[hpsdr] What can we do with 2 cards

[Alex]

To get a high-stability option going for the SDR-1000 you always had to have another board / device hanging around.
Another board for station control. So yes, you still have to get separate boards.

I believe that the first thing the group is trying to do is get the JANUS/OZY/ATLAS out the door so folks an experiment with their SDR-1000s. 

If Flex-Radio wants to pick up the idea (like Bob said, respecting the open-source activity) and produce a "SDR-2000" then more power to them. 

Frankly if everyone treats the SDR-1000 as a penultimate design, then it will soon become as cutting-edge as AX.25.
Me, I'm for heading in the direction that Bob described - better & faster (but keep it economical).

End of commentary. : )

N3NP

----- Original Message ----
From: KD5NWA <kd5nwa at cox.net>
To: Alex <harvilchuck at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:43:07 PM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] What can we do with 2 cards

In the beginning the high-stability option was part of the two board 
solution. We had a solution that only needed a couple of pins into 
the FPGA, now it's a whole board. So now if you want A/D replacement 
and high stability it's 3 boards + the motherboard.

Not whining, just pointing out how it keeps getting more complicated 
and expensive to do the original intent of the project. The bus was 
there for any specialized boards, not as a means of multiplying the 
number of boards.

Good thing the whole thing is a open project. The useful work for me 
will be the Verilog code and the Janus board.

This whole project has turned into a real good demonstration on how 
to do a project backwards. Start with the details and then figure out 
how the whole scheme will function fit and function.

Back to my cave, I promised myself not to get involved, and here I'm 
breaking my promise.






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