Hi..folks..,
For a generic hobbyist,
Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal
processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI enabled
then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for today).
Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay.
thanks for the patience
have a nice day :-)
Any advise for a hobbyist to select the Kit?
Started by ●July 5, 2009
Reply by ●July 5, 20092009-07-05
On 5 Jul, 08:52, "M.Parker" <mpar...@nodomain.com> wrote:> Hi..folks.., > > � � � For a generic hobbyist, > Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal > processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI enabled > then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for today). �Any particular reason why you want a HW kit? You only need a suitable software program to play with DSP routines and methods. The HW kits only become important if you need (or want) to port something to HW. If you just want to play with ideas, a free matlab clone like octave or scilab might be sufficient. Rune
Reply by ●July 5, 20092009-07-05
Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no> wrote in comp.dsp, news:b02a9aad-04a9-458a-b3ee-05a09f0fa49f@i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com: On Sun 05 Jul 2009 12:42:55p,> On 5 Jul, 08:52, "M.Parker" <mpar...@nodomain.com> wrote: >> Hi..folks.., >> >> � � � For a generic hobbyist, >> Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal >> processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI >> enabl > ed >> then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for today). � > > Any particular reason why you want a HW kit?not very serious, but I need an all-in-one kit for all my "do it your self activities" {all on my PC}> > You only need a suitable software program to play with > DSP routines and methods. The HW kits only become important > if you need (or want) to port something to HW.I'm not good at programming, so I don't have the job of "porting" anything to that pretty microcontrollers. All the tests would be on my personal PC.> > If you just want to play with ideas, a free matlab clone > like octave or scilab might be sufficient. >Are they GUI enabled + F/OSS ?> Rune >thnx Rune for the quick reply have a nice weekend :-) ____ where are the other folks..?
Reply by ●July 5, 20092009-07-05
M.Parker wrote:> Hi..folks.., > > > For a generic hobbyist, > Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal > processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI enabled > then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for today). > Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay.Before you know what you want, get a book, pencil and paper. VLV
Reply by ●July 5, 20092009-07-05
M.Parker wrote:> Hi..folks.., > > > For a generic hobbyist, > Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal > processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI enabled > then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for today). > > > Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay. > > > thanks for the patience > have a nice day :-)To start with - Just *WHAT* is "FOSS"? I did Google, did I come up with right answer? If so, what are your goals? With reference to Rune's response: why hardware? if software, what are you looking for from a GUI?
Reply by ●July 5, 20092009-07-05
Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > > M.Parker wrote: > >> Hi..folks.., >> >> >> For a generic hobbyist, Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the >> most of the signal processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image >> stuff"), if it is GUI enabled then, I'm the luckiest person on the >> Earth(at least for today). Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor >> too is okay. > > > Before you know what you want, get a book, pencil and paper. > > VLVThen ignore most of what VLV posts. He was born perfect etc etc etc [The sad thing is that he *has* demonstrated TECHNICAL competence]
Reply by ●July 6, 20092009-07-06
Vladimir Vassilevsky <antispam_bogus@hotmail.com> wrote in comp.dsp, news:Ig24m.6847$iz2.6722@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com: On Sun 05 Jul 2009 07:24:55p,> > > M.Parker wrote: > >> Hi..folks.., >> >> >> For a generic hobbyist, >> Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal >> processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI >> enabled then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for >> today). Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay. >> Before you know what you want, get a book, pencil and paper. > > VLVharsh reply :-( sarcasm will always not work, mind that;
Reply by ●July 6, 20092009-07-06
Richard Owlett <rowlett@atlascomm.net> wrote in comp.dsp, news:jf-dnRJlT4WsL83XnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@supernews.com: On Sun 05 Jul 2009 07:33:34p,> M.Parker wrote: >> Hi..folks.., >> >> >> For a generic hobbyist, >> Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal >> processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI >> enabled then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for >> today). >> >> >> Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay. >> >> >> thanks for the patience >> have a nice day :-) > > > To start with - Just *WHAT* is "FOSS"?FOSS = Free/Open Source Software> > I did Google, did I come up with right answer? > > If so, what are your goals? > > With reference to Rune's response: > why hardware? > if software, what are you looking for from a GUI? >Honestly other than these 2 things (1) Sampling Music + (Analysing it) (2) Image Processing + (again Analysis it too) I don't have any other thing to do with that program, I'm expecting all the options( or the things related to the above 2 categories) from the GUI of that respective program. thnx Richard for your reply :_) Any ideas..? ______ Matlab is quite good, but it is a Retail product; no use to me.
Reply by ●July 6, 20092009-07-06
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:32:01 +0000, M.Parker wrote:> Richard Owlett <rowlett@atlascomm.net> wrote in comp.dsp, > news:jf-dnRJlT4WsL83XnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@supernews.com: On Sun 05 Jul 2009 > 07:33:34p, > >> M.Parker wrote: >>> Hi..folks.., >>> >>> >>> For a generic hobbyist, >>> Could you people suggest any FOSS kit for the most of the signal >>> processing stuff(" more emphasis on thr Image stuff"), if it is GUI >>> enabled then, I'm the luckiest person on the Earth(at least for >>> today). >>> >>> >>> Platform: windows; if not, Linux flavor too is okay. >>> >>> >>> thanks for the patience >>> have a nice day :-) >> >> >> To start with - Just *WHAT* is "FOSS"? > > FOSS = Free/Open Source Software > > >> I did Google, did I come up with right answer? >> >> If so, what are your goals? >> >> With reference to Rune's response: >> why hardware? >> if software, what are you looking for from a GUI? >> >> > > Honestly other than these 2 things > > (1) Sampling Music + (Analysing it) (2) Image Processing + > (again Analysis it too) > > I don't have any other thing to do with that program, > > I'm expecting all the options( or the things related to the above 2 > categories) from the GUI of that respective program. > > > thnx Richard for your reply :_) > Any ideas..? > > ______ > > Matlab is quite good, but it is a Retail product; > no use to me.As Rune said: Scilab/Scicoslab or Octave. I prefer Scicoslab for my own work, but the image processing library is 3rd party, the Scilab/Scicoslab team has undergone mieosis and neither product is 100% developed, and neither Scilab nor Scicoslab is Matlab compatible. I haven't used Octave for years, but it was OK then and I understand that a number of rough edges have been knocked off. I do signal processing and control systems design professionally; until the team split the blanket I used Scilab exclusively; when the Scilab team finishes their revolutionary changes and has a product that actually works close to 100% I'll go back to it. In the mean time I'm quite happy with Scicoslab under Ubuntu, but I can't vouch for it under Windows. Octave is more Matlab compatible: it's goal is to use the exact same scripting language as Matlab. Scilab's goal is to be what Matlab should have been from the start so it's scripting language is incompatible with Matlab -- but it has far better (although far from perfect) support for object-oriented-like programming constructs and a number of built-in functions to support control systems and signal processing that in Matlab/ Octave are far clunkier. Unless you have a Matlab whiz close by to hold your hand, I'd suggest Scicoslab to start with, while keeping an eye on Scilab developments -- when they get Scicos and their debugger working, switch back to Scilab. -- www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●July 6, 20092009-07-06
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:25:06 -0500, Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote:>As Rune said: Scilab/Scicoslab or Octave. I prefer Scicoslab for my own >work, but the image processing library is 3rd party, the Scilab/Scicoslab >team has undergone mieosisHumph. Thanks for the pointer. I missed the fork and wasn't aware that the INRIA group was working on a parallel development effort now. -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
