On Mon, January 7, 2013 9:42 am, Johannes Kroll wrote: >> On Sun, January 6, 2013 5:57 am, Johannes Kroll wrote: >> > Hi all! >> > >> > This is kind of off-topic here but I thought if there is such a thing, >> > some of you guys might know. >> > >> > I'm looking for an audio recorder where the firmware and/or the >> > hardware is hackable. Ideally, this would be similar to the Tascam >> > DR-05 in price and features, but with free/libre firmware and >> hardware. >> > Maybe someone knows of such a project? >> > >> > Alternatively, is any of the "closed" devices such as the Tascam DR-XX >> > known to have modifiable firmware? If you really want to hack from scratch... here is a starting point: http://compulab.co.il/products/computer-on-modules/cm-itc/?gclid=CJ3q9tmv2rQCFal_Qgodu2IArw#overview The size is right... but it does not come with a display though the driving stuff is there. The price is a little higher though $98... if you buy 1000. double for 1 only :P This one might be better, Cheaper for one: http://compulab.co.il/products/sbcs/sbc-x300/#overview They are $40 each for 1000... triple for one. It has a touch screen interface, but I would guess you could do with out. It has key interface and all you need are a few LEDs for some of the uses you mentioned. I has mic in and headphones out (1-ip, 2-op), USB both ways, host and slave, ethernet, com ports, wifi (some of this stuff may cost extra :) etc. Both of these modules say the run linux, but the top is atom based and I think you could just load something like ubuntu (for example) off of a USB stick. The second one you may need to buy the loader because it is not an x86 type cpu. It looks like the linux package is a free download as are all the docs... you could look through the docs on a number and decide if they are any good before you buy one. May even be able to test it on a virtual machine. The gumstix I mentioned before are definitely more costly as they start at $130 without interfaces. (from what I can tell) They do have some plug and play systems though. Speaking of plug and play: http://compulab.co.il/products/computer-on-modules/cm-t3730/ plus this: http://compulab.co.il/products/handheld-computers/em-t3730/ Gives you the whole unit minus case, touch screen and everything. I think it is basically a smart phone. -- Len Ovens www.OvenWerks.net _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
