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The fact that not all devices have "power breakouts" is kinda the point.
Which crappy way would you like to try to connect this to a Bantam DAC (for example)?
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I'd snake fine-gauge wire right from the power pins on the USB connector on the BantamDAC to the appropriate spots on this PCB, which is undoubtedly crappy, but seems considerably
less crappy than running data lines around unshielded.
The only situation I can fathom where you would realistically need or even
want to do that was if, for some reason, you wanted to try to minimize EMI/RFI issues by getting a DAC as physically close to the input of an amp as possible, like if you wanted to use an old SOHA Mk. I board, where the input and output are right on the front edge of the PCB, but wanted a rear-mounted USB connector.
Anyway, it can be done, so however dumb it is, might as well do it:
So, the latest revision is everything to everyone. Yay, design by committee.
(Not.)
Now that this thing's been over-engineered to death:
- Does anybody actually want one or more of these?
And, if so:
- Do you have a prejudice against ordering, via PayPal, from an established online merchant in China, or do you insist on doing the "group buy" thing from an individual somewhere in North America? (I ask because of the Monofied BUF634 boards, linked to in my signature - a dozen or two people expressed concrete interest over the course of CobaltMute's threads on the boards, for a couple score PCBs; he withdrew from the project, and I stepped in and had the boards fabbed by Seeed; in the months since then, three of you - three - have bought a whopping ten PCBs between you, which makes me wonder...)
Firm price for a domestic "group buy" is $3 USD/board, or $5 USD/pair, plus a buck-fifty for postage/envelopes/instructions/PayPal fees in the U.S or Canada, two-fifty the rest of the world. Prices via Seeed would be a buck or two higher.