Anthony,
that would be well and fine in a totally perfect world. BUT we do not have that
place and we are not sure what dream world you are living in but it is not this
real one..
Time to wake up and head down to the greasy spoon on the corner where you can
tell the waitress that you need a whole pot of black coffee.
N6UYB
Jack E. Foster
----- Original Message -----
From: a cutler22
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Codec2 development - open source vocoder
Not to mention, any manufacturer who wanted to implement Codec2 *wouldn't
need* a pre-manufactured vocoder chip. They'd implement the vocoder algorithm
into their existing firmware on the onboard processor....
-73 de Anthony, KE7HQY
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From: a cutler22 <acutle...@yahoo.com>
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 7:33:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Codec2 development - open source vocoder
Reduce the $$$ barrier? The D-Star chip costs about $25. No one is going to
be able to manufacture an open source vocoder chip for less than that.
It would be the ultimate in $$$ reduction - free! This would *not* happen in
HTs, being they're hardware driven. However, for base stations and
mobile/laptop setups, or even an HT/Smartphone combo it *would* be possible to
drop cost to free.
-73, KE7HQY
