[sdiy] D to A convertor for wavetable osc

[Joe Grisso]

+1 for AKM on my end, they have great support for designing in products too.

On 11/1/06, jays at aracnet.com <jays at aracnet.com> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> How many bits deep is your wavetable (8, 16)?
>
> If you aren't doing the full 16 bits then having a audiophile DAC won't help much. You may get a better noise floor but the quality of audio won't be noticable if you are using 8 bit tables.
>
> Check Crystal, AKM, Analog Devices and Texas Instruments (Burr-Brown) for other DACs.
>
> Jay S.
>
>
> Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I'm looking for a 16-bit DAC to use for building a wavetable
> > oscillator. Ideally I want a Stereo DAC with I2S serial input.
> >
> > The Philips TDA1543 would be perfect, and seems highly rated by nutty
> > audiophiles, but apparently has gone out of production. It even comes
> > in a 8 pin DIP package.
> >
> > Does anyone know:
> >
> > 1) Where could I get a few TDA1543's for non-audiophile prices?
> >
> > 2) A good substitute, or a similar chip?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > ++++ Electric Druid ++++
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