[hpsdr] kind of Hermes back to open source version

[John Marvin]

On 5/6/2014 8:20 AM, Marc Lalonde wrote:
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> 13-) may remove the audio section for simplify not yet sure for this 
> one ..
>
That would be a significant mistake. You'd lose full compatibility with 
some of the HPSDR applications, you'd lose compatibility with the 
firmware (fpga RTL) --requiring special versions for your board, you'd 
lose currently planned features that take advantage of the local audio 
section (e.g. Phil's low latency FPGA based CW support), etc.

I applaud your effort, but my concern is that you are not really 
familiar with the platform and therefore are likely to make more 
mistakes like the above.

You need to either maintain full functional compatibility with Hermes or 
Angelia (adding the extra A/D converter makes it more like Angelia than 
Hermes) so that you can share firmware with one of those boards, or you 
need to do something more interesting that departs from those boards 
that will inspire developers to want to develop custom firmware for your 
board. Making a board that is almost like a Hermes or Angelia, but not 
quite, just makes it more difficult for the developers to support your 
board with no significant advantage for doing so.

Thanks,

John
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