
* DESIGNING SIGNAL OVER IP SOLUTIONS ?
* NEED A CURRICULUM AND EXAMPLES HANDBOOK FOR DSP COURSES?
* GENSTAT AT BIOMETRICS 99 CONFERENCE
* NEW CEANET SUPPORT ENGINEER
* FREE TRIALS OF IRIS EXPLORER RELEASE 4
* STATISTICAL ADD-INS FOR EXCEL
* MATLAB TRAINING FOR 2000
* CEANET OFFERS CONSULTING SERVICES IN MATLAB AND SIMULINK PROGRAMMING

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RELEASE 11.1 UPDATE CD'S TO SHIP IN DECEMBER
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We will shortly receive update CD's for all MATLAB licensees under a current subscription service.  In addition to various patches, the CD's will facilitate the release of some new products including:

The Financial Time Series Toolbox contains a collection of tools for the analysis of time series data in the financial markets. www.mathworks.com/products/timeseries

The xPC Target will allow a remote computer to act as a real time controller with c-code automatically created from Simulink then automatically downloaded over a TCP/IP connection.  xPC provides a new and economical method of implementing real-time DSP and control systems. www.mathworks.com/products/xpctarget

Dials & Gauges Blockset lets you easily add graphical instruments to your Simulink models. Using Dials & Gauges Blockset, you can set up realistic-looking instruments that are custom-designed for your Simulink model and visually representative of the environment that you are modeling.  www.mathworks.com/products/dialsgauges

The Quantized Filtering Toolbox can create and simulate filters for fixed point and custom precision floating point platforms, including off-the-shelf DSPs, ASICs, and FPGAs. The Quantized Filtering Toolbox supports the simulation and bit-true analysis of these filters. www.mathworks.com/products/quantizedfiltering

TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW PRODUCTS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER AT info@ceanet.com.au


MOTOROLA DSP DEVELOPER'S KIT LINKING TO MATLAB WAS DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA
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The MathWorks, Inc. today announced that it has co-developed a new tool with Motorola, Inc., that will simulate and test algorithms for Motorola's 56300 and 56600 families of fixed-point DSPs. The product, known as the Motorola DSP Developer's Kit, will integrate Motorola's DigitalDNA development environment with The MathWorks' Simulink and MATLAB DSP design tools, bridging the worlds of system-level design and DSP implementation.

The major portion of  the Motorola DSP Developer's Kit was co-developed in Australia at Motorola's Software Development Centre.

The integration of Motorola DSP tools technology into the MATLAB/Simulink environment will allow the development of behavioural designs and test suites, and the development and test of detailed fixed-point DSP software within a single development environment  The Motorola DSP Developer's Kit bridges these two development phases by providing seamless co-simulation between The MathWorks tools and Motorola's Suite56 simulators, integrated debugging and analysis, and a foundation library of DSP algorithms packaged as MATLAB functions and Simulink blocks.



MATHWORKS CLEAR LEADER IN SIMULATION/MODELLING TOOLS FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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MathWorks have been acknowledged as the clear market leader in the rapidly growing simulation-modelling market segment by the Miller Freedman "Electronic Market Forecasters Group.  Similarly Venture Development Corp's also acknowledged the leadership in their report on the world market for Embedded Operating Systems. www.mathworks.com/company/pressroom/latestnews/simulationone9_99.shtml 


PC-IN-THE-LOOP FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING OF REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 
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MathWorks PC-in-the-Loop, its new environment which enables control and DSP engineers to perform rapid prototyping and system-level testing of real-time embedded systems on a PC - before target hardware is available. Ideally suited to embedded systems design in industries such aerospace, automotive, communications, and industrial automation, PC-in-the-Loop allows software development and testing to continue in parallel to hardware design, accelerating the entire design process and harnessing the powerful capabilities of hardware-in-the-loop simulation. PC-in-the-Loop is enabled by the release of xPC Target, a new turnkey target environment for Simulink, Stateflow, and Real-Time Workshop. 


MATLAB COMPILER SUITE - A SPECIAL BUNDLE AT A DISCOUNT PRICE 
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MathWorks have made available a MATLAB Compiler Suite, which includes the MATLAB Compiler, the C/C++ Maths Library and the new Graphics Library.  The suite is being offered at less than half price of the individual components.

THIS SUITE IS AVAILABLE NOW - PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON info@ceanet.com.au


CDMA REFERENCE BLOCKSET FOR SIMULINK ANNOUNCED 
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The CDMA (for IS-95A) Reference Blockset is a Simulink library for the design and simulation of wireless communications systems. It is an extension of Simulink, The MathWorks design tool that lets system designers create and simulate systems in a block diagram environment. 

"The CDMA Reference Blockset provides a comprehensive set of industrial grade CDMA blocks, critical wireless system impairment models, and useful end-to-end examples," said Ahmad R.S. Bahai, PhD, Vice-President and CTO of Algorex, Inc. "The Blockset enables researchers and developers of wireless systems to expedite their design process considerably using the Blockset's implementation oriented, reliable, and flexible components. System designers, chip designers, and academic and industrial researchers can utilize the Blockset as a platform for algorithm development, system performance analysis, and educational purposes." 

THE BLOCKSET WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE - PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR MORE INFORMATION ON info@ceanet.com.au


MAPLE V APPLICATIONS CENTRE 
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The Maple Applications centre offers a free collection of 80+ Maple V applications exploring areas of engineering, science, mathematics and programming.

VISIT www.maplesoft.com/application_center.html TO VIEW THE APPLICATIONS.


MAPLE STUDENT EDITION (INCLUDES FREE SIGMAPLOT R4) 
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The Maple Student version is available for individual purchase at $AU229, ( including delivery within Australia)for credit card purchasers ONLY.  The purchaser must be a current student of a university, TAFE or High School, and must fax a copy of the relevant student card.

University faculties and bookshops who wish to order larger quantities for resale should contact CEANET to discuss their requirements.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A MORE INFORMATION ON MAPLE STUDENT EDITION PLEASE CONTACT AMANDA HALPENNY info@ceanet.com.au


SPECIAL OFFERS FROM WATERLOO MAPLE
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Waterloo Maple are currently offering 3 fantastic deals on Maple purchases placed before the New Year.

OFFER 1
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Purchase a 2 user network licence of Maple V and receive and extra user FREE.  This 3 user network will allow many more of your staff to access the power of Maple
NOTE - OFFER CLOSES 31/12/99

OFFER 2
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Purchase a new Maple V Release 5.1 single user licence and receive a 20% discount AND a free upgrade to the next release of Maple. (Offer is available on academic purchases too!) NOTE - OFFER CLOSES 31/12/99

OFFER 3
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Receive a FREE copy of the SIGMAPLOT Release 4 software CDROM with each MAPLE V Rel 5.1 supplied before 1/12/99.

SIGMAPLOT is a complementary technical graphing package to MAPLE. It allows you to present scientific data in a MS-Office compliant tool which provides the graph types that are need to present technical concepts clearly. NOTE - OFFER CLOSES 1/12/99


dSPACE RELEASES TARGETLINK
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dSPACE has released Targetlink, their production quality code generator for SIMULINK.  Targetlink will generate code for a range of commercial ECU's ( Engine Control Units ) in seconds, creating code which is comparable to handwritten code.

As one customer said: 
"As we could see in our beta version of TargetLink, the designers at dSPACE appear to have clearly understood the requirements for production code generation and have focused on providing that capability." 

Salim Momin, Virtual Garage, Motorola SPS

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TARGETLINK, CONTACT US NOW AT info@ceanet.com.au


dSPACE RTI GENERATES C-CODE FROM SIMULINK 3.0
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dSPACE's latest version of RTI will now support version 5.3 of Matlab and Simulink v3.0.  

With RTI you can implement your Simulink and Stateflow diagrams onto dSPACE real-time hardware with one mouse-click. To let you concentrate fully on your actual designing tasks, RTI takes over all of the implementation tasks: this includes compiling, linking and downloading as well as configuring the Real-Time Scheduler and the I/O. You don't have to write a single line of code. Instead, you can comfortably configure your model, including the I/O, in a block diagram - RTI takes care of all the rest

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON RTI and C-CODE GENERATION, CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER NOW AT info@ceanet.com.au


CEANET WEB PAGE  - CAN WE PUBLICISE YOUR PAGES ? 
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We are currently undertaking a major rebuilding of our web page in order to provide more information to our customers.  We recognise that there are many expert users of our products in Australia whose work may assist other users.

Have you published any web pages that relate to the use of products we distribute.  The pages might include project or application papers, tutorials, product interface routines, etc.  If so we would like to create a link to your work.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED PLEASE EMAIL US A URL OF YOUR WORK ALONG WITH YOUR  AUTHORIZATION TO LINK TO IT - info@ceanet.com.au


FROM DSP CONCEPT TO HARDWARE - FAST!
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LSP'S SignalMaster is one of the best tools for fast embedded DSP systems prototyping. The systems are MATLAB-enabled, which means you can design your algorithm using your SIMULINK high-level design tool suite

Then, at the click of a button, the LSP Real Time Plug-In does the compiling and targeting of your code to SignalMaster. Thus providing you with a stand-alone functional proof-of-concept, ready to go in the field!


DESIGNING SIGNAL OVER IP SOLUTIONS ?
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LSP's SignalMaster, an embedded DSP development and rapid-prototyping platform, has the ideal architecture for "networked" DSP processing applications. The platform combines state-of-the-art DSP's with industry standard 486-class micro-controller and Ethernet controller.

SignalMaster with SIMULINK allows use of the  LSP-supplied "Socket" blocksets to simulate sending data over a network by simply dragging and connecting blocks . Just design your process, connect to TCP/UDP block-set, and voilą! Instantaneous SoIP networked prototype. 

SEE AN EXAMPLE AT www.signal-lsp.com/soip.html OR TALK TO YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER ABOUT SIGNALMASTER


NEED A CURRICULUM AND EXAMPLES HANDBOOK FOR DSP COURSES?
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LSP is compiling a Laboratories and Exercises Manual, filled with experiments to be implemented on the SignalMaster using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Ranging from basic audio processing algorithms to complex ADSL implementation projects and VoIP algorithms implementation, the lab book takes advantage of all available resources on-board, i.e. DSP, FPGA, Microprocessor, Ethernet port, multi-processing capabilities, etc. 

THE LAB BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.  CONTACT THE EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNT  MANAGER, ELIAS ALAM, FOR MORE INFORMATION info@ceanet.com.au



GENSTAT AT BIOMETRICS 99 CONFERENCE
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CEANET will be hosting representatives from the Rothamstead Experimental Station at the upcoming BIOMETRICS 99 Conference.  Rothamstead is the development headquarters for NAG's GENSTAT software.

PLEASE VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. http://www.cmis.csiro.au/biometrics99/


NEW CEANET SUPPORT ENGINEER
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Brad Genner has joined CEANET as a Support Engineer for our Maple, Nag and MATLAB products.  Brad has a Masters in Applied Mathematics and has taught mathematics in NSW.

Brad is a welcome addition to the team and he looks forward to applying his skills



FREE TRIALS OF IRIS EXPLORER RELEASE 4
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IRIS Explorer is being presented and discussed at the IEEE Visualization 99 conference being held next week.  An innovative paper that describes the development of a combined visualization and virtual reality tool with be presented by a Nag expert, Mr Jeremy Walton. http://www.erc.msstate.edu/conferences/vis99

IRIS Explorer Release 4.0 is now available for Windows NT and Linux.

We are pleased to offer a free trail of IRIS Explorer.  If you would like to test this tool against your visualization requirements then please don't hesitate to contact CEANET.  The trials are only available initially on a Windows NT platform, however Explorer is available on a range of Unix platforms as well.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON IRIS EXPLORER RELEASE 4, CONTACT US NOW AT nag@ceanet.com.au
 

STATISTICAL ADD-INS FOR EXCEL
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Excel users who want access to high quality statistical tools should consider NAG's Statistical Add-Ins for Excel.  This product not only provides extremely high quality and proven algorithms, but offers a wide range of professional statistical methods.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE STATISTICAL ADD-INS, CONTACT US NOW AT nag@ceanet.com.au


MATLAB TRAINING FOR 2000
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Our Matlab training schedule for 2000 will be released shortly.  We will be conducting our Matlab, Simulink and Signal Processing courses.

We are also preparing courses for Matlab in Financial Applications and for Stateflow.


CEANET OFFERS CONSULTING SERVICES IN MATLAB AND SIMULINK PROGRAMMING
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CEANET's consulting services in MATLAB and SIMULINK include programming, GUI development and modelling. The varieties of topics we have tackled include financial modelling, C code development, real time image processing, and energy trading modelling.
CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER TO DISCUSS YOUR PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.  info@ceanet.com.au

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