[hpsdr] Sasquatch II

[Philip Covington]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Lyle Johnson <kk7p at wavecable.com> wrote:

>> Lyle, any thoughts on this?
>
> I looked at the design files for the TI OMAPL137 evaluation board. It has
> ten (10) copper layers.  I think this level of complexity is a non-starter.
>
> Sasquatch was originally going to be based on the TMS320C6726 DSP, which is
> in a TQFP package.  The new DSPs include the TMS320C6745 which is in a 176
> pin TQFP and should be able to be accommodated on a 4- or 6-layer PC board.
>  This is the same DSP as contained in the OMAPL137.
>
> An approach like this would also separate the UI and its processor from the
> DSP and its tasks, doing in the physical hardware what is being done
> logically in software (SDRMAX for the QS1R, the next generation version of
> PowerSDR, etc.)
>
> 73,
>
> Lyle KK7P

Wow, 10 copper layers... gosh...

I wonder, is there free linux based development tools for the TMS320C6745?

73 Phil N8VB

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