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Article #2418Re: DSP for audio work
From: KG7HF
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:18
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:18
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Igor, My guess is that it is X grade. Everything seems OK except there is some booting issue. Which doesn't seem to cause us much problem. http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=21161-HARDWARE PD. "Igor Korzinek" <igor.korzinek@inet.hr> wrote in message news:a7pftr$ugb$1@sunce.iskon.hr... > Hi, > I collegue from our company and me also wanted to do some experiments > with DSP in Audio. Actually to try to build some AC-3 stuff with active > X-over... > And we are waiting for the same AD (animal device:-). > > My Q is: the representative told us that they have some non-production > silicon on > the board. So is it buggy DSP or you can use it without problems ? > Or you got a quote that allready contain the debugged, "production" 21161 ? > > Igor > > "Johnny" <john_wr100@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:3c9f052b.29785569@news.optusnet.com.au... > > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:31:58 -0500, "KG7HF" <KG7HF@amsat.org> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the advice PD and also thanks to Al. > > > > Yes I got a quote on the 21161 kit this today. Its basically US$500.. > > > > Mutiple channels should give pretty awesome for my app. and 600MFLOP > > should allow higher sampling rates whether I need them or not. Pity > > there dosen't appear to be any SP-DIF receivers or transmitters. But > > I could probably design a little daugher board to do this .. one > > day... > > > > One thing that concerns me is that the evaluation kit is limited to > > 8kb program size. ie 2048 Words. Should I assume this is going to > > be more than enough for my FIR filter implementation? > > > > I wonder, is there separate memory space to store my filter > > co-efficients... Because I will probably have nearly 2000 filter > > coeficients which wouldn't leave a lot of space for program. > > > > Also I suppose the program must be stored in a low-speed flash memory > > anyway, and probably gets loaded by the boot loader or external > > micro.. Yes.. I got a lot more research to do.. Hopefully I will be > > able to get a soft-copy of the users manual from the AD rep. > > Obvioulsy I will study the data sheet. > > > > Thanks agian.. > > John. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I agree, the 21161N EZ-Kit would be a good choice since you budget is > $500. > > >The debugger with the 21161N Ez-Kit is USB based, and is much faster and > > >more robust than that available with the 21065L EZ-Kit. I think you will > > >also find that if you do run into any technical difficulties, you will > get a > > >much better responses using the newer evaluation boards. > > > > > >PD. > > > > > > > > >"Al Clark" <dsp@danvillesignal.com> wrote in message > > >news:Xns91DB81B2F6D2aclarkdanvillesignal@209.249.90.101... > > >> john_wr100@yahoo.com (Johnny) wrote in news:3c9db1ea.6888487 > > >> @news.optusnet.com.au: > > >> > > >> > On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:18:32 GMT, john_wr100@yahoo.com (Johnny) > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > I am planning on doing some experimentation with digital fitlers. I > > >> > want to make an active crossover for my audio system. I was looking > at > > >> > one of the following kits: > > >> > > > >> > Motorola DSP5636X Evaluation module. > > >> > or > > >> > Analog devices ADSP-21065L Ez-Kit lite > > >> > > > >> > I probably need about 80 Million multiply/accumate per second and at > > >> > least 24bit fixed point. Faster is better though. > > >> > > > >> > I dont mind programming in Assembly or C language. I figure that > > >> > assembly is probably fine because my code should be pretty simple > just > > >> > to implement FIR filters and I/O functions. I was kind of scared by > > >> > roughly 1000 pages of documentation for the motorola development > > >> > system and DSP programmers guide. > > >> > > > >> > Does anyone have experience with these kits? > > >> > Which is easier to use, and will offer the best learning curve? > > >> > Should I look at Texas Instuments or other DSPs? > > >> > What kits are the best value for money? > > >> > > > >> > I was thinking of spending around US$500, but I might be able to > > >> > extend that. > > >> > > > >> > best regards, > > >> > Johnny > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> Since you mentioned crossovers, I assume you need at least 4 channels > of > > >> DACs. I would get a 21161 EZ-Kit. This 21161 is much faster than the > > >> 21065L. It also has SIMD hich will work very well for your application. > > >> > > >> The EZ-Kit was 8 channels of 96kHz DACs. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Al Clark > > >> Danville Signal Processing, Inc. > > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Purveyors of Fine DSP Hardware and other Cool Stuff > > >> Available at http://www.danvillesignal.com > > > > > > > > > >
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