Hey Paul, This is a great topic. Sony, Apple, and a few other companies have been using the "Standard IEEE 1394 Interface", commonly known as "FireWire" for a number of years. It does have many benefits. From my limited knowledge as I am not an EE, the protocol seems to be an extremely efficient way of connecting our endless devices.
I do use this protocol a lot. Rick Paul-285 wrote: > > Just thinking out loud into the future.... > > Firewire can do a lot of things that USB and serial communications never > will. > > It's faster with video and disk I/O because the protocol is leaner, > and you can create networks with it. > > I think that a FireWire network between a rig like the K3 and a > computer would be the perfect interface because every piece of > software can have its own dedicated connection to the radio, > something difficult to implement with a serial connection. > > Firewire will also stay around because it's used as the Fly-by-wire > bus for the F-22 Raptor. > > Any thoughts? > > Paul N4LCD > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-and-Firewire-tp4120102p4120584.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.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
