[hpsdr] Metis power requirements

Phil Harman phil at pharman.org
Wed Jan 12 00:46:09 PST 2011


Please note that with Metis running at 1Gb/s the +5v supply current will
increase by approximately 0.75A.

For this reason (for folks that are using LPUs), and the fact that we
don't need 1Gig rates to the PC just yet, the initial release of Metis
code will run at 100Mb/s.

73 Phil...VK6APH




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> With Penny, Mercury, Metis & Excalibur, I measure 1.73 amp on the +5v
> supply.
> (Metis ethernet running at 100Mb/s)
> (+12v supply not currently connected, but necessary for Penny's RF power
> amp.)
> 73,
> Dave
>
> Keith wrote:
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>> Was wondering if anyone has measured the amount of dc current being
>> drawn by Metis in an HPSDR with Penny, Mercury, and Excalibur installed?
>>
>> Thanks
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>> Keith, N3ICK
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