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Re: [ts-7000] TS-7200 / ARM9 speed issue - question

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] TS-7200 / ARM9 speed issue - question
From: "Breton M. Saunders" <>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:28:25 +0100
Oh yea, forgot to mention:
  I needed a EP9302 to play mp3s. 
  Using mpg123 (a floating point heavy program) - the performance was
about 5x slower than realtime.
  Using madplay (a fixed point program) the performace was about 30%
load while playing in stereo. 

    -Brett

David Topper wrote:
> Yeah, it uses floats all over the place.  Interesting,
> that would explain why I had to fall back to a two
> year old version of the app (less use of floats).
>
> So the processor emulates FP math?  How can I get the
> FPU to work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DT
>
> --- "Breton M. Saunders"
> <> wrote:
>
>   
>> Check that it doesn't use floating point math.
>> If it does, you are in trouble.  You could try
>> getting the FPU on the
>> ARM9 to work, but that won't be easy.
>>
>>     -Brett
>>
>>
>> djtopper wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I've been working getting an audio app
>>>       
>> (www.rtcmix.org) to compile for
>>     
>>> the TS-7xx boards.  I think I've finally got it
>>>       
>> working, using the
>>     
>>> ALSA libraries, etc...  I can definitely play
>>>       
>> soundfiles through my
>>     
>>> little USB dongle.
>>>
>>> I'm noticing, however, that for basic synthesis
>>>       
>> (eg., making a sine
>>     
>>> wave) the board is far too slow).  I mean, I can
>>>       
>> barely get one
>>     
>>> oscillator going.
>>>
>>> I used to be able to get about a dozen or so on my
>>>       
>> old 90 mhz Pentium.
>>     
>>> What's the deal with the ARM processor and speed?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> DT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     
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