The technology used in the USB based device coming from HPSDR is identical to that provided by the extremely expensive sound cards (Lynx L22, One, Two) and the Creative Emu1212M and greater cards. If you can hang on to what you have for the time being, I would definitely wait to see how this turns out. It is my opinion that it will NOT be cheaper than the sound cards you currently have unless you factor other considerations into the equation.
To use the Janus device coming from HPSDR, you will also need the Ozy and Atlas. Atlas is a backplane and Ozy and Janus are two plug in cards for the Atlas backplane. We do not have firm final numbers on the production and sale of these devices but it is my opinion it will be more expensive than the Roland FA-66 if the HPSDR system is purchased assembled and tested. Most will be completely unable to solder the components on the board and you should not attempt it. Most should buy the built and assembled boards. When they are available, they will be on sale from TAPR. So factored in to the cost of the boards will be the cost of the boards, parts, contract manufacturers, packaging, and shipping and the NRE that went into the boards as well as a "TAPR tax" to support further projects and offset TAPR fixed costs. The mitigating factor is that Atlas and Ozy will be used for the foreseeable future as the "hub of operations" for all HPSDR projects. So the cost of Atlas and Ozy can be amortized over all of the projects. If you are NEVER going to do any of the other projects then the cost of this sound card replacement solution will not be cheap by anyone's definition. It should yield the absolute ideal performance for SDR-1000 in particular and SDR things in general. Bill and Phils and Lyle have busted their humps to get this together and it will have a major impact on SDR performance theoretically. We need to subject the board to use in a few full power stations and to serious dynamics studies to make absolutely certain. 73's Bob N4HY Cecilio Bayona wrote: > Ken - N9VV wrote: > >> There are, of course, many 12VDC computer systems on the market. They >> are especially popular with the "Car computer for gaming" crowd. May I >> suggest these resources for info: >> >> Embedded computer examples (pictures) >> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8498487406.html >> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9547755813.html >> >> 12VDC computers in all sizes >> http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php/cPath/50 >> http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.94/.f >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The HPSDR group already has a full USB interface figured out and coded >> by Bill KD5TFD for the PowerSDR software. At first Phil VK6APH and Bill >> used the Xylo USB interface, but now I believe it is fully implemented >> on the Ozymandias board (http://hpsdr.org/ozy.html) on the Atlas >> backplane in an FPGA. >> >> de ken n9vv >> >> >> > > It must be noted that it's not just another audio card, the specs on it > beats the pants off anything out there that is affordable. It's way > better than a Delta-44 or any of the Firewire cards now supported. > -- AMSAT VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP/AMQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR Wrk Grp Chairman "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." - Einstein _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
