News from the USB DAC + Headphone Amp project by Yin Zhong (summivox):
In the interim update post I posted the plan for integration into 2 boards: A 2-layer power board, and a 4-layer main board. Actually I have had a good copy of the main board for quite a while: Story for the power board is not as good though. In the beginning I screwed up on […]
An update from the USB DAC + Headphone Amp project by Yin Zhong (summivox):
Months into the project and I was still amazed at the lack of availability of a class of ASICs: USB-I2S bridges. Well I just lied — if you are fine with USB 1.1 and USB Audio Class (UAC) 1.0, which severely limits your (bit depth × resolution × channel count)
So I kept looking for ASICs, and I found one that is close enough: XMOS XHRA-2HPA. It even comes with a reference design that does exactly what I want!
summivox has shared the board on OSH Park:
It’s been a while since I last wrote *ahem* lies *cough* on this project. I am currently a little bit torn whether I should keep writing it here or start posting to my new hackaday.io presence… Anyway here is a brief update: TL;DR I now have a working standalone unit — USB in, headphone out […]
via Making Myself a USB DAC + Headphone Amp — Interim Update — Frog in the Well
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