[hpsdr] [ATLAS] New Document uploaded

[Philip Covington]

Hi Eric, Horst,

On 6/10/06, Eric Ellison <ecellison at comcast.net> wrote:
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>
> Horst
>
> I printed this out on a high quality Color printer yesterday and it is truly
> an impressive document!

A really great job!

> A couple of notes.
>
> On the last page you mention Kicad which is not a problem. I hope we go back
> and put all the designs in Kicad when we have the time. At the moment we
> aren't using Kicad on any design.

I started the design in Kicad very early on, but because of some
problems with PCBNew, I abandoned it for Mentor Graphics PADS
Logic/Layout/Router since I have a full license for that system.

In the meantime Kicad was updated so I tried to use it for OZY - no
problem with the schematic entry and the PCBNew layout actually
worked.   The problem is that Kicad's autorouter sucks really (really)
bad!  Being pressed for time I could not see hand routing the OZY
board so I switched over to PADS again.

The stuff in Kicad can be fixed, but I am kind of short on time ;-)
For simpler boards (or if you have a lot of time to hand route) the
latest Kicad would work fine.

> Also FlexRadio Systems is mentioned, which is again, not a problem, but in
> light of recent events probably should be replaced with TAPR.

Yes, *please* replace the reference to FR$ with TAPR.

> I was wondering if you could have one single Cover page which would be a
> cover for a binder where all the different project documentation would go.
>
> Thanks
> Eric

73 de Phil N8VB

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