[hpsdr] Atlas Update - From whence we have come

[Eric Ellison]

Alex

 

Hmmmm good question(s).

 

I have faith in the excitement! I have faith in the project leaders. I have
faith and proof that we will get to Ozy board 2 and have an operational
experimental platform. I have faith in all the contributors and even the
lurkers who respond when I 'ping'.

 

I also have faith because of people like Chris Day who is sending me his
entire alpha Atlas setup in the mail so that Lyle can show 'first light' at
Dayton, and all the contributors who are part of the village and giving like
Chris. Also that we will reach the goal(s) without being overly structured
by 'time lines' production schedules etc.

 

I guess the shorter answer, is that my wife would only let me have $2000 to
upfront purchase of the Atlas boards. Also I only have about $800 in PlayPal
money to sponsor a few Alpha boards for each project leader. (shhhh She who
must be obeyed, does not know I have the PlayPal money!)

 

If you have a lot of faith as a user, order as many boards as you need. If
you have only a little faith, don't order any. Net - Net, you only lose
about $15 per board if the house of cards folds.

 

I'm sort of angling that I'll get enough funds back in from the Atlas to
turn around and offer the Ozy and Janus!  With the crude 'operation' I have
set up, I can produce and get the current 175 board orders out in about 15
days. It's a lot easier than sponsoring a group buy. That MAY come, but for
now it's strictly a village and not a corporation.

 

In the end? It's inspiring to be alive and a ham radio operator with this
group, each moving a grain of sand!

 

Eric

 

 

 

 

 

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From: Alex [mailto:harvilchuck at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:49 PM
To: Eric Ellison; hpsdr at hpsdr.org
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Atlas Update - From whence we have come

 

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


----- Original Message ----
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

***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****

Folks

 

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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