[sdiy] Microchip DSP kit $60

[Scott Gravenhorst]

"Barry Klein" <Barry.L.Klein at wdc.com> wrote:
>Supposedly new DSP dev. kit for $60.
>Looks like a decent kit for that much $$.
>Anyone doing anything with it?
>http://microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en534506

Barry,

Thank you for this.  

DSP people - is 16 KB RAM big/small/midsize?  

What sort of applications can we fit in this? 

Also, what does this mean:
 "Low cost audio capture and play back circuitry using the 12 bit ADC and PWM Audio"

Specifically, "PWM" - pulse width modulation - is that how they make audio out?  Not sure
what the implications for that are with respect to things like aliasing, noise and
distortion.

Max sample rate of 48KHz isn't stellar, but it's usable.

-- ScottG

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