SPDIF and AES/EBU cards

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi folks!

I have long wished that I had a SPDIF and AES/EBU card for my
computer. Don't tell me about all these "pro" audio cards floating
around, I know that they in their super-expensive version comes with
SPDIF.

I want a simple and cheap card that gives me SPDIF and possibly
AES/EBU. Having SMPTE synk in and out is also interesting.
I could construct one of my own, but I usually have trouble getting
over the phase cad/pcb-design/etching/drilling where as I can do the
things around that phase quite easy (those, draw the drawings and
solder the stuff onto it). I am running Linux and can make a device
driver for a card if it is needed, but I need the specs (which rules
out some commercial cards without documentation and drivers).

Now, does anyone know of such a card that one could DIY so I don't
have to construct one myself?

Suggestions to cards existing would be appreciated as well...

BTW. I have had the SPDIF/AES3/EBU chips in a drawer for years, so I
just have to...

I still want to get that Indy back... they had SPDIF on the
motherboard along with 4 channel sound in and out as well as a frame
grabber... just the way it should be!

Cheers,
Magnus