I have more or less sufficient credentials to understand and appreciate the
software development for the Flex 5000 and have no reason to think the 6000
series won't be of similar quality. I have a BS in computer science and a MS
in software engineering and taught S/W engineering to computer science
seniors in the BSCS university program's evening classes as well as senior
projects classes. I know good work when I run it.
The two most impressive pieces of software I have encountered lately are
(alphabetical order, no quality comparison intended): Power SDR and the
Toyota Prius Hybrid control software. This is not to say the fly by wire
software of the Joint Strike Fighter and other programming of that ilk or
any number of NASA programs aren't true wonders but I have no direct
experience with those.
KUDOS to the S/W development folks behind our terrific radios.
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message-----
From: Stu Phillips
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:52 AM
To: radio...@frontiernet.net
Cc: Flex Edge ; Flex Radio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] FlexRadio 6700 at Visalia IDXC 2013
Dennis,
Key extract from my post:
Some things to keep in mind
this was alpha level software
AND it was 3+ weeks ago. The world moves a lot in 3 weeks and so does
software development - if you haven't experienced the productivity and
development rate of modern software teams, a) your missing out on a great
experience and b) you don't have a frame of reference.
There was a MIC gain control and it was used to set the MIC level - but it
was externalized by the client (SmartSDR).
Unlike PowerSDR where all the UI and DSP software are combined in one
piece of software, SmartSDR is a THIN client - its basically a user
interface.
All the DSP functionality runs on a dedicated processor within the radio
itself.
So you have three key elements.
- Functionality (like Mic Gain) in the radio
- A connector to allow that to be driven over the Ethernet
- A control on the user interface to provide end user control
For Visalia, the piece that was "missing" was the connector.
It was a simple matter to add it but changing the spark plugs on the car
the night before the race is ill-advised.
Oh, BTW, the connector appeared the day after Convention.
Stu K6TU
On 5/7/13 5:48 AM, "radio...@frontiernet.net" <radio...@frontiernet.net>
wrote:
Boy, sounds like the SmartSDR has a long way to go if it doesn't even
have mic gain or EQ capability....
Dennis KXEOO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Phillips" <s...@ridgelift.com>
To: "Flex Radio" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz>, "Flex Edge"
<flexe...@flex-radio.biz>
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2013 9:29:53 PM
Subject: [FlexEdge] FlexRadio 6700 at Visalia IDXC 2013
Work and life intruded to make this a day late
http://bit.ly/13p5bKQ
Here's the promised post about the experiences we had with the first
on-air public appearance of the FlexRadio 6700.
Next post up - probably a few days given the work schedule this week -
more impressions of the receiver in the 6700 and running multiple
slices/panadaptors
Thanks to those who sent me their comments - some on the blog, some via
email.
Enjoy!
Stu K6TU
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