[hpsdr] Commercial availability of Penelope

[Phil Harman]

Hi Henry,


Expect an announcement on the reflector late this week or early next.

73's Phil....VK6APH


Quoting Henry Vredegoor <henry_vredegoor at hotmail.com>:

> Hi Phil, All,
>
> It seems a lot of people are looking for assembled and tested Penny's and
> the list at hamsdr.com indicates current interest is 43 boards.
>
> I know you are a busy man these days with Mercury coming out and so, so
> forgive me for asking, but is there any news regarding the commercial
> availability of Penelope boards?
>
> 73,
>
> Henry.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Phil Harman
>> Sent: maandag 22 december 2008 1:39
>> To: hpsdr at lists.hpsdr.org
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Penelope: what do I need to built my own?
>>
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>> Hi Henk,
>>
>> So far I've built all the prototype HPSDR boards by hand using a x10
>> microscope and a fine tip soldering iron.
>>
>> For the FPGAs I flood the PCB where the part is with flux from a pen
>> and then use the flux to 'stick' the part in place whilst I get it
>> positioned correctly.
>>
>> Then solder corner pins and again flood the rest of the pins with
>> solder flux. Then solder the rest of the pins - I do them one
>> at a time
>> - don't add any additional solder, just reflow what is already on the
>> pad. I place my iron on the end of the pin and watch the
>> solder reflow.
>>   When done gently poke between adjacent pins with a tooth pick and
>> look for any unsoldered pins - touch up any pins that move.
>>
>> A cheap microscope is a good investment for this type of construction.
>>
>> BTW, I have been approached by a commercial manufacture to produce
>> Penelope boards - more details in the new year.
>>
>> 73's Phil...VK6APH
>>
>>
>>
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>> Quoting Henk Remijn PA5KT <pa5kt at remijn.net>:
>>
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>> > As the Penelope prebuilt is not available and I want a working
>> > transceiver I consider building myself.
>> >
>> > It looks like all components are available.
>> >
>> > Only issue is how I can solder the FPGA on the board. Anybody
>> > experience with that? Spacing between pins looks really small.
>> >
>> > Henk
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