Comment on Building a USB-C DAC in as small a package as possible
quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoThanks for the detailed answer, that helps a lot for my understanding.
The project sounds like a lot of work, especially for such a niche application. Do you have a crowd to support this (with time or money) or do you plan pay for this and sell it in the end?
northernscrub@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Neither. This is a purely personal project, and I’m using as much off-the-shelf as possible. The dac itself doesn’t have to be top of the line, just decent. The PCB itself I’ll probably just have printed, rather than trying to breadboard it or make some ungodly wire mess.
Some stuff I can get for almost pennies, like a USB-C controller and the actual sockets and plugs, so this is a non-concern. The actual dac chip though, I’m expecting (or at least hoping) to find something around the £30-£40 mark, although this may well be aspirational. That said, this is something I can theoretically transplant to my next device, and the next after that, assuming I create custom housings for them.
quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 10 hours ago
I’m in no position to discourage you from building this, but this is a fsr greater project than you’re writing it to be. Send me a link to the git repo, so I can tag along and keep updated!