Sebastian how do you feed the analog amplifier? 150W is damn a lot
04 дек. 2013 г. 20:27 пользователь "cmicali" <chris.mic...@sagedevices.com>
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> Very cool project sebastian - would definitely be interested in purchasing
> a cape and checkout out the firmware.
>
> -c
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 3:39:20 PM UTC-5, Sebastian Wendt wrote:
>>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I have just received first sample boards of my CarStreamer cape for
>> Beaglebone.
>> CarStreamer includes:
>>
>> 4x50W(RMS) Class-D Audio Amplifier (FDA450) connected to McASP0 and I2C
>> Stereo Audio Codec with 2x LineOut, 2x LineIn and 1x Mic In
>> (TLV320AIC3104)
>> FM/DAB receiver circuit (with RDS support, ...) connected to McASP1 and
>> UART
>> 5V 3A Step-Down Power Supply
>> Infrared Remote Control receiver
>>
>> My plan is to use it as Car Radio replacement in my classic cars, so I
>> can have high fidelity audio playback and latest media connectivity (via
>> USB, SD-Card and Bluetooth) without destroying the look of my dashboard
>> with one of these ugly aftermarket car radios.
>> But of course the cape can also be used to extend your BeagleBone to a
>> powerful home hifi system.
>>
>> The user interface is displayed on my Smartphone (I have started to
>> develop an Android App for this based on Qt for Android which already works
>> quite well) and I can benefit from, the phone's Navigation and voice
>> recognition feature.
>> Of course I can use CarStreamer as Hands-Free Telephony system with
>> integrated Echo Cancellation and Noise Reduction feature.
>> The hardware was designed according to Automotive OEMs requirements, so
>> should very reliable and ruggedized.
>>
>> Carstreamer firmware is based on kernel 3.8 with an extension to the
>> existing device tree.
>> The main SW is written using the Qt framework for the application part
>> and the audio framework is using PulseAudio. I have written a Plugin that
>> integrates a powerful Audio Equalizing scheme incl. standard filters such
>> as Bass, Mid, Treble, Graphics EQs but also Speaker Frequency Gain
>> correction, Dynamic Bass boost and Limiters.
>> It also integrates the EC/NR for Telephony and handles things like sample
>> rate conversion and Bluetooth AADP audio.
>> Next step for the Application is to integrate a Media Parser and Playback
>> Engine for SD and USB media (any recommendations for libs/frameworks from
>> your side) ?
>>
>> If anybody is interested in working on this project (the Android app or
>> the Linux firmware) or on sample boards, please let me know.
>> If am planning to release schematics and gerber files as soon as I have
>> verified all parts of the boards.
>>
>> Currently more or less all peripherals of the Cape are working as
>> expected (so yes, I can hear DAB radio stations through the speaker outputs
>> of the Class-D amp :-)) but I had to integrate some tweaks and patches to
>> the 3.8 kernel (e.g. enabling multi-serializer support on the McASP).
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any suggestions / proposals for
>> enhancements or if you wish to know more about it.
>> I am really planning to release the cape hardware and a aluminium
>> extrusion housing as complete product in Q3/2014.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sebastian
>>
>>
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