[hpsdr] Project proposal – Artemis or Arty for short.

[Kevin Wheatley]

Hi Chris

I think the hub (excuse the pun) here is my inability to program from the PC, zero knowledge of C# or QT4 etc. But am comfortable with embedded uCPU's, plus you would still required an I/O expander for the Atom to control of relays, analog inputs etc.

This platform can be configured easily via HTTP pages and requires very little programming skill by the end user to create something useful for the shack.

I envy your skills :)

73's
Kevin


On 25 Jan 2011, at 18:26, Chris Albertson wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Kevin Wheatley <kevin.m0khz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A standalone PCB, probably Euro card size, 100 x 160mm, attached to an Ethernet switch in the shack. Controlled by a dsPIC33 running Microchip’s free TCP/IP software stack providing a web server. The web content will be stored on an SD Card,
> 
> 
> Before you design that card, look at what you can buy off the shelf for $80.
> 
> Intel has a new 6.5  inch square Atom powered motherboard.   This has
> a dual core Atom CPU soldered down.  It has a passive heat sink
> because the Atom uses so little power.  Also is a Gigibit Ethernet
> port, two real serial ports and a real parallel port, many USB ports
> and also a slot for a new kind of Flash based "disk" that is about the
> same price as SD but much faster.
> 
> But the big thing is the ease of software development on the Atom vs
> any uP.  Atom can run Linux or any other OS you like and with the
> price and size and power requirements so low it makes sense unless you
> plan to build 1,000+ units.  But for a few dozen I think ease of
> software development is more important than saving $20.
> 
> If you are really looking to save $$ and are designing a new network
> based device have that device boot off the net.  That way no storage
> is required and you keep the boot image on the PC where it is easy to
> maintain and modify
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> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California


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