[hpsdr] Sasquatch II

[Bob McGwier]

Yes, I was going to point this out.  It is my suggestion that those who do
not yet have Beagleboards and who are not likely to do the early stages of
the embedded programming like the sick dogs Lyle, Phil, Rick, and I are WAIT
for Rev.C  There are enough differences that I will be replacing my board
with the Rev. C for our purposes and using my Rev. B board as my web server
for my weather station and to run my automated stuff for antennas, etc.
This will give us time to get a code base going and then everyone can jump
in on the Rev. C and give us tons of grief about what we should have done.
;-).

Bob




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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Covington [mailto:p.covington at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:15 PM
To: Frank Brickle
Cc: Bob McGwier; hpsdr at lists.hpsdr.org
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Sasquatch II

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Frank Brickle <brickle at pobox.com> wrote:
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>
>
> In preparation for order a BB for myself, I'm going through the list of
necessary and recommended (connectors, PS, and whatnot) add-ons. It's very
confusing. Most of the Shopping List is of the form, "If you want to do X,
you'll need Y." My problem isn't knowing whether I need Y, it's knowing
whether I'll need to do X.
>
> (The mere fact of finding this so confusing probably should probably
disqualify me from taking it on at all, but never mind.)
>
> Can anybody suggest a reasonably rich starting config, that is, enough to
do some real development without going overboard on bells and whistles?
>
> 73 and thanks
> Frank
> AB2KT

FYI, before you buy...  Info on the Rev C board...

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From: "Gerald Coley" <ger... at beagleboard.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:32:21 -0600
Local: Wed, Dec 3 2008 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: [beagleboard] PCB fabrication costs for OMAP3530 designs
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First off, you need to go to a high end shop for these types of boards. Any
shop that has not built this type of board will be high initially. As the
shop gets more comfortable with the board the price comes down. Your
quantities are also extremely low. You need to the quantity up there to get
a better price. In quantit of 10K we pay under $20 per board.

The pricing you received is high even for these quantities. You are better
off going to MEI, DDI, or Streamline, all of whom have already built this
board before.

The REV C board will have the LCD signals brought out to a pair of headers.
Rev C will be out late Q1 for purchase. We are testing the prototypes now.
The REV C schematics are set, but will not be released until testing is
completed. All of the signals that connect to the TFP410 are the signals
that are brought out on these headers including the I2C3, 5V, 3.3V, and
1.8V.

Gerald
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Phil N8VB


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