DSP modular?

[Martin Fay]

At 09:18 AM 3/12/97 CST6CDT, CGS2510.SEP.STUDENT.UCA wrote:
>Also, concerning modular stuff.  Has anyone gotten as interested in
> DSP as of late as I have and gotten one of the Analog Devices OR
>Motorolla OR Texas Instruments OR some other DSP evaluation kit?  I
> have Analog's ADDS 2106x coming in the mail.  Think of it... two
>16 bit ins, two 16 bit outs, quite a speedy processor, lots of text
>to read, and a C compiler!!!  And the price is so low nowadays. 
>You may not be able to write code for a full synthetic modular, but
>all you gotta do to have every effects processor known to man is
>download code from computer to evaluation board and you could
>change its entire purpose in life in just seconds!!!  I'm very
>excited about it, anyone else tries it?

I have vaguely considered DSP evaluation kits, but there didn't seem 
to be much of an advantage compared to writing for a PC. And of 
course PC (well win32) programs have certain advantages in the 
commercial sense too. I do wonder how a stripped PC solely for 
running dsp code would compare to one the aforementioned evaluation 
kits. I would guess the PC solution has the advantages of:
- Better development tools, wider choice
- More RAM, which to some extent could offset lower performance by 
   using large lookup tables
- Wide range of soundcards



Martin

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