[sdiy] A new project in the planning stage...

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On Tuesday 17 October 2006 07:19, you wrote:

> However, finding info on how to make my own ADAT interface has, so far,
> proved difficult at best.  If anybody knows where I can find specs on the
> ADAT protocol, that would be, hopefully, helpful.
>
> Or, if anybody can think of an easy way to interface 8 channels of digital
> audio to Windows XP...that does not involve ADAT, well, that would be
> helpful as well...I am open to suggestions.
>
> My plan is to implement the ADAT in the FPGA.  All of this will be posted
> to my website as I do it...(i.e...all open source)....

Check about MADI on the net, its another professionnal standard for 
multichannel audio and is may be more interesting than ADAT given the specs 
of your interface.

On the other hand, here are some pages about a DIY ADAT interface:
http://membres.lycos.fr/blendinpulse/adat/

There are some chips that do the ADAT dispatch towards the ADC/DAC, may be 
simpler than the FPGA route. (but less fun ? ;)

NR