The Design of a CD Transport for Audio Applications

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dc.contributor.authorBenton, Carl Dennisen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-16T17:20:10Z
dc.date.available2007-01-16T12:01:00Z
dc.date.issued2006en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe project to design a CD transport (CD player) in conjunction with Perreaux Industries came about from the need for a source component in their Silhouette series of products. This project describes the design a high quality CD player, at a low price, to compliment Perreaux's Silhouette series. A CD drive is selected over a proprietary optical pickup due to the former's low cost and the standardisation of the interface. The control circuitry includes a micro controller and discrete logic to provide the correct data and clock signals to the SPDIF transmitter and DAC circuits. These two circuits provided a high quality analogue output, and facilitate an upgrade path by connecting the SPDIF output to an external DAC. After three board iterations, a final production ready revision was achieved. The design includes a high quality toroidal transformer, low jitter crystal oscillator, and a very high quality SPDIF pulse transformer output. The design also allows a remote input to control the player, and an optional digital cable via an RJ45 connector to provide synchronisation with a future design of the SXD2 DAC module, or to transmit SPDIF to a remote location. The specifications of the final design were higher than expectations. The digital output boasts equal or superior performance to competitive products in the same price range, with the analogue output attaining exceptionally high performance.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationBenton, C. D. (2006). The Design of a CD Transport for Audio Applications (Thesis, Master of Engineering (ME)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2384en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/2384
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Waikatoen_NZ
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dc.subjectCD Playeren_NZ
dc.subjectHi-Fien_NZ
dc.subjectPerreauxen_NZ
dc.subjectCarl Bentonen_NZ
dc.titleThe Design of a CD Transport for Audio Applicationsen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
pubs.place-of-publicationHamilton, New Zealanden_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Waikatoen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Engineering (ME)en_NZ
uow.date.accession2006-06-16T17:20:10Zen_NZ
uow.date.available2007-01-16T12:01:00Zen_NZ
uow.date.migrated2009-06-09T23:30:29Zen_NZ
uow.identifier.adthttp://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20060616.172010en_NZ
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