Exactly! I think it represents a significant learning curve to move from
the PIC to the dsPIC.. And learning curves can be painful. Getting
results is what most of you care about and to be able to present the key
advantages of the DSP as simple to use java objects rather than having
to get down and dirty with the intimaties of the new dsPIC instructions
to get results seems to me to be a good application of 'abstract
programming'

Cheers,

James Caska
www.muvium.com
uVM - 'Java Bred for Embedded'



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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of D. Jay Newman
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Subject: Re: [dsPIC]: dsPIC masters class?


Three cheers for James!

I would love to use a dsPIC for some video processing without having to
learn a whole new language (I *do* know my way around a PIC). Being able
to program the thing in Java makes it that much better.

> I am porting muvium for the dsPIC which means soon you can run the
> same java code on a 16FXX an 18FXX or a dsPICXX so for me it is a
> fantastic upward migration path for muvium. Also it means for me at
> least, a faster way for people to get started with dsPIC without
> having to learn a whole new architecture.
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