Unfortunately this has been discussed before and Flex has stated that they made a design decision to require 1024x768 and will not back down from that despite low-cost, low-power systems being available with 1024x600 that mate perfectly with a Flex-1500.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 2:28 AM, James T Kirk <[email protected]>wrote: > Kudos to Frank. Perhaps those that subscribe to the notion of you must > have a 6+ core dedicated beast running at 3+ gHz with 16+ Gbtye of memory > and a video card with more processing power than the Atom and then again as > much memory that take pride in <5% CPU usage with more caches than I have > sense should take note. We are the land of excess, power to the people. > Occupy Austin. > > > On 12/11/2011 8:57 PM, Frank Anderson wrote: > >> Flex-1500 Survival Kit >> >> Need to add 1024 x 600 display resolution. >> >> For over eight years I have lived out in a field. I have a 125 watt >> solar panel (56 x 25 3/4 inches) which in the summer time gives me up to >> 100 watts for maybe three hours a day. In the winter time I might get up to >> 50 watts for a couple of hours a day. The other day was overcast and I >> didn't get above 20 watts all day long. My notebook computers pull at least >> 60 watts and that prompted me to buy an e-Machine eM250 netbook; Intel Atom >> CPU N270 @ 1.6 GHz; 1.00GB Ram; 32-bit Operating System; Graphics - Mobile >> Intel 945 Express Chipset Family; which came with Windows 7 Starter (read - >> less Windoze Bloat), which pulls around 10 watts. Running PowerSDR v 2.2.3 >> with Audio Pri Buffer Size set at 128, VAC Buffer Size set at 512, and all >> of the DSP Buffer Sizes set at 256, the CPU usage runs in the 60s. To be >> able to see the bottom 5 or 6 lines of the PSDR screen, I have to plug in >> an external monitor (read - an extra 30 or so watts that I really don't >> have available). >> It seems that the display resolution default is set to 1024 x 768. >> With 600/768 equal to 25/32nds that would leave the bottom 7/32nds hidden. >> My first thought was to add scroll bars, which is better than not being >> able to access the bottom, but can be a real pain. >> The second thought was to add a radio button in setup, (Netbook 1024 >> x 600 display) which when checked would add a banner, (possibly the bottom >> part of the splash screen with a note stating "Netbook 1024 x 600 display >> is checked in Setup" so people would know why they were getting a banner on >> the bottom of the display. >> The third thought came when I saw that the image content didn't >> change when the display resolution was changed while PSDR was running. The >> image content only changes if PSDR is stopped and restarted - indicating >> PSDR locks into the display resolution as it loads. >> The second method might be a quick and easy way to test for a >> solution without having to write a lot of code. >> I know my December 2009 netbook with an Atom N270 CPU is pretty >> obsolete, since the next generation used Atom CPUs in the 400 series and >> the current netbooks use Atom CPUs in the 500 series. I believe the Black >> Friday price for netbooks with the Atom 400 series CPU was around $158.00 >> and Wal-Mart had Acer Netbooks with Atom 500 series CPUs regularly priced >> at $228.00 the other day. >> I know the smallest size buffer settings are probably not the best, >> but I wanted to see if the netbook computer would max out or if there would >> be some headroom left. I believe a netbook computer, with a USB mouse with >> a scroll wheel, and the Flex-1500 would make an excellent Survival Radio >> Kit. >> I would be interested in hearing the results some other people have >> using a similar setup. My internet connection is: travel three miles to >> Green River, Utah and try to find an open Wi-Fi access point, so I only >> connect once or twice a week. >> >> To your survival, >> Frank Anderson, AC0XL >> > > -- > Sent from my Communicator > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexedge_**flex-radio.biz<http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz> > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used for posting topics related to SDR software development and > experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
