From: "Pieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:28:43 +0100

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kristian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: zondag 13 januari 2002 17:07
> > To: Pieter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rene Rebe
> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
> >
> >
> > "Pieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | Would it help to use a DSP with on-chip PCI support?
> > | (I have no experience with PCI. The only thing I know is that ISA was a
> > | lot easier :)
> > |
> > | (I like the external box idea... I think it will be easier to get
> > | good SNR & good EM interference suppression)
> >
> > The point I'm interested in is how can I get my ASM program on
> > that DSP chip ? As far as I understand this so far I need to put
> > a little filter-program or whatever on this chip (I need to
> > program this DSP.) to hear anything useful out of it.
> >
> 
> It's still a concept. If (when) it's realized, there will have to be some
> sort
> of API or so to program it & some standard to get the software on chip.
> Otherwise
> it wouldn't be as usefull to the open-source community.
> (the open-source community is so cool: if they want some functionallity they
> can't find, they do it themselves. The best part is that everybody gets
> access to
> their work... for free... cool!).
> 
> And so there will be some firmware available too...
> 
> Besides, the breakoutbox idea mentionned here was only intended to do the
> A/D & D/A
> conversions. The dsp would reside on a PCI card, in the computer & connected
> to the
> breakout box.

Hm. In my planning not. In the firewire case not modification in the
computer would be needed (beside putting a comercial firewire card
into it ...), the DSP would be int the breakout-box, including the
ADDA Converter:

PC <-> PCI-Bus <-> Firewire-Card <- Cable

#### our box ####

Cable -> Firewire IO Chip (if not available in a DSP) <-> DSP <-> ADDA Converters

ok. the our-boy side is much more complex. Only the first idea post
;-) It would be s.th. like:

      Firewire
         ^
         |
Mem <-> DSP
         |
  ADDA-Converter

Here are still very many different possibilities how to connect the
Firewire port and the ADDA-converters exactly. Also some general
purpose 32bit �C might be better to _crunch_ all the data and let a
DSP only compute the (custom) effects ...

> CU
> Pieter

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