[hpsdr] Lack of Software Talent (Was Books on SDR)

[richardh at iinet.net.au]

Yes I have struggled with software over the years and tried to contribute to a
number of projects with only limited success. I have managed a few designs with
microcontrollers and machine code, but this is a lot simpler = one of my designs
had 511 Bytes of object code! = had to fit into a 512 Byte space 
The problem is that the beginner starts with a huge complex mass of interlinked code.
He has to have a fair bit of determination, time and the cerebral ability to
untangle this = particularly if there is little documentation.
In the case of HPSDR there has been a determined effort to make the code accessible.
The Verilog lectures are a wonderful resource and we have to thank Kirk Weedman
for this.
Documentation and code is available on SVN and the wiki.   
Still the whole project is cutting edge stuff = it combines DSP, PC programming,
and FPGA coding in a complex system = it is no wonder that there arent too many
people able to contribute to code.
Verilog is not the easiest of languages and there is C, C# Java etc in various
parts of the system. Just getting the various programming IDEs up to speed takes
a bit of work.

Dont have the answer though apart from keep on working!

Richard VK6BRO . 


On Fri Apr 30 16:33 , Lyle Johnson  sent:

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>> 2.  For a while I made contributions to my branch of KISS.  I felt I 
>> could contribute to the human interface and add some things of 
>> interest to the SWL community.  I got feedback from 3 or 4 people at 
>> one point, but only one person "thought I was on the right track"; 
>> this was disappointing. 
>>
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>The open source code for the K2 DSP has only elicited a couple of 
>comments over 7 years, and no community contributions.  I think this may 
>be typical...
>
>73,
>
>Lyle KK7P
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