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> Does this application require a DSPIC, or would a regular
> microcontroller suffice?  So far, my DSP background has been entirely
> theoretical.  Whatever we use, the microcontroller must take samples
> at a very high rate so that the exact timing of the peaks and troughs
> is accurate.  A sample rate that is too low would make the timing of
> the peaks and troughs very inaccurate.  I believe that this
> application calls for a DSPIC due to the need to take and analyze data
> from so many samples.  Am I correct, or am I way off base?
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I think you need to start with the AD converter. Determine how fast it has =
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be and how many bits it has to have. Since you are sampling two signals (if=
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I don't know anything about the DSPICs but it might have better (faster) AD =

converters than the regular PICs and that might be reason enough to go for =
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DSPIC.

/Ruben
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