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Re: GA144 use cases

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: GA144 use cases
Date 2015-09-14 18:12 -0400
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On 9/14/2015 5:17 PM, Greg wrote:
> On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 12:26:00 PM UTC-5, rickman wrote:
>> On 9/14/2015 12:33 PM, Greg wrote:
>>> Not much.
>>
>> If you want to do something cool with a GA144, figure out just what it
>> can do well.  Not many have been able to do that.
>>
>> One application I came up with that may not have significant limitations
>> is a signal generator.  If the output is limited to basic waveforms like
>> sine, square, triangle, there is no need for external RAM.  The DACs can
>> be dithered to give good resolution at lower sample rates.  The DACs
>> won't perform so well at higher frequencies though, 9 bits is rather
>> limiting.
>>
>> Still, it can do audio frequencies with good SNR and higher frequencies
>> with lower SNR.  Doing all the math at 18 bits will minimize phase
>> truncation allowing the spurs to be spread rather than close in to the
>> carrier.
>>
>> Get that crystal oscillator working and you'll have a stable
>> reference... or just use an external oscillator with guaranteed specs.
>>
>> For an arbitrary waveform generator it will require enough RAM to hold
>> the waveforms.  So that will likely need an external RAM chip.  Maybe
>> figure out how to use the ADCs well and have a waveform capture mode.
>> Heck, maybe this could be the basis of an electronic instrument.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rick
>
> Rick, thanks much. The EvalBoard is on its way...
> http://www.greenarraychips.com/home/products/index.html
> The board has some SRAM included, with dedicated nodes to talk to it.
>
> It helps lots to see that I can reach out to somebody who can "speak" at my
> level too, thanks. Not that GreenArrays is not easily reachable, just that
> they may be talking Everest level and I am at the level where I barely see the
> forest from the trees.

Are you aware that they have a simulator?  You can write all sorts of 
code to test your skills and build some experience before adding the 
complication of real hardware.

-- 

Rick

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GA144 use cases dunno <dunno@dunno.dunno> - 2015-08-31 07:20 +0000
  Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 09:55 -0400
  Re: GA144 use cases Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2015-08-31 16:49 +0100
    Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 18:35 -0400
  Re: GA144 use cases Dennis Ruffer <daruffer@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 19:08 -0700
    Re: GA144 use cases Mux <Yvo.Zoer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 10:57 -0700
      Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 14:17 -0400
        Re: GA144 use cases Mux <Yvo.Zoer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 11:28 -0700
          Re: GA144 use cases hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-02 13:41 -0700
          Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:50 -0400
            Re: GA144 use cases Mux <Yvo.Zoer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 15:03 -0700
              Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 18:18 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Mux <Yvo.Zoer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:14 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 20:40 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 17:53 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 21:25 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Mux <Yvo.Zoer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 22:28 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-02 22:53 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 11:32 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-03 11:57 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-03 10:35 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-03 15:54 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-03 16:11 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 13:06 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-04 08:07 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 11:49 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-05 11:06 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-05 09:05 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 12:59 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases mhx@iae.nl - 2015-09-05 10:56 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-06 14:29 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-03 22:08 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-03 14:00 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-04 01:28 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2015-09-03 23:04 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-04 08:24 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-04 15:09 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-05 15:10 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-05 22:04 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-06 14:51 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-06 22:51 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 17:30 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 22:27 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-05 13:07 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-05 11:22 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-04 08:14 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-04 15:13 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-05 16:06 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-05 21:05 +0200
                Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-06 14:37 +0000
                Re: GA144 use cases Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2015-11-30 04:17 -0600
                Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-12-01 23:06 +0100
                Re: GA144 use cases Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 00:05 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 13:08 -0400
              Re: GA144 use cases forther <forther@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 11:26 -0700
      Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 15:15 -0400
    Re: GA144 use cases forther <forther@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 11:21 -0700
      Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 16:33 -0500
        Re: GA144 use cases forther <forther@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 12:12 -0800
          Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-12-03 16:10 -0500
  Re: GA144 use cases Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-02 12:10 -0700
  Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-03 01:27 -0700
    Re: GA144 use cases Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2015-09-03 13:32 +0100
      Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 11:32 -0400
  Re: GA144 use cases mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2015-09-03 18:57 +0200
    Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-03 23:58 +0200
    Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-04 07:52 +0000
    Re: GA144 use cases Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@antispam.uni.wroc.pl> - 2015-09-05 16:32 +0000
      Re: GA144 use cases mhx@iae.nl - 2015-09-05 10:52 -0700
        Re: GA144 use cases Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-09-05 22:11 +0200
          Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-06 14:18 +0000
            Re: GA144 use cases anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-07 07:49 +0000
        Re: GA144 use cases Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl> - 2015-09-05 23:42 +0000
          Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-05 17:25 -0700
  Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-07 03:18 -0700
    Re: GA144 use cases Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 03:31 -0700
      Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 15:06 -0400
        Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-08 21:41 -0700
          Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 02:54 -0400
            Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-09 03:02 -0700
              Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 16:55 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-09 20:12 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 23:40 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 23:43 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 00:07 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-09 21:55 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 01:43 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-09 23:49 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 14:43 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 16:10 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2015-09-12 03:15 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 10:28 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <abiforth@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 13:05 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 18:59 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <abiforth@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 18:42 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 22:47 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <abiforth@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 21:24 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 02:00 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases borota@gmail.com - 2015-09-14 08:35 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 12:06 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases borota@gmail.com - 2015-09-14 09:33 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 13:25 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 14:17 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 18:12 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <schmegner@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 18:15 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 22:16 -0400
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 14:50 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-18 15:11 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 05:32 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Dennis Ruffer <daruffer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 08:39 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Greg <borota@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 19:03 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Dennis Ruffer <daruffer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 06:44 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Dennis Ruffer <daruffer@gmail.com> - 2015-09-22 13:10 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 16:18 -0700
                Re: GA144 use cases schmegner@gmail.com - 2015-09-14 18:21 -0700

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