2io Progress...

Making nice, albeit somewhat slow, progress on the 2io module, the first Audio Damage hardware release. I now have the prototype in my possession, and am busily trying to break it. It works entirely as expected once we solved a rather silly mistake in chip choice. The original USB audio codec chip we chose reports its power current consumption as 500ma, despite only actually using around 30ma. The iPad won’t recognize a chip that reports more than 100ma. So while it worked fine as a USB interface, it didn’t work at all for its main purpose.

In any case, initial tests with this current rev with Silent Way and CV Generator show that it works like a charm in those contexts. As a Euro-format iPad audio interface, it is working flawlessly. So, in short, all is well.

We’re doing one more rev of the prototype just to double-triple-super-duper check our work, then it’s off to production. While all that is going on, we’re just getting in to the prototype stage for adm01, so expect some reporting from that front as well, as soon as I have something to show you.