[sdiy] DSP or Micro

[Jerry Gray-Eskue]

Thanks Terry, lots of stuff here to check out, surprisingly all Freescale ;)
but none the less very good fits for what I am looking at.

Jerry

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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 12:08 PM
To: Eric Brombaugh; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] DSP or Micro

On 5/6/11 9:22 AM, "Eric Brombaugh" <ebrombaugh1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Biggest, baddest, overkill DSP? How about this:
> 
> http://beagleboard.org/
> 
> * 32-bit ARM Cortex A8 with Neon SIMD running at 1GHz
> * Integrated TMS320C64x+ DSP running at 430MHz
> * 512 MB DDR DRAM
> * on-board stereo codec
> * on-board HDMI & S-video
> * on-board ethernet, USB, SD, Serial
> * GPIO, camera, digital audio, etc expansion connectors
> * Runs Linux & other OSes. Do development in a GUI right on the board.
> Run Pd, JACK, Chuck, etc.
> 
> $149
> 
> Or go with the slightly older BB rev C4 for $125 (slower CPU, less
> memory, no ethernet)
> 
> Note that I'm only partly kidding. While it's possible to do audio work
> on these boards, there's a lot of other stuff to learn in the process.
> Not for the faint of heart...
> 
> Eric
> 
> On 05/06/2011 09:01 AM, Jerry Gray-Eskue wrote:
>> Thanks, this is along the lines of what I am looking for and not BGA, I
>> think I will have to "bite the bullet" and get SM to work for these kinds
of
>> features I want but BGA looks really tricky. I have worked with the 56k
>> before but that was ancient, it may have been the original release.
>> 
>> Anyone else have other suggestions?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thx1138 [mailto:thx1138 at earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 10:24 AM
>> To: Jerry Gray-Eskue; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] DSP or Micro
>> 
>> On 5/6/11 8:00 AM, "Jerry Gray-Eskue"<jerryge at cableone.net>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Are there any recommendations for the Biggest Baddest Overkill DSP or
>>> Microcontroller with an affordable price tag? The cost of required
>>> Development tools also are important.
>>> 
>>> I would be looking for largest ram, code space and processing speed.
Nice
>> to
>>> have would be D2A and A2D(s) onboard. Ram and Code space internal would
be
>>> nice but support for external memory could also fit the bill.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any input on this subject
>>> 
>>> - Jerry
>>> 
>>> 
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> The DSP56721 has a huge memory on board @ 400 DSP MIPs. The DSP56725 is @
>> 500 MIPs and a pretty good memory footprint. Pretty inexpensive parts in
low
>> volume.
>> 
>> http://www.Freescale.com/Symphony
>> 
>> The SymphonyStudio DSP tools are Free and available.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
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Regards,

Terry

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