Preface

Designed for new users, the SPW Tutorials manual provides step-by-step instructions for starting and using the basic components of the CoWare_® Signal Processing Worksystem (SPW).

SPW Tutorials is a part of the Basic SPW 2000 product. To know more about the standard and optional SPW tools and products, refer to the Overview chapter of the SPW User's Guide manual.

Related Documents

The following documents give you more information about the SPW design environment and libraries.

Documents for SPW Products


For information about . . .	Refer to . . .
Getting started with SPW by completing a series of tutorials	SPW Tutorials
The SPW design environment from a conceptual perspective, creating and managing libraries, using the File Manager and related tools, customizing your environment, and SPW terminology	SPW User's Guide
Creating and editing signal processing block diagrams	Block Diagram Editor User's Guide
Creating, displaying, editing, and analyzing signal waveforms	Signal Calculator User's Guide
Building signal processing block diagrams and simulating them with the SPB-I, SPB-C, SPB-C-Export, SPW-AMS, SPW-LPS, and SPW-NC simulators	Simulator User's Guide
All the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) blocks in the SPW libraries	DSP Library Reference
Creating and executing macro programs to perform repetitive or complex tasks	Macro Command Language Reference
Constructing and displaying interactive interface windows to systems under test	Interactive Simulation Library Reference
Creating a high-level algorithmic block that executes assembly code compiled for a DSP processor core	DSP Processor Models User's Guide
Designing and analyzing digital filters	Filter Design System User's Guide
Representing system model components as extended finite state machines	Finite State Machine Editor User's Guide
Using MATLAB as a co-simulator with SPW SPB-I or SPB-C, transferring signal data files between the SPW and MATLAB environments	MATLAB Interface User's Guide
Blocks useful in designing and simulating communication systems	Communications Library - Floating Point Reference
Blocks useful in modeling Radio Frequency (RF) front ends for communication and radar systems	RF and Radar Library Reference
Modeling and analyzing multimedia applications at a system level	Multimedia Design Kit User's Guide
Multimedia blocks (for example: image processing, edge detection, optical systems, image sensors)	Multimedia Design Kit Library Reference
Fixed-point simulation and hardware synthesis	Hardware Design System User's Guide
Fixed-point blocks that support the Hardware Design System (HDS)	HDS Library Reference
Capturing and optimizing a fixed-point algorithmic model of a communication product	Communications Library - Fixed Point Reference
Developing products based on the GSM standard (Global System for Mobile Telecommunications)	GSM System-Level Verification Environment
Developing products based on the IS-136 digital cellular standard	IS-136 Verification Environment User's Guide
Developing products based on the IS-95A and J-STD-008 cellular standards	PCS/CDMA Verification Environment User's Guide
Creating Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) systems that generate behavioral HDL code	WCDMA Library Reference

Typographic and Syntax Conventions

Text that you type, such as commands, filenames, and values for dialog box fields, appears in Courier type.

Example: Type spw to start the File Manager.

Variables appear in Courier italic type.

Example: lib/cell.view defines the library, cell, and view for each block diagram in SPW.

User interface elements, such as field names, button names, menus, menu commands, and items in clickable list boxes, appear in Helvetica italic type.

Example: From the Add menu, choose the Wire command.

Menu commands use the dash (-) character to indicate menu levels.

Example: Choose the Add - Wire command.