Re: vectorbeam hardware

From: Zonn <zonn_at_zonn.com>
Date: Fri Nov 26 1999 - 16:09:26 EST

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:27:05 -0500, "James Nelson" <nelsonjjjj@didactics.com>
wrote:

>Look at this board's detailed (not general) specs, etc... It should settle
>fine for what you are doing
>
>http://www.computerboards.com/cbicatalog/cbiproduct.asp?dept%5Fid=231&pf%5Fi
>d=666
>
>2 channels of D-A and 48 bits of digital output which, with some resistors,
>and an op amp can do the beams.
>Or, you can take the easy way out and use an 8 output D-A board for $$
>It's getting expensive.

The board mention above is not fast enough to directly generate the vector
lines.

The typical update rate is 6us giving a sample rate of 166,666khz. Too slow for
a typical Asteroids game, where the DAC update rate is 3mhz (Or maybe it was
1.5? but either way...)

-Zonn
Received on Fri Nov 26 15:04:59 1999

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