Try also googling for 'fpga synthesizer element14' lot's of good stuff pt., 10 sty 2020, 21:37 użytkownik Andrew Luke Nesbit < em...@andrewnesbit.org> napisał:
> P.S. On the topic of using FPGA's to implement lookup tables, I > discovered the following Hacakday article. Fortunately it simply in my > email inbox, about an hour or two, ago: > > > https://hackaday.com/2020/01/10/using-lookup-tables-to-make-the-impossible-possible/ > > If you thought Theo's message was interesting then I recommend doing a > deep dive into this article too. For me it is (also) wonderfully > illuminating. > > > On 10/01/2020 11:48, Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote: > > On 10/01/2020 10:18, Theo Verelst wrote: > >> Hi all > > > > Hi Theo, > > > >> Maybe it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I recall some here are > >> (like me) interested in music applications of FPGA based signal > >> processing. > > Lately I have been researching exactly this topic. It's one of the > > primary areas of DSP research that I am considering directing my career > > towards and making a significant investment of resources in learning.site > > > > There is a lot of meaningful context in all of this. I'm looking > > forward to deploying my new website that should explain it. > > > > I have a strong backgroumd in music and audio signal processing. Not > > with FPGA however. > > > >> I made a video showing a real time "Silicon Compile" and test program > >> run on a Zynq board using Xilinx's Vivado HLS to create an FPGA bit > >> file > > I am overwhelmed by where to start in FPGA. This includes finding a > > hardware recommendation for a beginnerdevelopment kit. > > > > Nevertheless I have yet to look up a vendor of this FPGA development kit > > and toolchain and then to find out what prices. > > > >> that initializes a 64k short integer fixed point sine lookup table > >> (-pi/2 .. pi/2) which can be used like a C function with argument > >> passing by a simple test program running on ARM processors. > > This is great! It's simple, useful, and can be visualized with known > > expected results. It seems like a perfect starting project. > > > >> The main point is the power the C compilation can provide the FPGA > >> with, and to see the use of the latest 2019.2 tools at work with the > >> board, > > Might I rephrase this as the following? > > > > - It's an exercise in selecting an appropriate FPGA development kit. > > This kit would be a good investment and sufficienly repurposeable for > > future DSP projects. > > > > - Setting up the toolchain; learning a workflow; and acquainting > > oneself with the ecosystems of: > > > > - FPGA-based DSP; > > > > - the Xilinx and FPGA support communities; > > > > - edge computing; and... > > > > circling back to the beginning... > > > > perhaps even providing a basic introduction to FPGA for somebody (like > > me?). > > > > In this last case what would be an appropriate "Step 1. Introduction to > > FPGA"? > > > > I guess that Xilinx's own documentation for new users of FPGA technology > > would be a good place to start. > > > > If anybody has recommendations for additional books, blogs, forums, etc, > > please let me know. Thank you!! > > > > In summary: Is Xilinx a good company to invest time into learning its > > ecosystem? This obviously includes spending money on dev kits with the > > aim of FPGA-basd DSP. For examples, is Xilinx's support good? Is the > > community ecosystem healthy? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Andrew > > -- > OpenPGP key: EB28 0338 28B7 19DA DAB0 B193 D21D 996E 883B E5B9 > _______________________________________________ > dupswapdrop: music-dsp mailing list > music-dsp@music.columbia.edu > https://lists.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp
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