Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-29 Thread Chunkywizard
Freescale iMX25 and MX35 can both support upto 256MB of DDR2 per chip select and they have 2, ie 512MB (at 266MHz), so the RAM size is obviously down to costs and needs. The MX25 is 16bit max. though which obviously halves the bandwidth vs. the iMX35. The iMX35 also benefits from 128KB of L2 cache

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-26 Thread iPhone
aubuti;510763 Wrote: > Fwiw, I just checked the wiki > (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/HardwareComparison) as well as a > couple posts for the CPU and RAM specs: > > SB Touch > Freescale i.MX35 533 MHz ARM11 > 128MB 32-bit bus DDR2 SDRAM > > SB Radio > Freescale i.MX25 400 MHz ARM926EJ

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-26 Thread aubuti
Fwiw, I just checked the wiki (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/HardwareComparison) as well as a couple posts for the CPU and RAM specs: SB Touch Freescale i.MX35 533 MHz ARM11 128MB 32-bit bus DDR2 SDRAM SB Radio Freescale i.MX25 400 MHz ARM926EJ 64MB 16-bit bus DDR2 DRAM -- aubuti --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-26 Thread iPhone
jimbo45;510729 Wrote: > Hi all > So far I've really enjoyed using the squeezebox radio -- but I'd love > just a small modification. > > Could a future product allow connection of a USB disk and play music > from the local device -- I've got about 300 GB of music stored on one of > those nice tin

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-26 Thread aubuti
Good idea, but it's more than slapping a USB port on the SB Radio. I forget the specs, but the SB Radio's CPU is at least a notch or two below that of the SB Touch. The SB Touch will run the server software reliably only if it is pared down (no web ui, no plugins, no transcoding) -- I doubt there

[SlimDevices: Radio] USB connection for Radio to play music from USB disk

2010-01-26 Thread jimbo45
Hi all So far I've really enjoyed using the squeezebox radio -- but I'd love just a small modification. Could a future product allow connection of a USB disk and play music from the local device -- I've got about 300 GB of music stored on one of those nice tiny WD passport USB disks. Would be gre