[DSP-10] Looking for a DSP-10 only different

[Steve Bunch]

On Nov 11, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Steve Bunch wrote:

> David,
>
> I don't personally know of such a DSP board, but I'm not an expert.
>
> Look at the USRP - www.ettus.com  You can follow the links from there 
> to GNU Radio, which is what most people use as a software base to 
> support it on a PC, though you wouldn't have to -- anything with a 
> high-speed USB 2.0 port will talk to it.  You could certainly 
> interface it to a DSP chip if you wanted to.  You can capture around 
> 16 megasamples/sec at 16 bits with it, depending on what you hook it 
> to.  It's not cheap, but it's the cheapest thing you'll find.  I've 
> been using this with a fast Linux box, and it is a great toy.
>
> If you're a serious hardware experimenter, look at the HPSDR project 
> from TAPR: http://hpsdr.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> These projects are tools for a skilled and interested person to 
> experiment and build things around digital signal processing in 
> software, but they aren't "radios" until you do some challenging 
> hardware and software work to make them useful for communicating (or 
> spend a bundle of money, or both).  The DSP-10 is a built-for-purpose 
> radio transceiver that does great things as a radio transceiver.  
> They're very different animals...
>
> Good luck!
>
> Steve, K9SRB
>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David and Brenda Holman" 
>> <radiodad at rochester.rr.com>
>> To: "Discussion of DSP-10 2-meter transceiver" 
>> <dsp-10 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:25 PM
>> Subject: [DSP-10] Looking for a DSP-10 only different
>>
>>
>>> All,
>>> I am considering a project of a different kind.  I really like the  
>>> DSP-10 project.  What I want to do is build a stand-alone unit.  I  
>>> also want to grab large chunks of the band maybe like the entire 2m  
>>> band at one time and I want to be able to play with some digital  
>>> voice modes.  What I need is a DSP board that I can bring data into  
>>> at up to 20 MB per second.  Does anyone know of anything like the 
>>> EZ- Lite board that will do that?  I know there are DSP development  
>>> boards out there that will do that, but with price tags of $5K and  
>>> up, I can't afford them right now.
>>> Tnx
>>> David Holman, KE3HF
>>
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