[sdiy] is raspberry pi the future?

[Neil Johnson]

cheater cheater wrote:
> Yes - but then you're basically programming a less powerful desktop
> computer, not a more powerful MCU. Pulse Audio and GPIO-connected DAC
> are two completely different methodologies and will mean your code
> needs to be restructured quite a bit. It's pretty amazing that
> nowadays both approaches are viable on the same piece of low-cost
> hardware - this hasn't been the case since the 70s.

GPIO is a bit limited on the RasPi.  If you want decent audio out of the 
2835 directly (rather than via USB) then a better option would be to 
hook up an audio codec to the I2S lines and enable the driver -- I think 
this is available for the RasPi, but you'd need to check with the 
Foundation.

I believe I can say that I have quite a good grasp of what the 2835 is 
capable of.

Cheers,
Neil
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