What would be slick is to see the I/O board with a PCM2902 on it as well. Most operating systems have drivers for this IC and it just shows up as a sound card. So if a 2902 and a FTDIChip were plopped down and tied to a hub you could have the radio when plugged in show up on most computers (windows, linux and mac at least) as an RS232 port and a sound card. Then just point your digital software at the newly installed sound card and all of the line level audio connections are made for you.
~Brett On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 11:19 -0700, wayne burdick wrote: > Dan Copeland wrote: > > > ....can't understand why the K3 didn't > > come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port. > > The KIO3's digital I/O module could be replaced with one that has USB > rather than RS232 -- or better yet, both. We planned for this. > > The reason we went with RS232 initially is that many hams are still > using PCs that have only RS232 ports. Those who prefer to use USB can > use an inexpensive USB-to-RS232 adapter. There is no difference in I/O > performance between the two methods. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > --- > > http://www.elecraft.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
