[hpsdr] USBBlaster-Binaries

[Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H]

Hi Jeremy,

Understood.
We, Mercury-EU users, need a file but none of the core developers has a Mercury-EU to develop it.

I have a Mercury-EU, the only one I have (plus Metis), but I can lend my Mercury-EU to any core developer who wants to try on it the "missing file".
So, please, any developer who wants to develop that file in a Mercury-EU card, just drop me an email with your address, and I´ll send to you my card.

ea1ddo at hotmail.com

Hopefully, I´ll get my card back and all Mercury_EU users will get the "missing file".


Thank you

73, Maximo - EA1DDO
                                               


> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] USBBlaster-Binaries
> From: mcdermj at xenotropic.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:15:41 -0700
> CC: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> To: ea1ddo at hotmail.com
> 
> On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H wrote:
> 
> > ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > >> Mercury-EU board updates using Metis is not currently 
> > >> possible even if you have the Mercury.rbf file since there is no 
> > >> Mercury_EU_JTAG.rbf file for the HPSDRProgrammer
> > 
> > Why that file is not available?
> 
> Mercury EU has different pin assignments on the FPGA than the TAPR Mercury.  The helper file would have to be rewritten to account for these different pin routings.  I believe Phil has offered the source for the helper to anyone who wants to do the FPGA work to make it work.  To date nobody has done so.  While folks make every effort not to leave Mercury EU users out in the cold, none of the "core" people have Mercury EU that I'm aware of.  This makes it difficult to impossible to support.  While it's nice to hope that those "core" people would have a copy of every board out there, their hobby funds are as limited as anyone else's.  It makes little sense for them to purchase a Mercury EU for hundreds of Euros merely to provide compatibility for Mercury EU owners.  Those owners are going to have to either wait for Gerd to release something or step up themselves to maintain Mercury EU.
> 
> So, to directly answer your questions:
> 
> > Because is not technically possible to do it?
> 
> No, it should be technically possible.
> 
> > or because nobody did it yet?
> 
> Yes, nobody has stepped up to the plate and modified the code yet.
> 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > 73, Maximo - EA1DDO
> 
> --
> Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
> Xenotropic Systems
> mcdermj at xenotropic.com
> 
> 
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