[hpsdr] Atlas Update - From whence we have come

[Alex]

Not to throw a wet blanket on the enthusiasm, but why order the boards for ATLAS when there isn't a reviewed and baselined design for the JANUS and OZYMANDIAS cards? The better thing to do would be order the three board set at once. 

What if a date is sat to complete design reviews on  OZYMANDIAS v1.0 and JANUS v1.0? How about June 8th?
If the date is met, then shoot for board ordering in mid-june.

Personally, I'm thinking of ordering a couple, but I'd like to see that there is a working system, not just a passive backplane.

I've read that the ATLAS is using standard PC case spacing between cards. Are the actual cards going to have a physical size of a full-height, half-length PCI card (so as to effectively use the PC-case)? 

What is being done is good, but just like building Eagle, there has to be a little order and structure and documentation.
I'm willing to contribute with the documentation and coordination, because this is one of the "skunkworks" of amateur radio.

Alex, N3NP


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From: Eric Ellison <ecellison at comcast.net>
To: hpsdr at hpsdr.org
Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2006 2:41:49 PM
Subject: [hpsdr] Atlas Update - From whence we have come

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   We now have 170 orders for the Atlas board. WOW! To me this indicates that the flywheel of the project is accelerating! To think this all came about from a Teamspeak Friday Night fourm mention by Phil – VK6APH in late November 2005 regarding the Xylo work he was doing!!!! With Phil – N8VB’s Ozy board coming along it will mark a fully working product! This first of many! YEA! 
     
   Thanks EVERYONE no matter what your contribution, including those just lurking and waiting till it all works! I see this project as “Hardware which just keeps getting better”.  We are a ‘village’ and our population is growing! Viva open ideas! Viva open source! Viva Open hardware! It IS, to me what Amateur Radio is all about ---- always on the forefront of technology!
     
   I am planning to order the Atlas boards next week. I estimate that shipment of boards will be before the end of the month. Still no final decision on the production house, but it will be RoHS compliant board.
     
   Thanks!
   Eric – AA4SW
     
     
    
     
    
   
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