Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > It would be nice to be able to use a chip that isn't single-source, > though -- like a 7400 in the TTL world. You could argue that a 7400 > isn't open in the sense of open-source code, but its specs are > completely open and there are myriad vendors.
I don't think there are many interchangeable parts in DSP world. Opamps and other analog stuff is usually pin compatible, but I haven't seen any cross manufacturer pin compatible converter parts. I think using DSP processors is closest when programmed at C level. We can't simply replace DSP chips with other manufacturers chips, but we could possibly make the code cross-DSP compatible. Hmm, unless we create some daughter card architecture to isolate the pincompatibility issues to separate small modules. This is more difficult to design well, but I think it would be great to have completely modular system. - Jussi Laako -- PGP key fingerprint: 161D 6FED 6A92 39E2 EB5B 39DD A4DE 63EB C216 1E4B Available at PGP keyservers
