Kinda slow, mostly because of huge issues I had with counterpoint development (since fixed) and having to rework Joshua Tree MKII.

Also beacuse My real job gets really crazy at the new year transition.

But rest assured I am still very interested in its development. I just have to get it worked in.

We have the boards ready to go.

Cheers!
Russ

We are ramping up kit assembly and firmware development right now.

The AC1 has it's own supply on board, using a PT78ST105V switching regulator, so it can power the display and interfaces. Just plug in a trafo, like the relay driver.

5V, but a 12V trafo should work fine.

Here you go, it is the original thread on diyaudio.com http://www.diyaudio.com/...age=25&pagenumber=21 hope the link works. you will need a login to look at the pictures.

Bill

As you can tell from the dates on the original proposal is has been a low priority, I think Russ has been putting most of his efforts in the Buffalo DAC. I am hoping they will complete it soon as I have a project 9/10ths done waiting on it. I purchased a unit offered in the DIYaudio trading post made by a guy from China and while it is fairly well made and very reasonably priced but it does not offer the flexibility. I will probably use it with a simpler buffer preamp project.
Bill

Edited by user Sunday, March 22, 2009 8:53:03 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hmmm, Vaporware? I prefer to call it a hobby. :) Certain projects have been postponed and shuffled around because of shifting focus. That said, Brian has some AC1 hardware on the way to me and I should have some apps together soon.

Here is the key pont to remember.

AC1 is platform, not a complete product. It is meant for you to be able to use to create you own working projects.

To that end I will provide some source code examples and such, but probbaly not complete implementations for every single project out there. There are just too many variables.

Femto is the heart of the AC1 platform, and it is USB programmable. So it is very very easy to develop firmware for it and test it out.

So, while its been a long time its certainly not a dead project. :)

Some pieces like JT2 and the AC1 board itself had to be reworked a couple of times. Add to that the excitement and my personal zeal for the ESS DACs and you can guess my hobby time has been pretty well occupied.

Anyway, I have some very real uses for AC1 myself, so I will keep on perusing it.

Cheers!
Russ

Edited by user Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:37:33 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

AC1 is also completely open source. :) And actually quite inexpensive for a complete platform. All you will really need to add is code, and possibly a rotary encoder or two. And the code will be easy enough to copy from the open source examples I will have here. :)

You can also combine volumite and AC1 is some pretty cool ways.

I do think its great your using some initiative and doing something on your own. That's great! I encourage it!

Someone is going to have to write some code at some point. There is no getting around it. :) It can be me or you or both. :) The point is to have some fun and learn something if possible.

Cheers!
Russ

Russ, Brian,

Thanks so much for the encouragement. That is good.

I did not have any doubt that your project will also be open source. I guess what I wanted to says is that there is a lot of software written out there that one can reuse as a library. Of course I will have to write some software (last time I wrote any software was like 15 years ago in Forth for SparcStations, so I'm really rusty), but by using the libraries, writing to an LCD is as simple as a print statement.

Hi,
Looks very "promising", I hope it may be available when I get ready to do my Preamp/Amp project.

Les