On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:32:20PM -0500, Dan McMahill wrote: > > >In the project I am currently working on, I am trying to do most > >of the work in a DSP rather than the FPGA so users can make more > >modifications without having to install non free sofware. > > > > Out of curiosity, which DSP chip can be programmed with free (open > source or otherwise) software? I struck out recently when looking for > such a beast although I didn't try too hard. Hopefully this would be in > the form of a compiler and assembler instead of just an assembler. >
Analog Devices Blackfin. I believe they even funded the port of GCC. They advertise it on their site. It can be downloaded from http://blackfin.uclinux.org There is also a uClinux port available which I choose not to use. They still sell their $4000 Visual DSP++ package which I would assume produces more optimized code. Or maybe it is just for users who are afraid of GCC. > > btw, I think altera figures that if you can't buy their development > tools without flinching then you also can't buy enough of their chips to > make it worth it. But I could be wrong about that. But seriously, why > else. Any $$ they make from selling tools has to be a tiny drop in the > bucket. > > -Dan Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com
