[hpsdr] Fwd: Re: Sasquatch II

[richardh at iinet.net.au]

Yes and I am a Linux Zealot - it would be *really good* if software could be 
open/linux based

Richard VK6BRO

On Wed Dec 10  8:52 , 'Philip Covington' p.covington at gmail.com> sent:

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>On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Lyle Johnson kk7p at wavecable.com> wrote:
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>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm thinking of restarting the Sasquatch module.
>>
>> On the one hand, no one else has stepped up to do it after I pulled my name
>> from it about a year ago.
>>
>> On the other hand, I like embedded DSP, and I hate to see the HPSDR project
>> become PC-dependent.
>>
>> One candidate would be to simply make an ATLAS adapter for the Beagleboard.
>>  This opens the door to low cost, low power and a Linux development
>> environment. I really don't want this thread to devolve into "My OS is
>> better than yours' or "my philosophy about open source is purer than yours."
>>
>> Another possibility is to use the OMAPL137 processor from TI.  Or skip the
>> ARM stuff completely and just use the TMS320C674x DSP.
>>
>> I've had some email exchanges with Bob and Frank, and they indicate they
>> would be supportive of such an effort in the context of porting dttsp to
>> this processor.
>>
>> But there is little point in doing it if there is little to no interest  in
>> it once all the hard work is done in the porting effort.
>>
>> I recognize one can buy small form factor motherboards these days for a
>> couple hundred dollars (+/- a hundred) and for those who are most
>> comfortable with using an embedded PC
>> ATLAS adapter in this case is needed since Ozy already provides a
>> USB-to-ATLAS interface for such motherboards.  At some level, Ozy also
>> provides this for an OMAP-class processor, but I'd like to eliminate the
>> need for Ozy for a self contained system.
>>
>> Lots of posts lately about how HPSDR things are not always as open as one
>> might wish.
>>
>> Sasquatch is open.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Lyle KK7P
>>
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>Hi Lyle,
>
>I like the OMAP-L137.  Nice low power, 256BGA.
>
>http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/omap-l137.pdf>  The ARM is nice to
>have around...
>
>Not sure about the Beagleboard... I'll have to look further into it.
>If you just use USB or Ethernet for input to the Beagleboard, you
>might as well use something like the $79 Atom based mini-ITX boards.
>
>73 Phil N8VB
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