emueyes
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Hi all, I have a question about some hardware I've seen on eBay. namely the CM6631A USB cards
I have seen many of these cards on eBay, and of the same thing with USB and optical/coax digital connectors. I am wondering, are they actually soundcards? That is, can I hook one up to a computer via USB and to my receiver via an optical cable?
My particular case is for use with an ARM development board. It has good gfx but terrible sound, and if I can get decent sound then it can be used as I want, as a small music server (small as in wattage), with output straight to the receiver and control done with DLNA.
These boards seem to be associated with a few other boards more often than not, so I'd like to be sure of what I'm doing. I have has a response from one eBay seller telling me that he'll send me software (drivers?) if I buy a card from him. But, I'd still like to know what I'm doing
TIA
I have seen many of these cards on eBay, and of the same thing with USB and optical/coax digital connectors. I am wondering, are they actually soundcards? That is, can I hook one up to a computer via USB and to my receiver via an optical cable?
My particular case is for use with an ARM development board. It has good gfx but terrible sound, and if I can get decent sound then it can be used as I want, as a small music server (small as in wattage), with output straight to the receiver and control done with DLNA.
These boards seem to be associated with a few other boards more often than not, so I'd like to be sure of what I'm doing. I have has a response from one eBay seller telling me that he'll send me software (drivers?) if I buy a card from him. But, I'd still like to know what I'm doing
TIA