[hpsdr] hpsdr Digest, Vol 4, Issue 16

[Bill Beech (NJ7P)]

Lyle,

I just joined and am very enthused about this project.  I have a desk 
drawer full of "engineering samples" of ADC's and DAC's I have obtained 
for just this sort of project.

Pardon me for not having read all the archives and jumping in, but we 
need to remember the lessons of the TNC-2 and software.  Yes, GNU is 
great and I whole hardily support it, but we need to make sure we can 
develop GNU-based toolchains and debugging tools to support the target 
processor(s) including the FPGA's, etc.  A $20 dollar processor that 
takes a $3500 toolset to program is not a bargain!  I would rather pay 
more for the processor/FPGA and have a cheap or no-cost set of complete 
tools for it.  This would include JTAG and everything. 

73,
Bill, NJ7P

>>What's the tool situation for the TI part?
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>TI's latest Code Composer Studio is required, approximately $3,500.
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>Processors are in the $20 class.
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>73,
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>Lyle KK7P
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