I gave a brief seminar today at work discussing board-level serial protocols, specifically I2C(Inter-Integrated Circuit) and SPI. It was largely a comparative look at high-level implementation of circuits using the two standards, followed by a brief look at interfacing SPI devices to the Analog Devices 21369 DSP SPI Controller.
The talk went well enough, but it’s the side conversations that might become dangerous. Speaking with a couple of my co-workers, I’m seeing a chance to turn a neat idea into a funded project. But if it doesn’t get funded, it might become a slightly expensive personal project. It’s possible that I may try to get a Blackfin sent home.
Overclocking DSPs can yield undefined results.
It has been waiting in the processing queue far too long, but I’ve finally gotten my first professional publication out the door. It’s an internal technical report on some audio research that I was working on early this year, but it’s official and bears my name as the primary author. In reality, it’s not too different from any of the other documentation that I’ve written for various projects over the years. However, this seems somewhat more important, given that it’s for a research institution.
Someone really should do a study on the psychological effects of listening to white noise for prolonged periods of time. I can’t quite describe the feeling when I take the headphones off, but it’s very strange. Which means that my testing of this variable delay is going relatively slowly.
Note to self: Random Number Generator Modulation isn’t the same thing as Ring Modulation. Stopping my brain from expanding RNG into Ring would have saved me a lot of confusion.
I’ve always wanted one, but I never assumed that I’d be in a position for whatever company I’m working for to have one lying around, and that they decide that I should have it. I’m talking about none other than the MAudio Delta 1010.
I have a feeling that I’m due for another round of gear lust. It’s been a while since I’ve gone shopping for music gear.
It always surprises me just how much I forget about how to use Matlab in between times that I use it. I think part of the problem is that I wasted so much time working on microcontroller software that I had lost track of any sort of numerical simulation tools that I would use for DSP work.
I’ve started back to work after a wonderful 2 month break. I’m finding myself a victim, however, of Job Cool-Factor Syndrome. My first task on my first project took me to the Steinberg developer pages to get a copy of the VST audio plug-in SDK. How am I a victim? Well, somehow I found myself drawn to the library to sit down with some technical papers that I’ll eventually be using to create audio effects. Who puts in voluntary extra hours on their second day of work?
I signed and sent the contract back to IRL today, having set a start date of March 6th. I’m almost at the end of my vacation now. I really have to make the most of it. And start ramping up my knowledge of VHDL again.
I flew down to Wellington for an interview this morning. The job is cooler than most that I’ve heard of coming up recently. It’s more research than I’ve ever done before, but I’m counting on that not being any sort of a problem. I’m hoping that I have a decent shot at getting this job, but I’m not completely certain that I want to leave Auckland for Wellington. At this point, I’m not sure if I have that decision to make.
