150mhz ARM could do simple DSP, but will choke once you get math heavy.<div><br></div><div>I thought you meant more like an AVR atmega in terms of microcontroller.</div><div><br></div><div>A more powerful general CPU is probably the simplest thing to use. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Hardware DSPs often have non-free compilers or even their own language to use for development.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Tom<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com">jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">really? so I would not be able to make for example a voice changer<br>
with an arm 150mhz is single cycle multiplier–accumulators (MAC) (not<br>
sure what this is but seems useful for FFT).<br>
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I suppose I should go with an actual DSP rather than a micro controller?<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Tom Burns <<a href="mailto:tom.i.burns@gmail.com">tom.i.burns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Jean-Marc,<br>
> A microprocessor is too underpowered for realtime DSP.<br>
> I've done a bit before just writing to WAVE files directly to play with<br>
> ideas.<br>
> The guys from audiodamage are flirting with an idea for a beagleboard +<br>
> LCD/interface in a box that can load sound modules.<br>
> They'll also be providing the code so that you have to write one function<br>
> that gets passed the input signal and returns the output signal.<br>
> There's no target release date for this box yet but it should bring hardware<br>
> DSP to the masses for around $500.<br>
> Tom<br>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com">jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Any one has any resources web free on DSP? I would like to get into<br>
>> sound processing and adding effects. I am thinking of practicing on a<br>
>> pc with wave files then trying my luck on a micro. I am not too sure<br>
>> how to go about it but for now I am reading this web book that seems<br>
>> to cover the basics<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.dspguide.com" target="_blank">http://www.dspguide.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> thanks,<br>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc<br>
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>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds<br>
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