Design of digital modules for signal processing

This report describes the design considerations in the development of a family of Digital Signal Processing Modules for use in prototype development. It describes several of the modules in the family and then demonstrates their use in a variety of system configurations. The primary advantages foreseen in the use of such a family of modules lie in the fact that (1) less detailed work is necessary in developing a given prototype system thus speeding development time and (2) the repetitive use of the same modules in successive systems allows the use of techniques such as Large Scale Integration (LSI) which would not be justifiable by the small number of units needed for any single system.