Pitch Estimation & Equalization of Audio Signal Using DSP

There is probably a "forum" or "group" on the internet that is dedicated to TI DSPs. I remember years ago being a member of a TI MSP430 group. There might be someone here that can help but a TI DSP group would be a much better place to ask questions.

It has been my experience that TI makes very good processors/DSPs but normally has a very large learning curve to get the tools to work. A couple of years ago we switched from a TI DSP to one from another company because the impression that marketing material gave us about the cost/effort of making the tool chain work was VERY, VERY different from what we experienced in the real world.

Years ago I paid about $300 to attend a TI DSP workshop. The instructors could not keep their demo board running. They tried no to let us know that it was tool chain problems but as the pressure mounted the truth would slip out. I never once installed the tools or demo board that I brought home from that seminar/workshop. It would have been a much better marketing effort by TI to tell us that the instructor was sick and return our money.

I have used TI processors/DSPs in several products and always been very happy with the actual parts.

If you continue to fail with the supplied tools you might consider GNU open source tools for the Linux environment. There will be a learning curve but there will probably be more useful tutorials on the internet that the proprietary tool chain.

Another option to consider is to look for "high end hobby grade" tools. The people at http://www.microcontrollershop.com/ and other "hobby" sources usually have software packages that can be made to work pretty easily. The "hobby" compilers, debuggers, etc. won't be as good as working professional tools, but if you can't get the professional tools to work then the high end hobby tools are effectively better.

PS If your tools are working then my comments are probably not helpful. The first time I read your posting I assumed "coding" was a software tools problem. Now I'm not sure if I made a bad assumption.

1. Read the instructions.

2. Follow the instructions.

3. If all else fails, talk to your instructor.

The purpose of a "project" is to help you "learn". It is not to have someone else do your work for you. If we do the project for you, you will only have learned how to ask others for favors and learned nothing.

You won't have that luxury if you ever get a job.

Find a help site, or collaborate with fellow students.

You might find the help you are looking for here:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Hands-On_Training_for_TI_Embedded_Processors

In your prior years, you probably used another DSP successfully in your courses. Maybe you should use a known processor and toolchain.

I am not a professor, but I would give extra points for a paper that included the difficulties in getting a toolchain to run and the debugging required to get a piece of code running. And, of course, your solutions or workarounds.

Because, like it or not, toolchain problems and hardware errata sheets (how the silicon doesn't work as documented) are the rule rather than the exception, and you will be dealing with it the rest of your career.