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A project log for Viam Sonus 2.0

An audio router board with integrated volume control and buffered output

j-ian-lindsayJ. Ian Lindsay 12/05/2019 at 23:130 Comments

Hardware restock date

The first batch of boards will arrive on Saturday, the 7th. I will build and test them that night, and they should be reflected as stock on Tindie by Sunday night. Since the BOM cost on these is about $50, I'm only building three of them this run. If those fly off the shelf, I'll adjust my build rate until I match demand (which I have no idea about, at present). Just know that I pay attention to waitlists. So if I'm ever out of stock on anything, and you add yourself to the waitlist, I will typically have you served within 3-weeks at the outside. Sometimes faster.

Basic and TRS connector boards

I've spent some cycles applying the knowledge gained from my testing efforts into making certain the reference schematics are safe and clean. This is finished (on paper), so you can now build off the schematic yourselves. But I have yet to roll the boards. Once they check out, I will list them on Tindie. The first two boards will be basic versions with no digital elements. One of the two will have power and TRS jacks and a high-wattage regulator. The other will be much cheaper and have IDC headers for connector breakouts. Both will be for single-ended signals.

Documentation and bug fixes

Lots of small bug fixes and improvements have been bleeding into the DS1881 and ADG2128 drivers over the past few days. So re-pull those at the same time you re-pull the Viam Sonus repo. All the READMEs have been updated with discourse on driver features.

Upcoming software features

The advanced sketch demonstrating mixing and advanced configuration topics will likely be the next major software feature to be released. The hardest part of getting it done is defining a sensible API. The rudiments of this are checked in to the repo, but none of it is in use yet. SoonHorse.jpg

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