[LAU] status usb2 for sound

Folderol folderol at ukfsn.org
Sun Nov 8 09:46:38 EST 2009


On Sun,  8 Nov 2009 13:01:22 +0100 (CET)
karl at aspodata.se (Karl Hammar) wrote:

> Ken Restivo:
> ...
> > Unless of course some enterprising hardware engineer wants to create
> > an open-source, fully-documented USB2 audio interface, knowing
> > they'd have a ready market in the couple dozen or so LAU members.
> ...
> 
> That could be an interesting project. but I can't do it alone.
> 
> I have recently started a project to replace a plc:
> 
>  git-clone git://aspodata.se/openhw.git
> 
> It is only a readme with some design thoughts for the moment. But what
> I say is that if we have a few HW-hackers that want to cooperate, I
> will gladly participate -- when I've finished the above project.
> 
> What would the spec be?
> 
> Regards,
> /Karl

I started looking at the USB2 protocols for something else, but gave up
when I saw how insanely complex it is even for relatively simple data
transfer. In the end, for my project, it was easier to convert the data
into an RS232 serial stream then use one of the standard serial-USB
converters.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.



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