JohnSwenson wrote: > What I am thinking about is one of the TI cortex A8 CPUs, armV7 based > with the VFPv3 floating point unit. The ones I'm looking at are in the > 600-700MHz range. You can get faster ones but they cost more, and are > only available on the bigger chips which are much harder to route, which > most likely means a more expensive board. > > The design I'm thinking of has 256MB memory, it's easy to go to 512MB > but the memory chip costs 3 times as much for doubling the capacity. > Anything above 512MB means multiple memory chips which again increases > the board cost. > > If you go up to 1GHz models you have to switch memory chip architecture > which again costs more. > > You can go up to 2.7GHz versions, but it's a HUGE chip that is going to > take a pretty expensive board. > > I'm thinking that the 600MHz version is more than enough for just a > player. If we start adding a server at the same time we probably want at > least the 1GHz version, it will be a bit more expensive though. Anything > above 1GHz is going to cost a lot more. With a 1GHz processor and 512MB > of memory it's probably in the $200 to $220 range for the board. > > John S.
John, Thank you for researching these items...this is very exciting! I am interested in the DAC and wireless chipset you have found. The ability to create its own network and possibly mesh multiple players is very interesting and really allows the product to be self contained without the need for additional equipment that an everyday user may or may not own. I think this feature alone could appeal to the masses. Allowing for the product to be truly plug and play is something that squeezebox fell very short on and it why I feel it never took off. I would also agree that the additional cost for the 1GHz, 512MB is worth it. This would leave additional room for expansion to incorporate LMS (or some other server), etc. I also think that IR is important if we ever plan on utilizing the HDMI output for the display. The headphone jack, while not a must, maybe nice for some. To Triode's point, we do need to validate it has real ehci usb hardware. As far as a prototype of this board, how many would need to be ordered to start? Would there be an initial build fee, etc? --Dustin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dustinsterk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19649 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
