I just ordered a new BBB this week. (I have one of the older ones too)
This place keeps a regular stock (they are out at the moment, but will have more in a week):
https://www.logicsupply.com/compone...bb-bblk-000/?gclid=CP6e3ZXaxrwCFShk7Aod1mIABA
I also found several places that had them in stock just by googling, including Amazon. But your likely to pay more that way.
Digikey says they will have more stock in a about a week.
This place keeps a regular stock (they are out at the moment, but will have more in a week):
https://www.logicsupply.com/compone...bb-bblk-000/?gclid=CP6e3ZXaxrwCFShk7Aod1mIABA
I also found several places that had them in stock just by googling, including Amazon. But your likely to pay more that way.
Digikey says they will have more stock in a about a week.
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Udoo?
Work is currently being done on i2s connections for the Udoo boards too (http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-b...o-audiophile-audio-player-18.html#post3757629).
Work is currently being done on i2s connections for the Udoo boards too (http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-b...o-audiophile-audio-player-18.html#post3757629).
Hi everybody! I decided to begin a project like this but I'm having problem to find the BBB here in my country.... I found the "Cubieboard 2", and the seller tells that it is compatible with RP and has a better performance.
Does anybody know if I can use this board for Buffalo III integration via I2S and Volumio?
Regards
Does anybody know if I can use this board for Buffalo III integration via I2S and Volumio?
Regards
I have looked at udoo, but frankly we don't need half it capabilities, nor its much higher cost.
My goal is to build an audio appliance, not a full scale system.
BBB is great for that purpose and probably is the one with the best quality/price ratio.
Aah, that explains why I had difficulty finding this Rpi thread this morning!
Russ et al,
I find this most interesting -- these tiny computers-on-a-business-card enable many applications. This approach takes out a lot of complexity and cost -- though I'm sure some high-end vendor will be packaging this up in a fancy chassis at very high price.
However, I am a bit concerned about the jitter inherent in the digital audio output of any computer. Try as one may, the combination of system clock (not low jitter) and software/hardware timing will not result in low jitter. So far this concern has been dismissed by saying "the ESS will fix it". First off, even if this is true, almost any other DAC chip will not be so lucky, not that this may be a big concern on this TPA forum. However it boils down inside the ESS, it is still doing some sort of internal sample-rate conversion, interpolation, whatever, in order to convert an irregular data stream into regular samples for D/A conversion. This means that what is output as analog isn't exactly analogous (pun intended) to the incoming data.
While "sounds great" is a very promising initial reaction, I wonder if anyone is able to make measurements that would answer this question.
Or perhaps, I'm just missing some key piece of info that would explain all??
I find this most interesting -- these tiny computers-on-a-business-card enable many applications. This approach takes out a lot of complexity and cost -- though I'm sure some high-end vendor will be packaging this up in a fancy chassis at very high price.
However, I am a bit concerned about the jitter inherent in the digital audio output of any computer. Try as one may, the combination of system clock (not low jitter) and software/hardware timing will not result in low jitter. So far this concern has been dismissed by saying "the ESS will fix it". First off, even if this is true, almost any other DAC chip will not be so lucky, not that this may be a big concern on this TPA forum. However it boils down inside the ESS, it is still doing some sort of internal sample-rate conversion, interpolation, whatever, in order to convert an irregular data stream into regular samples for D/A conversion. This means that what is output as analog isn't exactly analogous (pun intended) to the incoming data.
While "sounds great" is a very promising initial reaction, I wonder if anyone is able to make measurements that would answer this question.
Or perhaps, I'm just missing some key piece of info that would explain all??
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