[hpsdr] Hermes Initial results and TX Question

[Joe Giacobello, K2XX]

Dave, I didn't realize that a special cable and printer port were 
required for the FW upgrades.  Altera lists the Byteblaster for $150.  
However, it looks like the equivalent is available on Ebay (from China) 
for about $14.  Does anyone know if these Chinese alternates do the job?

73, Joe
K2XX

On 11/28/2012 5:05 PM, hpsdr-request at lists.openhpsdr.org wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:37:37 -0500
> From: "Dave Watson"<davewatson at charter.net>
> To: "'HPSDR list'"<hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Hermes Initial results and TX Question
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> Great news! I have the USB Blaster on hand and ready2go!
>
> Dave (W4DJW)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org
> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Joe Martin K5SO
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:06 PM
> To: HPSDR list
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Hermes Initial results and TX Question
>
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>
> FYI, it appears that the Hermes temporary freeze up issue has now been
> successfully resolved.  The problem was not with PowerSDR, the issue was due
> to marginal timing in the Hermes FPGA.
>
> You may expect that a new version of Hermes firmware will be released
> shortly that removes the lock up problem, with addtional improvements as
> well (e.g., full support of the Hermes 31 dB step attenuator, VNA code,
> etc).
>
> 73,  Joe K5SO

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