[lug] Mailing lists/forums for embedded?

[Zan Lynx]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:18 PM, <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> I'm looking to do some serious audio crunching, along with custom USB
>> modifications. Lots of kernel module work, plus user space audio
>> processing. A separate project on the same platform if I can get two
>> ethernet ports and bridge (more kernel space stuff, useful for testing).
>> Latency is a concern, I'm looking at RTlinux on dual core or quad core.
>>
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>
> You may also want to consider an FPGA board. Some of these come with an
> ARM CPU included. If you know your logic design these can be great for
> audio because efficiency is maximized, latency is minimal and power use is
> also minimal. Bits go in. Bits get munged. Bits come out. It is like a DSP
> but even better because it is custom-designed for your algorithm.
>

I just thought of these guys after I wrote the email. I saw Pico Computing
at Black Hat this year. They are pretty cool. One of these things is what I
was talking about: http://picocomputing.com/e-series/e-102
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