Raspberry Pi -A New DIY'ers Digital Hub? - Page 3

mr_push_pull · 29th February 2012, 07:39 PM

and it's out.
I kept wanting to buy a fanless SDD netbook to use as media computer but with this thing that sounds like money down the toilet. I think I'll get one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinkmouse

I haven't written code since Z80 days

you guys must be 90 something, right?

just kiddin', I've started with the Z80 (assembly) myself. great processor, I do miss it sometimes but with stuff like the Pi even nostalgia is difficult to justify

mhelin · 29th February 2012, 08:04 PM

I2S pins were removed from the final PCB version, also all of the RPi forum posts related to the subject seem to be gone (google still finds something).

mhelin · 29th February 2012, 08:37 PM

However, you could use HDMI to output audio from RPi in digital format.

benb · 29th February 2012, 08:56 PM

The online posts (local cloub/hackerspace email lists) I see say the first 10k are sold, and others will be built and sold "traditionally" through distributors. An aquaintance ordered one from a distributor, and got a ship date of May something. There's a few gory details on the 'temporary' site:

The Raspberry Pi Launch

At least it's not vaporware, and they should be readily available to meet demand in a few months.

mr_push_pull · 29th February 2012, 09:16 PM

ah, then I think I'll wait for the $5 Chinese clone

Atilla · 29th February 2012, 09:16 PM

We did some embedded development on ARM Xscale systems in university, about 6 years back. Even then, with speeds and RAM significantly lower than this it was possible and even easy to use them for quite powerful tasks. Multichannel audio is definitely not an issue here. It's only a matter of getting it out of the device, for which it seems to have enough options. In the worst case scenario, one would need to program the GPIO pins to get what he needs out, in digital form.

What I wonder is if the default 2-chan audio out is at all usable.

planet10 · 29th February 2012, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_push_pull

you guys must be 90 something, right?

just kiddin', I've started with the Z80 (assembly) myself. great processor, I do miss it sometimes but with stuff like the Pi even nostalgia is difficult to justify

The Z80 was the 1st µProcessor i did assembly on, i got my start with System/360 assembler, my favorite of the more than a dozen i learned was 6809.

dave

mr_push_pull · 29th February 2012, 09:38 PM

DJNZ
I'll never forget that mnemonic

benb · 1st March 2012, 10:38 PM

Peeps are surprised at the demand for these:
Distributors reel from Mad Wednesday rush for $35 Pi
I wonder how many will sell once they catch up with demand.

pinkmouse · 1st March 2012, 11:05 PM

Well, the folks behind the project have said they want one to be given to every schoolchild. That's quite a lot just in the UK.

29th February 2012, 09:16 PM	#25
mr_push_pull diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At the output stage	ah, then I think I'll wait for the $5 Chinese clone __________________ we all love a good ol' stereotype until it's against us

29th February 2012, 09:38 PM	#28
mr_push_pull diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At the output stage	DJNZ I'll never forget that mnemonic __________________ we all love a good ol' stereotype until it's against us

1st March 2012, 11:05 PM	#30
pinkmouse diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chatham, England	Well, the folks behind the project have said they want one to be given to every schoolchild. That's quite a lot just in the UK. __________________ Al I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Charles Fort

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29th February 2012, 08:04 PM	#22
mhelin diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampere Finland Europe	I2S pins were removed from the final PCB version, also all of the RPi forum posts related to the subject seem to be gone (google still finds something).

29th February 2012, 08:37 PM	#23
mhelin diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tampere Finland Europe	However, you could use HDMI to output audio from RPi in digital format.

29th February 2012, 08:56 PM	#24
benb diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2010	The online posts (local cloub/hackerspace email lists) I see say the first 10k are sold, and others will be built and sold "traditionally" through distributors. An aquaintance ordered one from a distributor, and got a ship date of May something. There's a few gory details on the 'temporary' site: The Raspberry Pi Launch At least it's not vaporware, and they should be readily available to meet demand in a few months.

29th February 2012, 09:16 PM	#26
Atilla diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2008	We did some embedded development on ARM Xscale systems in university, about 6 years back. Even then, with speeds and RAM significantly lower than this it was possible and even easy to use them for quite powerful tasks. Multichannel audio is definitely not an issue here. It's only a matter of getting it out of the device, for which it seems to have enough options. In the worst case scenario, one would need to program the GPIO pins to get what he needs out, in digital form. What I wonder is if the default 2-chan audio out is at all usable.

1st March 2012, 10:38 PM	#29
benb diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2010	Peeps are surprised at the demand for these: Distributors reel from Mad Wednesday rush for $35 Pi I wonder how many will sell once they catch up with demand.

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