[sdiy] TI DSPs open source compiler?

[Neil Johnson]

Jay,

Excellent write-up.  I've always preferred AD as well....TI seem too much
oriented towards the low-cost end, where price is the prime motivation
rather than interfacing, features, etc.

A simple difference---check out the assembly language for the AD parts, it
looks more like equations than assembler, so much more natural to read.

> If you want to get a good idea on what it takes code wise to do signal
> processing get access to a computer with a development system.

Perhaps I could suggest the Mac, running OSX, and Audio Units.  Not only
do you get a decent processing engine, especially if you opt for a G4 with
the AltiVec vector processor (or wait for the newer G5 ... *drool*).  The
development software for OSX is *free*.  Yup, free.  Granted, its GCC
underneath, but we're talking a very nice integrated development
environment, interface builders, project management, debugger, built-in
CVS support, supporting C, C++, ObjectiveC, Java, AppleScript, and so on.

Also, the *complete* audio layer libraries, including source code and lots
of examples, are free for download.  Not to mention the growing number of
free, open-source Audio Units (check out the DestroyFX website).  And no
NDA to sign.

BTW, did I mention that all this is *free*..?  Well, once you've bought
the Mac, that is :-)

Cheers,
Neil

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