[Freetel-codec2] New ARM Cortex-M7

2014-09-25 Thread Chris Testa
Hi all, ARM announced the successor to the Cortex-M4, the Cortex-M7. It has twice the CPU speed (400MHz), a double precision floating point unit, and better caching. It's focused on better DSP. Looks sweet! http://www.anandtech.com/show/8542/cortexm7-launches-embedded-iot-and-wearables/2 And

[Freetel-codec2] SmartFusion 2

2014-09-25 Thread Bruce Perens
Cortex M7 would go in SmartMic without modification, it appears, which means there would be extra power to run the Speex audio preprocessor, better battery life, etc. (although just maybe the Speex audio preprocessor could work in the present chip). I also wanted to

[Freetel-codec2] Visibility for codec2 and freedv

2014-09-25 Thread Gullik Webjörn
A small suggested modification / enhancement for freedv. Since the call sign is transmitted at all times when I key the TX, a useful feature would be a log entry (file) logging time, call, and possibly SNR, when getting a synched carrier. Reading this file from a unattended freedv station,

Re: [Freetel-codec2] New ARM Cortex-M7

2014-09-25 Thread Mel Whitten
Yes, it was even mentioned in a WSJ (wall street journal) article today. :-) I guess they expect it to make some $$ Mel - Original Message - From: Chris Testa To: freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net ; digitalvo...@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:13

Re: [Freetel-codec2] New ARM Cortex-M7

2014-09-25 Thread glen english
You might have to wait a while though, Silicon is only in preview.. On 26/09/2014 1:13 AM, Chris Testa wrote: Hi all, ARM announced the successor to the Cortex-M4, the Cortex-M7. It has twice the CPU speed (400MHz), a double precision floating point unit, and better caching. It's

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Visibility for codec2 and freedv

2014-09-25 Thread David Rowe
Hello Gullik, That is a good suggestion, thanks. I have also been working on a system to parse text messages and fire of system calls, for example to post spots and other information to web servers. This is running the freedv-dev. Cheers, David On 26/09/14 08:04, Gullik Webjörn wrote: A