23 Nov
2009
23 Nov
'09
4:28 p.m.
Recent discussion on LAU morphed into an idea for an Ethernet driven
sound card, and as this is now becoming a real development the
suggestion was made that it would be better to transfer the discussion
here.
The rationale in brief:
No proprietry hardware soundcard needed.
Almost all modern computers have reasonably fast Ethernet connections.
Potentially up to 20 channels per card - reality will probably be a lot
different!
FOSS drivers to connect Ethernet to whatever audio server is on the
computer - looking at jack right now.
FOSS within the soundcard module so that protocols/algorythings can be
tuned for best results.
FOSH design enabling hardware to be developed and inproved by anyone.
A number of people have shown interest in this, and we are at the stage
of starting to knock together some basic hardware for a feasibility
study.
State of play:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:39:48 +0100 (CET)
karl(a)aspodata.se (Karl Hammar) wrote:
Folderol:
Others would be welcome to come on board - pardon the pun!
--
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.
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:25:36 +0100 (CET)
karl(a)aspodata.se (Karl Hammar) wrote:
<snip>
Ok, I should get starting then.
Regards,
/Karl Would this project plan be ok:
software and hw: Karl
testing and spec's: Folderol
publication via web: anyone??
git repo: git://aspodata.se/openhw.git
mailing list: hopefully this list, else I put one up at my site
web site: ??
intial platforms (both by Atmel):
. ATNGW100 (cheap), and
. AT91SAM9260-EK (expensive)
Next step:
. set up development platform
. simple test with spi and shift registers
Regards,
/Karl
This is all fine by me, but I would make quite clear that if someone
comes along with access to a {loadsamoney} spectrum analyser I'd be
perfectly happy to step back and take a more supporting role.