On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 03:58:51PM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 07:52:26PM -0500, Richard Smith wrote: > > > Getting that to fly in an FPGA however may be the problem as you start > > running into clock speed limits. And an ASIC suffers from the lack of > > startup cash. > > I've seen a 64 channel interface fit into a single Spartan 2E that was > small enough to be supported free Xilinx Webpack. Since then, the > current web pack supports spartan3s that are bigger and faster than that > project used.
Right. FPGA sizes and speeds are absolutely not a limiting factor when designing an audio interface. Forget about ASICs for small volumes, unless you are already rich. -- FA Follie! Follie! Delirio vano e' questo!
