Since additional ALTERA CPLDs are hopelessly unavailable, only 6 DSD discrete DACs will be distributed. XILINX CPLDs are available, but when we build a circuit, the S/N and other performance characteristics are clearly worse than those of ALTERA. I am considering whether or not to switch to XILINX CPLDs and continue distributing DSD discrete DACs after I run out of ALTERA CPLDs. I can imagine why XILINX would have poorer analog performance in this case…
The DSD discrete DAC has a lot of components anyway, so it takes a whole day to do the hand soldering. After that, I need to take measurements. I need at least 2 days from the start of the project.
For the new USB board, I will distribute only 3 pieces, because it is hopeless to obtain additional FPGAs of XILINX or ALTERA QFP type.
The new USB boards have already been hand-soldered and tested for operation, so I will write the latest firmware on them and finish manufacturing. The new USB board includes a small board for rewriting firmware (technically called a JTAG board), a raw small board for FSLED, a connector post and a harness for connection to the USB board (see photo).
The new USB board set is 230USD.
The DSD discrete DAC will be distributed at a price of 200USD.
Compatible op-amp boards and power supply boards are also available. Each raw board costs 5USD a complete op-amp board costs 150USD, and a complete power supply board costs 30USD. These boards are also hand-soldered, so please allow a few days for delivery.
For orders or questions, please contact us at this address.
*This price is applicable to those who pay by PayPal from outside Japan. EMS shipping fee will be separately added as a shipping charge.
The output of the DAC board is filtered by the following circuit board and circuit. The FFT data was taken with this circuit. Of course, this circuit is just an example, and there may be other circuits with even higher characteristics and sound quality.
The following test circuit was used as the power supply for the evaluation. I used an isolated DC/DC converter from MORNSUN Power. The input is 5V. An AC adapter with 2A output should be sufficient.
If your DSD signal output board/device does not work well, we offer a USB DDC (digital-to-digital converter), which converts all PCM signals such as WAV and FLAC files into DSD signals for output (details are described separately). Single-rate (44.1kHz/48kHz) PCM signals are converted to so-called DSD64 signals, and PCM signals of higher rates are converted to DSD128 signals for output.The internal operation of DSD transfer in USB is only DoP method, and ASIO DSD is not supported. DSD signals up to DSD256 are supported for playback. (Since no device driver is attached, Windows supports up to DSD128 (by WASSPI).) *However, due to the shortage of parts, I can only provide a few new boards at the best of my ability. Therefore, the boards that I can provide are hand-soldered by me (not the number that I can ask PCB assembly companies to provide). If you are an old user of mine, I can rewrite firmware of UDA boards, UDA2 boards, etc. with USB AUDIO CLASS 2.0 data redesigned with recent knowledge at a low price. Please contact me for details.
The evaluation set was configured to connect from the USB board to the operational amplifier board using axial pin headers. If the physical interface with other DSD signal source output boards, such as the USB board for example, does not match, you can make a jig for connection as shown in the picture. The same configuration could be used for connection to a filter/amplifier board.
I have eight pairs of MAX10CPLDs manufactured by ALTERA, which is probably impossible to get newly, and I am willing to share them with those who are interested in this board. For the same reason as the USB board described below, I will have to deliver the board by my hand mounted and soldering. The number of components is very large. If all the components were readily available in China, it might be reasonable to have a few of them soldered by a mounting machine at a low cost, but this is not the case in this day and age.
We will measure the FFT data for each of these boards and send them to you with the data. Since this CPLD is no longer available, the next release will have to be a large-scale DAC board including USB AUDIO CLASS 2.0 functionality using FPGA.
前回の記事でご紹介させていただいた ”DSD discrete analog FIR filter DAC” ですが、新規に入手するのがおそらく不可能なALTERAのMAX10CPLDを私は手持ち部品として8台分確保してあります。そこで、本基板に興味をお持ちいただいた方に合計8枚お分けできます。後日後述しますUSB基板と同様の理由により、私の手実装での納品とさせていただくことになります。部品点数が非常に多いです。すべての部品が中国で容易に入手できるとしたら、数枚でも実装機でハンダ付けしてもらうのが低コストで実装できて合理的かもしれませんが、今の御時世ではそうもゆきません。
DSDの analog FIR filterによるD/A変換方式については、「DSD原理基板」のリリース後に、本家の方から理論的・技術的なご教示を賜ったことがあり、その時に得られた知見を元に、「DSD原理基板」より高性能なanalog FIR filter DACを構成可能であるという実証実験は済ませておりました。
さて、この「DSD discrete analog FIR filter DAC」の「アナログ」出力をWAVEファイルとしてキャプチャしたものがこちらです。WaveSpectraなどで、窓関数:Blackman-Harris 7 Term、サンプルデータ数:128kとして再生していただければ、このオーディオ・プレシジョンによるチャートと同じような感じに見えるかと思います。