[hpsdr] How many RX channels supported by Hermes Protocol_1 384ksps ?

[Joe Martin]

Note that this calculation and limitation refers to current implementation of the HPSDR/ANAN firmware/software/hardware, not the (very different) scheme Steve mentioned he is planning/using.  

73, Joe K5SO

> On May 9, 2017, at 7:55 AM, Joe Martin <k5so at k5so.com> wrote:
> 
> Tom, 
> 
> Hermes v3.2 firmware supports 4 receivers.  This issue isn’t room in the FPGA especially as it is currently about 80% full.  The issue is that at the 384ksps sampling rate the resulting data rate for four receivers running on the ethernet connection is a bit more (due to packet overhead) than:
> 
> 384,000 samples per sec x 24 bits per sample x ( 1 I sample + 1 Q sample) x 4 receivers = 73.728 M bits per sec ,
> 
> so at 74Mbps there’s not too much data rate room left on the (100Mbps) 100Tconnection for additional receivers.  Some room left but not much.  
> 
> 73, Joe K5SO
> 
> 
>> On May 8, 2017, at 8:52 PM, Tom McDermott <tom.n5eg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I've been asked by some researchers to increase the number of receivers supported
>> by the Hermes gnuradio drivers. I recall that the Hermes FPGA has some space
>> limitations in Protocol_1 that limit the number of receivers that can be implemented.
>> 
>> Could anyone advise me as to what the maximum number of receivers at 384 ksps
>> sampling rate are available in Hermes / most recent version of the Protocol_1 firmware ?
>> (I think it's V3.2).
>> 
>> 
>> -- Tom, N5EG
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