2011/11/2 Charles Henry <czhenry@xxxxxxxxx>: > > That's clearly just for the development board--I think their > processors can handle more channels, But a single USB 2.0 Port won't handle much more in duplex mode, IIRC > but the $350 development board > will support up to 6 channels. It would be better to develop some > board designs around the chips, and see how the cost comes out. Maybe. Depending on what the base-module would require, unit price could drop or increase. >> - Make most of it optional and modular. >> - Make 1 (extensible) low-cost + 1 (all-incl.) high-end design > > Yes, I tend to agree. There's several different processors in their > product line, and it's a good development platform to look at tiered > approaches with different goals. > > > Thanks for your feedback, Emanuel. It's sort of a game-changer to me. > Clearly, there's no point in starting a project that would duplicate > an existing solution. I see. > I appreciate new information like this. > I'll have to think this over for quite a while to see which way I'd > want to go--whether there's a worthy project goal in an FPGA based > design that cannot be more easily (or more cheaply) accomplished. > FPGAs can process much data in little time concurrently, but as we see, alternatives open up. Anyway, if you came up with anything new, let us know. Kind regards, Emanuel -- E.R. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
