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From: harrison@sunny.DAB.GE.COM (Gregory Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.dsp
Subject: Re: More digital mixer stuff
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Date: 11 Oct 89 14:05:36 GMT
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In article <1989Sep30.122344.12326@ivucsb.sba.ca.us> todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) writes:
>
>*and* generates an interrupt when it's ready.  Usually, my programs for
>my board consist of a main loop that does absolutely nothing and an
>interrupt service routine.  The (nano)second I get a sample, the interrupt

As an aside, the TI TMS320C30 has an instruction that puts the processor
into an idle state, and just waits around for an interrupt to spur it 
into action.  

Greg Harrison
My opinions are not intended to reflect those of GE.