[linrad] Gibson Magic and their ADSP-21065L SHARC DSP -Based Evaluation Board

[w3sz <w3sz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I ran across something in the digital audio world today that is very  
unusual [at least to me], and I am not sure that it has any direct  
application to Linrad.  But since it is a means for moving wideband  
'audio' around very quickly, I thought some list members might find it  
useful or interesting.  By wideband I mean "MaGIC uses state-of-the-art  
technology to provide up to 32 channels of 32-bit bi-directional  
high-fidelity audio with sample rates up to 192 kHz", to quote from their  
information sheet.

Joe Keer, W3KJ,  pointed out 'Gibson Magic' to me today.
Its a standard/system being championed by the Gibson Guitar Company to set  
standards for the professional world in terms of networks for digital  
audio devices and data transfer.  They have a set of evaluation boards  
using an AD ADSP-21065L SHARC DSP and 8 channel audio with 24 bit CODECs.

The evaluation kit includes the DSP board, 8x8 Analog I/O, 40 pin ribbon  
cable, power supply, documentation and application CD and getting started  
guide. Apps include Router/Mixer and a suite of test applications for the  
engineer. (sine gen, loopback, enumeration, etc.). This requires a PC with  
a Serial port.

This is raw stuff, but I thought some on the list might find it  
interesting, particularly those [not necessarily in the music industry]  
who need to move large chunks of 'audio' data over their networks and  
control various 'devices' remotely as well.  Some of the URL's are:

Index Page
http://www.gibsonmagic.com/

Overview
http://www.gibsonmagic.com/thisismagic.html

Evaluation Board
http://www.gibsonmagic.com/eval.html

Specs [for the MAGIC standard] [with link to pdf file]
http://www.gibsonmagic.com/specification.html

The Video [don't miss viewing it, if you have the bandwidth to do so]
http://www.gibsonmagic.com/video.html

Feel free to email me to let me know if you find this interesting, or if  
you think I've misposted and wasted your bandwidth.

73,

Roger Rehr
W3SZ

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W3SZ
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