From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:19:09 +0200

Jaremy wrote:
> I am currently developing a fast fourier transform (fft) for rockbox.
> For those who do not know what a fft does, it transforms data about the
> amplitude into information about the frequency spectrum.

We can't read the D/A converter data fast enough to make use of an FFT
for spectrum analysis. For a good analysis you would need to sample the
data at about 40kHz. The best we can do is about (wild guess) 0.5kHz.
And then Rockbox will slow to a crawl.

My conclusion is: don't bother.

Sorry if I sound pessimistic.

/Linus
Received on 2003-04-24