[hpsdr] Cheap USB Blaster Clone

[Chris Smith]

Sorry - correction $29 + shipping. Here in the UK it came to $44  
total. I really must stop trusting my memory!

73
Chris G4NUX


On 11 Jan 2009, at 11:45, Chris Smith wrote:

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> On 11 Jan 2009, at 07:06, Kirk Weedman wrote:
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>> I heard there may be a cheap USB Blaster clone.  Could someone  
>> point me in the right direction and tell me how much it is?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kirk Weedman - KD7IRS
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>
> Kirk
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> See         http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=110321686265
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> $45 + shipping and it looks as if its the real Altera device.
>
> Thanks to Steve N5EN for finding it.
>
> 73
> Chris G4NUX
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> ===
> Hi Chris
>
> I needed one as I'm building Penelope from scratch. I was so happy  
> when it worked on Mercury as I couldn't justify paying $300 for the  
> one from Altera.  The only 'very' minor issue with this unit was  
> that the ribbon cable didn't have a red stripe on the pin 1 line.  I  
> just oriented the cable like the picture in the ebay ad (which does  
> have a red mark), and it worked.  I then used a red marker on my  
> cable to identify line 1 for future use.
>
> 73
> Steve N5EN
>
> --- chris at vspl.co.uk wrote:
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> From: Chris Smith <chris at vspl.co.uk>
> To: Steve Niles <n5en at wt.net>
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Terasic USB Byte Blaster - Problem resolved
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:10:48 +0000
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> Steve
>
> Thanks for the steer, I've ordered one of these. They seem to be the
> real thing at a fraction of the price.
>
> 73
> Chris G4NUX
>
>
> On 9 Jan 2009, at 21:29, Steve Niles wrote:
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>> I was able to program my unmodified Mercury board with this
>> programmer:
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=110321686265
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>> 73
>> Steve N5EN
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