[hpsdr] Pinging Lurkers

[Christopher T. Day]

Eric,

I did mean that mostly as a joke, I think. I mentioned the Wolfson CODEC
only because you sent me one for Xmas and it's still attached to its
card. 

Regarding non-FPGA goodies, there is an article in AmQRP Homebrewer #6
on reprogramming an Antenna Analyst AA-908 [got one of them] as the
controller for a TCXO - Temperature Compensated Xtal Osc - which won the
prize at Atlanticon last year. [Also got the Crystallizer board.] See
"The TC908 Temperature Controller". It might be of interest to stick one
on a board for the stability folks. [Haven't assembled my Reflock II
yet.]

And on the keyer front, I would have thought it might be a good idea to
mount a K1EL WinKey chip on a board - he's made them in SMT at least
once if we insist @ $6 - and get high quality control software
immediately, Ham Radio Deluxe among others. Then we fake a COM port over
the USB - common practice - and can spend the FPGA LE's on making lovely
tones with perfectly keyed envelopes and not reinventing a fine piece of
work.


	Chris - AE6VK

P.S. - I _love_ these little kits, in case you haven't guessed.

P.P.S. - I don't turn down free software either.


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Ellison [mailto:ecellison at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:56 PM
To: Christopher T. Day; mnaruta at comcast.net
Cc: 'High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [hpsdr] Pinging Lurkers

Chris

I don't think the guys think the Wolfson Codec is the way to go. ... 

You might have the capability of soldering a 208 pin tqfp part on a
board,
but.... 

...

PICS!!! Yeah MAN! Check out the 4550! Has 4051 core and on board USB! I
think there is a faster USB part out now. I have a $200+ C-compiler
(FED) I
will give to you, which works with the free PIC stuff! There is NO
reason
that FPGA's alone need to slide across the Atlas! Bring it on!

Thanks to a great contributor! Keep the (re) Flow comin'!
Eric
 



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