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Folks The gathering FPGA Xylo group is growing rapidly and as you
probably have seen has a reflector, SVN, and Forum. Thanks to PhilH – VK6APH
and PhilC – N8VB for sparking all this fun! The development effort and objective is basically to create
a stand alone product which replaces the need for a commercial sound card in
the computer. However it can do more than that. As we have discussed many times before regarding “External
Knobs” , “Parallel cable replacement”, “Precision
frequency standard” etc, this project can do many other things in
conjunction with the SDR-1000. The group is using the Xylo board from FPGA4Fun.com. As of
last night Jean had 5 or 6 Xylo’s left until February. He is planning to offer a new board which is a Xylo clone
and uses the same FPGA, but with the Ethernet and VGA connectors removed. The
pins used for those connections brought out to a new header. This should be
available late December for $99 without connectors. The product name will be
Saxo. Eric – AA4SW |
