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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Slashed Zero Arial";color:blue'>I suggest
you re-read the description of the Hermes and study the block diagram:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Slashed Zero Arial";color:blue'>You have
missed the fact that Hermes will contain not only the function of Mercury, but
also the functions of BOTH the Penelope (or Pennylane) AND the function of
Metis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Slashed Zero Arial";color:blue'>This therefore
creates a stand-alone TRANSCEIVER (transmitter/receiver/ethernet interface on
ONE board). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Slashed Zero Arial";color:blue'>Dan, W0IQ<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org [mailto:hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>jim goldenberg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 23, 2012
3:45 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> hpsdr@openhpsdr.org; Scott
Cowling; Terry Fox<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [hpsdr] SDR Cost
Comparisons vs Hermes</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Will the new schematic ever be uploaded to the WIKI, or
can a bill-of-materials be published?</span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The original premise for Hermes was to combine functions
to a single board (lower cost), now look at the picture of the prototype
Hermes on the WIKI. It looks similar to Mercury, major components. I believe
Mercury currently sells for $469, so then why is Hermes double that price.
Only <u>major</u> differences I see are a different ADC, Ethernet PHY and
connector, not sure if there is an Ethernet MAC or royalty based IP MAC core,
and a new PCB. Do those items add up to $450 of added cost? I don't think it
should and if they do then what can we do to reduce those costs? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What am I missing? Maybe the estimate of $900 was just
wrong.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Jim, N1KWZ</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Thu, 2/23/12, Terry Fox <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><tfox@knology.net></span></i></span></b>
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From: Terry Fox <tfox@knology.net><br>
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] SDR Cost Comparisons vs Hermes<br>
To: hpsdr@openhpsdr.org, "Scott Cowling" <scotty@tonks.com><br>
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:25 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>***** High Performance Software Defined Radio
Discussion List *****<br>
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Oops, the N2ADR design uses a TI 5500 ADC, not Analog Devices. My
bad....<br>
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If you start off with the one critical piece, the ADC, costing over $100 in
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