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Fran wrote:Yes, an ARM device was mentioned alright.....

What was the Linux device you listened to? Was it ARM based?

nige2000 wrote: linux powered by arm sounds good, once theres clean power in

Any further reading on these sort of things

Did you look at the ARM computer modules I linked to?
Most only use a 5V or even 3.3V PS & are only a couple of watts (battery anyone?)

Oh!!!!!!
didnt see that
on it now

This one has 5V input (doesn't say what power consumption) & standard DDR3 memory (up to 4GB), on board SSD but other storage through SATA, it seem? 4 USB 2.0 ports & 1 wtg USB port as well as 3 I2S outputs (these could be directly connected to DAC chip if of sufficiently high quality)?

Some tweaking & modding would probably be needed to get the best out of it but not a bad starting platform
http://compulab.co.il/products/computer ... fx6/#specs

jkeny wrote:This one has 5V input (doesn't say what power consumption) & standard DDR3 memory (up to 4GB), on board SSD but other storage through SATA, it seem? 4 USB 2.0 ports & 1 wtg USB port as well as 3 I2S outputs (these could be directly connected to DAC chip if of sufficiently high quality)?

Some tweaking & modding would probably be needed to get the best out of it but not a bad starting platform
http://compulab.co.il/products/computer ... fx6/#specs

yes that one drew my attention too

there was two advantages of the pc builds
the ability to provide separate ps's to certain components and having a less densely populated pcb board which helps isolate the noise a bit

wonder will we be able to do something similar here?

at least its more of a budget experimentation

nige2000 wrote: yes that one drew my attention too

there was two advantages of the pc builds
the ability to provide separate ps's to certain components and having a less densely populated pcb board which helps isolate the noise a bit

wonder will we be able to do something similar here?

at least its more of a budget experimentation

Yes, individual PS supplies have proved to be of benefit whereas the one PS supply (17V) for the NUC has not provided the same isolation benefits. I reckon on-board bypassing of DC-DC switchers is needed here (& would probably improve all PCs)

It might be easier to do this on one of these ARM boards? Maybe fewer DC-DC switchers - I only see 3 on that board.

It also appears to be less populated?