[Elecraft] [K3] K3 and Firewire

[Richard Jones - KJ5QY]

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
> 
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