I am new to embedded systems

In article , Shekhar Madnani writes

I don't know much about DSP but for information on embedded topics I have some papers on embedded C and debugging at

DSP is Digital Signal Processing. So it depends what you want to do. DSP tends to be more specialised and a little more expensive to get into AFAIK.

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Hello Shekhar,

If you want to understand DSP, you are first going to need to understand the differences between the frequency and time domains, then you'll want to study up on the Fourier Transform. It would be a good thing to understand sampling theory and then analog and digital filters. DSP is not just taking point snapshots of analog data, but it requires understanding of the bandwidth limitations created by digital sampling.

I don't think that a "DSP Starter Kit" is really going to give you the fundamentals. I would recommend your local university for a solid course in DSP, plus the DSP development kit will probably be included in the course. MPEG encoding of video data is DSP, but in my experience, most of the DSP was hidden by the MPEG encoder chip architecture and I was only able to control macro functions of the resulting MPEG output, things like bit rate, frame types, and other MPEG stuff that I have since forgotten.

Believe it or not your request is Very vague.

Unlike the desktop there is no standard embedded system. It covers 8 bit 8 pin Cpus all the way upto Pentiums running a RTOS.

You need to figure out what hardware will handle the software you want to write. And what O/S if any you need to support it.

DSP is a *lot* more specialized and has a much higher entry barrier, mostly in the education. If you are doing more than just coding an agorithm that someone else gives you, it is a field with a lot of required background.

In article , Neil Kurzman writes

You mean up to Sparc, Power PC and Alpha parts

most 8 and 16 bit systems don't use an OS

I think the OP should start with an 8 bit system where there are plenty of cheap kits and tools.

Either 8051, AVR or PIC.

As is well known my preference is for 8051 as there is so much more available from many more sources and the tools go from free to those used for high integrity and safety critical.

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You will find articles about embedded software development at:

Sandeep

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