[hpsdr] Alex: definitely need docs now!

[John Koster]

It was just posted a few minutes before I sent out the message.  (hot off 
the press so to speak)

I'm not aware what the mechanism is for getting a copy on openhpsdr, but
I'm sure it will show up there soon.

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011, george byrkit wrote:

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> John,
> 
> Thanks for pointing that out!  Either I'm blind (possible!) or I overlooked
> that earlier when looking for such.  I may also have depended too much on
> the openhpsdr WIKI, where I think this document should also be found.
> 
> I do hope you and the mrs had a good vacation, preparing for the onslaught
> of Alex shipping!
> 
> And special thanks to the team in Arizona who got this all manufactured and
> did the testing, and John Melton for the test software that Scotty and Dave
> used.  And for the entire design and beta team.  And for the
> infinitely-patient hams around the world who have waited for alex with bated
> breath and not too much complaining.
> 
> This manual also seems to answer several other points, like how do volts
> convert to watts: the answer being that 3.0 volts corresponds to 100 watts,
> and that the range of the ADC is 0 to 3.3v.  I've been able to incorporate
> that information into the KISS Unified version that is in progress.  No
> displays of the power exist yet, but I'll be working on that!  Now that I
> have Alex, and know how to hook it up, hopefully, I'll make good progress
> before Phil gets back and checks out my work.
> 
> The manual also explains how the cable in question goes: in effect, the
> green wire goes to the indicated pin 1 of P4.  It looks like the easy thing
> to do is going to be to bend the molex connector on Mercury so that it
> stands out from the board, keeping the jumper cable entirely within the
> enclosure.  I may have the proper Molex 4 pin connector as a straight (not
> 90 degree bend) connector, so maybe replacing it will be easier.
> 
> 73,
> George K9TRV
> 
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John, W9DDD

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