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Audio DSP PCI Card: Chip Set Drawing Chips NOTE (for all readers) There are no "hard-coded" chip-set decisions yet... we can still discuss about all chips. FPGA: XC3S400-5 PQ208 Manufacturer: Xilinx Distributor: Huhorizons Reasons: Largest available Xilinx FPGA chip already supported in WebPACK™ 6.2i Discussed with: Mikhail (mikem@o...), Aaron (aaronwkm@o...) . DAC: AD1955 Manufacturer: Analog Devices Distributor: DigiKey Reasons: DSD/SACD support and probably best THDN performance. 192 kHz sample rate is supported. Discussed with with: Sam (shimonkha@y...) ADC: CS5381 Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic Distributor: Memec Reasons: There are no choice, if we need best ADC with 3.3V digital I/O posibility, needed by Spartan 3 FPGA. 192 kHz sample rate is supported. Discussed with: not discussed yet DIR: CS8416 Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic Distributor: Memec Reasons: 192kHz maximum sampling rate is supported. Stable reference point for (future) VHDL AES3-S/PDIF receiver implementation possibility (with on-board dedicated multi stage PLL system). Discussed with: not discussed yet DIT: CS8406 Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic Distributor: Memec Reasons: 192kHz maximum sampling rate is supported. Stable reference point for (future) VHDL AES3-S/PDIF transmitter implementation possibility. Discussed with: not discussed yet ASRC: AD1896 Manufacturer: Analog Devices Distributor: Digikey Reasons: Stable reference point for (future) VHDL ASRC implementation possibility. 192 kHz sample rate is supported. Discussed with: not discussed yet AES3 Transformer: SC979-03 Manufacturer: Scientific Conversion, Inc. Distributor: Scientific Conversion, Inc. Reasons: Scientific Conversion is one of few _real_ AES3 trensformer manufacturers, and they produce best available components. Discussed with: not discussed yet OPAMP: THS4131 Manufacturer: Texas Instruments Distributor: DigiKey Reasons: Fully balanced construction, very high GBP, great performances, simplest possible solution. Decided in discussion with: Sam (shimonkha@y...) PLL: TLC2932 Manufacturer: Texas Instruments Distributor: DigiKey Reasons: There are no choice for wide locking range PLL. Discussed with: Joe (jgrisso@d...) (TC)VCXO: ? Manufacturer: ? Distributor: ? Reasons: ? Discussed with: not discussed yet SDRAM: ? Manufacturer: ? Distributor: ? Reasons: ? Discussed with: not discussed yet SRAM: CY7C1041CV33-12ZC Manufacturer: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Distributor: DigiKey Reasons: High speed, 256kx16bits density, two chips only for 32bit bus. Discussed with: Aaron (aaronwkm@o...) Flash: ? Manufacturer: ? Distributor: ? Reasons: ? Discussed with: not discussed yet USB: FT245BM Manufacturer: FTDI Chip Distributor: ? Reasons: Royalty free drivers for most existing Operating Systems are available, and it is already supported in Linux® kernel. Third and probably cheapest way for card (FPGA) configuration. Discussed with: not discussed yet CPLD: XC9572XL Manufacturer: Xilinx Distributor: DigiKey Reasons: This will be an alternative way for FPGA configuration, support for USB chip. Discussed with: not discussed yet FireWire PHY: None, sorry! Manufacturer: - Distributor: - Reasons: We decide to not implement FireWire at this card. If any other interested to start another free hardware project for FireWire PCI card, we will help it. Discussed with: Mikhail (mikem@o...), Joe (jgrisso@d...) .