[sdiy] Tiny boards anyone ?

[jbv]

Eric,

>
> Unless you're doing a project that absolutely requires the features
> found in the Blackfin products, you can get in on the ground floor of
> DSP for a lot less using other manufacturers processors. Microchip's
> dsPIC has pretty low barriers to entry (free development software, cheap
> programming cables, DIP packages, etc).

Mmmh... please correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK VisualDSP+ can be
downloaded and used for free as long as it's hooked to an ADI kit (with
certain limitations in code length, but that seems more than enough for
a hobbyist)...
As for Microchip's dsPIC, they're only 16 bits and most of the application
examples for these chips I've found on the web were about robotics...
I'm more interested in realtime FFT...

Is there any other cheap uC with DSP capabilities ? I noticed that AVR is
marketing DSPs but I'm not sure how they're related to their uCs...

Best,
JB