Overview of embedded DSP design

Many researchers are looking to take their work from a simulation environment and implement it on an embedded DSP platform. This is primarily driven by the need to demonstrate that the research is viable commercially. This paper will provide an overview of the different types of hardware and software development platforms that are available. It will then provide a summary of the software design techniques that are required to maximise the efficiency of code on current embedded DSP platforms. These will be demonstrated using an implementation of a Canny Edge Detection algorithm on a DM6437 Evaluation Module.