[Voyage-linux] Open source async UAC2 - Hardware donation

[Børge Strand-Bergesen]

Hi guys,

I'd like to let you all know about the Audio Widget project. It is an
open-source implementation of asynchronous USB Audio Class 2 firmware
on an Atmel AVR32 MCU. The project also includes open-source
electronics schematics. Complete assembled+boxed+tested hardware costs
USD120 + shipping. It offers pretty good audio playback for that
price.

See www.qnktc.com/ab_11 for more!

I'm considering donating a kit to the Voyage Linux project. But before
that I'd like to know more about the project and what it can do. I
have some Linux experience myself, but wish there was a good solution
for the linux-inexperienced to get started. The Windows platform is
not very well suited for audio playback, but still remains the
platform from which people are starting out.

The ideal audio Linux distribution would start and install with
minimal user interaction. IMO Linux Mint does this in a nice way. From
a boot-CD or stick it would start straight into an audio player and
then scan the local file systems for music contents. After that a
minimal config file is left on an existing fs. Pretty much like
starting Google's Picasa for the first time.

As for the audio setup, playback should be without oversampling and
interference with the data.



Cheers,
Børge