Just a thought - I agree completely about the harm that software
updates can do.
But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time?
I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that
are no longer available from their source.
Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded
Jim,
I don't think software updates are a problem, but Windows Automatic
Updates can (and do) happen at the most inconvenient times.
I do not believe concern about obsolescence of dedicated processors is
any great problem. The K3 could be re-designed with a different
processor to take care
That's an interesting question, but I don't see how it is any different
than for any other rig that has been introduced in the last 20 years.
Microprocessors have been in use for ages to handle all sorts of tasks
from menu functions to display. It doesn't matter whether those
processors
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From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com
To: Jim Lowman jmlow...@sbcglobal.net
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:15:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDRs and embedded processors
Jim,
I don't think software updates are a problem
On Tue, 2012-05-22 at 10:54 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote:
...
But isn't there another problem lurking with passing time?
I refer to the obsolescence of some dedicated processors that
are no longer available from their source.
Will Elecraft be able to support these embedded processors
well into
Alan Bloom wrote:
Microchip has been very good about continuing to make and
support their older designs. (Have they ever obsoleted a PIC
processor?)
Not that I know of.
I first used a PIC MCU around 1995, in a NorCal 40A add-on (KC1 keyer/
counter). It was a PIC16F84, which is still
Yes, Don, Windows automatic updates can be a problem, but I have all of
the computers at home set to check for updates at 3 AM daily.
That way they won't interrupt anything that we may be doing.
I've learned quite a bit about the PIC processors from Wayne and others,
and I thank everyone for
It is still for sale!
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
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Alan Bloom wrote:
Microchip has been very good about continuing to make and support
their Not that I know of.
I first used a PIC MCU around 1995, in a NorCal 40A add-on (KC1 keyer/
counter). It was a PIC16F84, which is still
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