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Assistance in Selecting a MIcroprocessor

Dave Nath
Prodigy 20 points

I am currently working on my thesis in school and need to specify a microcontroller for my project.  The project is an audio recording device that will have speech recognition for the control interface and is WiFi enabled.  Ideally I would like for the microprocessor to have WiFi integrated however I am okay with having something along the lines of the TI CC3000 embedded on the PCB.  I was looking at the MSP430 as a potential microcontroller as I know it is a good choice for audio recording however I would love some guidance as to whether or not it can handle some simple speech recognition controls.  If not what is the best option to accomplish the tasks at hand?  I have been researching smart phone microprocessors however they seem to be a bit overkill for what I am suggesting.  I apologize for a lack of engineering criteria however I am a designer and not an engineer and am struggling to get the information I need.

This is a time sensitive issue and if someone can help sooner rather than later I would be MOST appreciative.

THANKS!

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    Guru 46710 points

    To avoid suffering implementing this all on msp430, you shall look for more powerful CPU.

    Msp430 is not good for audio recording (no i2s codec support), nor speech processing (not enough DSP power), nor WiFi communications (no PCI bus to connect WiFi chipset (kidding)). Well, you probably can do use 3rd party WiFi board aimed for easy WiFi-ing of hobby projects, but it's anyway will be ultraweird application for msp430.

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    Guru 35565 points

    Dave Nath said:
    I am currently working on my thesis in school

    What course are you studying?

    Dave Nath said:
    need to specify a microcontroller for my project.  The project is an audio recording device that will have speech recognition for the control interface and is WiFi enabled. 

    That's an Engineering project!

    I agree with  - an MSP430 is very unlikely to be a good choice here.

    Dave Nath said:
    I am a designer and not an engineer

    But you seem to be doing an Engineering project:  Choosing the processor is the least of your worries - how are you going to implement your speech recognition, audio recording, a WiFi connectivity?!

    Perhaps you should be discussing with your tutors whether this is actually an appropriate project for the course?

     

  • 0 in reply to Ilmars
    Prodigy 20 points

    Thank you for your response!

    I appreciate the help.

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