<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Not to throw a wet blanket on the enthusiasm, but why order the boards for ATLAS when there isn't a reviewed and baselined design for the JANUS and OZYMANDIAS cards? The better thing to do would be order the three board set at once. <br><br>What if a date is sat to complete design reviews on OZYMANDIAS v1.0 and JANUS v1.0? How about June 8th?<br>If the date is met, then shoot for board ordering in mid-june.<br><br>Personally, I'm thinking of ordering a couple, but I'd like to see that there is a working system, not just a passive backplane.<br><br>I've read that the ATLAS is using standard PC case spacing between cards. Are the actual cards going to have a physical size of a full-height, half-length PCI card (so as to
effectively use the PC-case)? <br><br>What is being done is good, but just like building Eagle, there has to be a little order and structure and documentation.<br>I'm willing to contribute with the documentation and coordination, because this is one of the "skunkworks" of amateur radio.<br><br>Alex, N3NP<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: Eric Ellison <ecellison@comcast.net><br>To: hpsdr@hpsdr.org<br>Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2006 2:41:49 PM<br>Subject: [hpsdr] Atlas Update - From whence we have come<br><br><div>***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****<br><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We now have 170 orders for the Atlas board. WOW! To me this
indicates that the flywheel of the project is accelerating! To think this all
came about from a Teamspeak Friday Night fourm mention by Phil – VK6APH
in late November 2005 regarding the Xylo work he was doing!!!! With Phil –
N8VB’s Ozy board coming along it will mark a fully working product! This
first of many! YEA! </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks EVERYONE no matter what your contribution, including
those just lurking and waiting till it all works! I see this project as “Hardware
which just keeps getting better”. We are a ‘village’
and our population is growing! Viva open ideas! Viva open source! Viva Open
hardware! It IS, to me what Amateur Radio is all about ---- always on the
forefront of technology!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I am planning to order the Atlas boards next week. I
estimate that shipment of boards will be before the end of the month. Still no
final decision on the production house, but it will be RoHS compliant board.</span></font></p>
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