[hpsdr] Interesting New Part from Intel

[Mike]

Actually, there is now WIFI Direct, a protocol that lets you connect WIFI devices directly. No need for a router anymore.

So, Hermes + WIFI direct adapter -----> iPad / iPhone:)


On Nov 24, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Phil Harman wrote:

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> Hi Chris,
> 
> If you want a small remote receiver that can be mounted at the antenna
> then that is available today.
> 
> One of our members has modified the Mercury code to become a complete
> receiver i.e. filters, demodulation, AGC etc.
> 
> The output is recovered audio that can be fed over a cable or VHF/UHF link
> etc.
> 
> There is a simple control channel that lets you select
> mode/filters/frequency etc.
> 
> At present it does not have a bandscope but there should be enough room in
> the Mercury FPGA to add one.
> 
> If you were to add a Metis board and a WiFi router then you could control
> it from your iPhone etc.
> 
> Just a thought...
> 
> 73 Phil...VK6APH
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>> Actually this is far better for SDR than just making the soft CPU faster.
>> 
>> 
>> The number one problem I see with any SDR design and the number one bottle
>> neck
>> to performance is the connection between the ADC chip and the computer.
>>  We send
>> much effort crunching the digitized signal so that it can fit down
>> some pipe like USB.
>> 
>> This chip eliminates the need for a pipe.  The Atom CPU can run a
>> conventional operating system
>> (such as Linux) and normal SDR software (such as DttSP with a Java
>> shell)  At the same time the
>> Atom can run a web server.   That Atom can run all of the software
>> that would today run on your
>> PC.  In fact it would be the "PC".  And then there is no bottleneck
>> between the PC and the FPGA.
>> 
>> Of course the little atom/fpga chip lacks a keyboard and display but
>> it would be easy to
>> run a VNC server on the Atom processor so you could access the SDR
>> software other an Ethernet or WiFi
>> 
>> In sort now you can push even more function into the RF front end box
>> so all of the  DSP
>> is done there and none on your desktop computer.    Maybe then the
>> "desktop computer" can be an IPhone running a web browser?
>> 
>> For a long time my goal has been a radio that is small and cheap
>> enough to keep outside
>> and ideally mount on the antenna directly with no feed-line  this chip
>> almost allows this.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Jeremy McDermond
>>> <mcdermj at xenotropic.com> wrote:
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>>>> Why do a soft core processor when you can get hard cores instead:
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/22/intel-launches-fpga-equipped-atom/
>>>> 
>>>> Intel just announced an Atom processor with an Altera FPGA integrated
>>>> on the chip.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
>>>> Xenotropic Systems
>>>> mcdermj at xenotropic.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
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