Thank you for taking the time to reply Bob, very informative.! Programming the test board can be done in more then 1 way with the setup we have, via Arduino, SPI or direct to the eeprom via a programmer, most likely via Arduino as that equipment is at hand and set up.
I would be very interested in any software you have Bob if thats ok with you? Unfortunately, there's not a lot of information available for DSP in radio communication and as a result, its a little difficult to decide how to approach this problem.
John