[hpsdr] Multiple Rx -- ghpsdr3 on Windows - Mercury FPGA code

[David McQuate]

Yes, Mercury 3.0 does draw significantly more current.  Ozy 18 + Mercury 
3.0 draws about 1.43 amps from the 5V supply.   Looks like users of the 
LPU will need to replace the resettable fuse with a higher current fuse, 
or jumper across it.

  I see I omitted the file msecsleep.exe from the LoadMercuryFirmware 
folder.  Without the required waits,  re-programming of Ozy as a 
Byte-Blaster fails, and quartus_pgm doesn't find a USB Blaster.

I've added that file to the LoadMercuryFirmware folder on the SVN.
73,
Dave
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Richard Stasiak wrote:
> Hi Dave and Dave
>
> Thanks for the heads up on the drive designation.  I should have 
> picked that one up myself.
>
> Anyway there is still something missing in that directory for updating 
> the Mercury FPGA.  I'm not sure what it is.  The update still crashed, 
> this time looking for a hardware cable (?).
>
> I was able to get the FPGA loaded by moving your revised update batch 
> file and the two mercury4receiver files into Phil's Update blaster 
> directory and running the update from there.
>
> With the code loaded I now have another issue, hardware this time.  
> The radio is shutting down just after I start the first receiver.  I 
> haven't started troubleshooting yet, but I suspect the thermal fuse in 
> the LPU is not happy.  The new Mercury code must be drawing a lot more 
> current in the FPGA.  I will check it out tomorrow.
>
> 73
>
> Rick ve3mm
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