Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] off topic, optical protocols
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 14:14:01 EET
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:31:12 -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
> I'm also interested in knowing how hard it is, in general, to create
> optical output hardware for audio devices, specifically if I were to
> make a small microphone pre-amp, and wanted it to create optical output
> instead of analog, how big of a mess would I be getting into?
You can buy toslink i/o modules, and (I think) AD converters with SPDIF
outputs (spdif can be wired to the TL module)
Thats all I know, I don't know one end of a soldering iron from another,
but search around on DATHead and Minidisc mailing lists, they play with this
stuff alot.
- Steve
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