[Elecraft] Understanding the KX3 Block Diagram

Alan Bloom n1al at sonic.net
Thu Mar 8 17:40:01 EST 2012


On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 13:19 -0600, Tony Estep wrote:
...
> Maybe not with a power-sucking Pentium chip, but an ARM or
> similar might be just the thing.

The power consumption of most CMOS chips tends to be directly
proportional to the clock rate.  By reducing the Pentium's clock rate
from a few GHz to a few hundred MHz it should draw much less current
while still providing lots of processing power.

Alan N1AL




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