Hi. From: "Pieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:21:04 +0100
> I also have no experience with firewire, but it is indeed a nice idea. > It actually comes down to the same thing as making a PCI board with breakout > box. You would put a DSP on the board and interface to the breakout box > using > SPI or I�S or something like that. For the bandwith of SPI I would have to take one of my Mororola books out of the shelf (but I have to learn for exams, currently :-(), but I�C would be far too slow. (Or did you really mean I�S (which I have not heared, yet ...). But with firewire we only need one box. An Firewire Interface (stand-alone, or intergraded into an DSP [is there one?]) and then connecting the AD and DA onverters somwhere on its busses. When we use some of the high-quality Crystal ones, there is not much anlog-component work to do to get really perfect sound - they do this alone ;-) (ok - they cost a bit ;-) > The only drawback could be latency. I don't know what the latency issues are > with firewire cards. I guess it depends on the controller used. Anyone any > experience? There are one or two commercial firefire audio-boxes out - maybe searching for a test report in the net would help. Here is one of them: http://www.motu.com/english/motuaudio/828/body.html > Now on to finding how to interface with a DSP... > > Pieter > > PS: firewire is a nice option for laptop users too, my father bought a Dell > lattidude C810, and > it has firewire support. I think the future will bring more high-performance > laptops with firewire > support. (I guess I'm sold...) > PPS: Blowing up my mainboard isn't a hobby, another advantage for firewire. ;-) k33p h4ck1n6 Ren� -- Ren� Rebe (Registered Linux user: #248718 <http://counter.li.org>) eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://drocklinux.dyndns.org/rene/ Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network traffic and computing time. By extracting my address from this message or its header, you agree to these terms.
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