[hpsdr] Penny FPGA Load

[n3evl]

Bob,

Just to be clear, the discussion on board positioning etc is only 
applicable to the operation of programming the boards via HPSDR 
Programmer; for normal operation the board positions are arbitrary, at 
least that's my understanding and experience.

Pete, N3EVL

On 7/14/2011 5:53 PM, Bob G Mahrenholz wrote:
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> Joe,
>
> I followed the "Windows Quick Startup Guide" and it said to install
> Mercury in Slot J5 and Ozy (Magister for me) in Slot J2 - not quite
> adjacent.
>
> PowerSDR runs but I sometimes have trouble with dropouts - the
> screen and audio stop for about a second. I wonder if that could
> be my problem. I think I will change them as you say and see how
> things work.
>
> Thanks, Bob
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Martin K5SO<k5so at valornet.com>
>> Sent: Jul 14, 2011 2:16 PM
>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Penny FPGA Load
>>
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>>> Phil:
>>> What's valid for Magister and Mercury?
>>> Thanks,Bob K4QQK
>> Bob,
>>
>> Since Phil is probably in bed at this moment I'll answer your
>> question.   The earlier discussion is the same for Magister and
>> Mercury as it is for Metis and Mercury.
>>
>> Specifically, John's little table above also is correct for Magister
>> if  you let "M" represent Magister and "T" represent Mercury.
>>
>> Your Mercury board needs to be adjacent to the PC interface board
>> (Magister, in your case) with the Mercury board located between the PC
>> interface board and the power connector on the Atlas bus.  As long as
>> they are in that sequence you can put the two adjacent boards anywhere
>> on the Atlas bus that you like to do the FPGA loading into Mercury.
>> The JTAG continuity will be maintained as long as Mercury is adjacent
>> to Magister and Mercury is between Magister and the power connector;
>> the pair can be in any two slots on the bus as long as those two
>> criteria are met.
>>
>>
>> 73,  Joe K5SO
>>
>>
>>
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