[hpsdr] PicoPSU

[Bill Tracey]

Before we go off and  buy a bunch of these pups should we do some level of 
qualification to see how suitable they are for radio work.   Touch of 
concern on how much noise these may generate  - would hate to see us go get 
a bunch of these and get surprised when we find out it has hash all over 
the place etc.

Not exactly sure what level of qualification we should try and do - perhaps 
fire this thing up with some load on it and sweep a radio around and see 
what it sounds like -- or sweep a spectrum analyzer around and see what it 
show.

Cheers,

Bill (kd5tfd)


At 09:59 PM 6/8/2006, Eric Ellison wrote:
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>Folks
>
>John – W9DDD and I have been chatting a bit about future offerings based 
>on HPSDR. The PicoPSU came to mind, and at least on the mini-box site 
>there is a pretty big volume discount $50 down to $35 at 100 parts. A 
>couple of foreign sites show this item at 50 pounds. The quandary 
>regardless of whatever is decided is WHICH one would we choose?
>
>Neither of these need a 10 ohm 10 watt load resistor to provide power, as 
>a full sized ATX power supply needs.
>
>The 60/80W (80 watts peak) version uses a variable dc input from 6 to 26 
>VDC input which would be ideal for mobile use or powering off a “station” 
>power supply.
>The 120 W version uses a fixed 12 V regulated power input and Chris says 
>it drops out at 13+ volts.
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>Is 60W likely to be able to power 3 or 4 or more project boards?
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>Also how many folks would be interested in this type of supply.
>
>Just Phishing!
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>Thanks
>Eric



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