[hpsdr] Ozy replacement

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Alberto I2PHD said the following on 10/03/2009 05:29 PM:

> John Ackermann N8UR wrote:
>> It removes the parallel port driver for the SDR-1000, reduces the number 
>> of general purpose I/O lines, and removes some of the original 
>> diagnostic/debugging hardware (fewer LEDs, etc).  It uses the same FPGA.
>>
>> The intention is to provide all the functionality needed for the 
>> "modern" HPSDR stack based on Merc and Penny, without the extras that 
>> very few people looking for a new board would care about.
>>
>> John
>>   
> Thanks John,
> 
>     it looks like a move in the right direction. The SDR-1000 is by now 
> a piece of obsolete
> technology, and there is no point in continuing to support it.
> I guess it is software-compatible with Ozy, so no changes are needed to 
> code that does not
> use the features that have been 'cleaned out'...

Yes, we were running a Magister prototype in the demo HPSDR unit at the 
DCC, and PowerSDR didn't know the difference; the software thought it 
was Ozy.

John

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