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XMOS USB Audio 2 Reference Design Solution
jason

Join David May and Ali Dixon as they discuss the XMOS USB Audio 2 reference design. The design runs over high speed USB, which allows you to use higher quality audio, or more audio channels.

The XMOS reference design can be used as is, or can be customised to build your own product by customizing the example hardware and software provided.

The advantage of XMOS is that it allows for asynchronous USB which means the device can control the rate the data is sent from the host pc to the device allowing it to be the master, thus requiring low jitter clocks, and higher quality audio. By using the XMOS solution you also have a lower latency allowing for bit perfect digital audio and is powered directly from the USB connection.

View the video to learn more and discuss it here in the forums.

jason
08/06/2010 - 10:29
New site updates and features!
jason

Following feedback from the community, we have made XCore Exchange even more usable by making a few exciting changes to the site:

1) A brand new front page which has now been integrated with our latest news and updates.

2) Better navigation - you can now get to key areas of the site much faster than before.

3) Following growing requests from community members, a Wiki has been implemented and integrated with existing components on XCore.com - lets all contribute and make this a valuable resource to help everyone out. There are already a few great articles on there.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you wish to use the XCore Wiki, please ensure you log out fully from XCore.com and then log back in again. This will register your username with the wiki system - you will only have to do this once to gain access if you registered before the Wiki went live.

4) A number of security patches and other key updates will also be applied, including the ability to track and be notified when someone comments on a node you have created and for joint co-authoring of projects.

Go explore!

jason
01/06/2010 - 14:54
Project of the month - June - Wibauxl - XBase
jason

Congratulations to Wibauxl, who is the Project Of The Month winner for June for his XBase project.

A quote from the XBase project is as follows:

"XBase, a base board using XMOS processor.
• Processing power can be increased by simple connection of another XBase, either above or in-line with the first XBase.
• ADC, 8 channels, up to 1 000 000 samples/sec.
• FT2232 for serial communications and serial bootloader.
• Arduino shield footprint and functions to add one of the numerous shields available.
• Alternate footprint exposing all ports of the XS1-L1 TQFP 128

Discussion forum and more informations here"

As always, our lucky winner will receive a free XK-1 development kit! Congratulations!

jason
01/06/2010 - 09:05
XMOS Report: XMOS vs FPGA
jason

This report details why XMOS is a serious candidate to replace low cost FPGAs.

FPGAs and CPLDs are used in many industries covering a broad range of performance requirements, price points and power envelopes. In the early days, FPGAs were used for prototyping ASICs and for high-end, low volume applications that could bear a high unit cost, such as the communications and defence sectors. Since then, FPGA vendors have driven down costs and power, through rapid process migration, to produce new lower cost and lower power device families to address new requirements.

Now for the first time there is an all-digital flexible solution that will prove to be a better, cheaper, easier and lower power solution than an FPGA for many applications—XMOS.

Read the report to learn more here: http://bit.ly/fpgavsxmos

Discuss this in our forum here!

jason
26/05/2010 - 14:18

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