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- From: pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard )
- Newsgroups: comp.dsp
- Subject: Re: Need a general-purpose DSP card for PC/AT bus
- Keywords: DSP , gneral purpose, PC bus
- Message-ID: <_4dmzlb.pdh@netcom.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:48:46 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.055757.8327@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Lines: 43
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- noziska@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Pat Noziska) writes:
-
- >Does ANYONE out there sell a general-purpose DSP card for the PC/AT bus?
- >By general-purpose, I mean:
- >
- > 1. Has an Open architecture (i.e. one which will allow me to
- > write ANY kind of DSP code I want and make it work on the board)
- > 2. Not originally designed for a specific purpose (such as voice or fax)
- > 3. Has an RJ-xx interface (which sorta violates my second criterion,
- > but it's what I would prefer). Telephony interface is a plus.
-
- I'd also like to find such a board, but I don't need the RJ-xx interface.
-
- Nice features I'd like to see:
-
- 1. A/D and D/A on board (plug in option is ok).
- 2. A/D and D/A that go up to 16 bits and 44.1 kHz would be nice
- but I don't need it for all purposes.
- 3. Buffered A/D and D/A so I don't have to code the pace.
- 4. 2 each of A/D and D/A (stereo, other effects, etc.)
- 5. If RJ-xx interface, voltage level, ring detect and such would
- also be nice, but that sounds like a telephone line interface
-
- >I'm hoping I can find a prefab, plug-and-program board, but if no such board
- >exists, I will entertain comments on the merits of, and recommendations of,
- >the available DSP board prototyping and development kits out there for the
- >AT bus.
-
- On the one extreme, there are lots of experimenters out there to which some
- of the electronics industry caters. On the other extreme most people just
- want everything to be turnkey. THERE IS A MIDDLE point which is not being
- very well addressed: people who do NOT want to mess with the hardware too
- much, but *DO* want to do the software experimenting to the extreme detail.
- Too often "just the right hardware" comes without any ability to program
- it at all, because the vendor provides "all you would ever need", which
- almost always turns out to be junk.
-
- Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now :-)
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