From: Erik Walthinsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [gsmp-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:07:36 -0800 (PST)

> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Rene Rebe wrote:
> 
> > Building an external audio-box with multi analog input and outputs
> > containting at least one DSP which is conencted via an existing bus
> > (most likely Firewire).
> > The only problematic part is, that the powerfull DSPs are BGA (Ball
> > Grid Array these days - and designing such a PCB sucks ...)
> 
> This is pretty much the design I'm working on, except using a simple
> microcontroller, not a DSP.  What would the DSPs by used for for this
> device?

To run custom effects! Reverb, EQ, Vocoder, Flanger ... - whatever.

>  Can a microcontroller do the job?  (see
> http://www.triscend.com/products/indexe5.html for the chip I'm messing
> with)

Oh 8051. Was really slow ..., I do not know if this chip provides
enough CPU power to run some effets on it. But since I guess it
doesn't provide fixed or floading point arithmetic programming effects
migh be really hard :-(

A DSP (Digital Signal Processor) normally provide sophisticatted
fixed-point (preferred by me) or floating-point support and are much
faster (the Motorola 56000, I played with, executes all instruction in
one cycle and two of these parallel ...)

>  Email me for more info (I wrote something up for someone else
> interested that I can forward), and we definitely need to get a group
> together of people who have the interest and ability to design such
> hardware.  The analog end is the hardest IMO.

Feel free to email s.th. over: rene.rebe at gmx.net

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