Embedded systems are usually part of larger and complex systems and are usually implemented on dedicated hardware associated software to form a computational engine that will efficiently perform a specific function. The dedicated hardware (or embedded processor) with the associated software is embedded into many application. E.g. a digital still-camera takes in an image, and the embedded processor inside the camera compresses the image and stores it in the compact flash.

Amoung these embedded signal processing based devices (e.g. cell phone, PDA, DVD player, portable gaming devices etc) and applications, digital signal processing (DSP) is becoming a key component for handling signals such as speech, audio, image, and video in real time. Therefore many of the latest hardware-processing units are equipped with embedded processors for real time signal processing.

This workshop introduced embedded signal processing using the embedded processors based on the micro-signal architecture (MSA). It will examine MSA-based processors called the Blackfin processors from Analog Devices (ADI). The contents is extract from relevant resources from electronic books, ADI website, signal processing related websites, many journals and magazine articles. The topics is organized to provide unique experience in learning digital signal processing (DSP).