Hi Mooneer
Great initiative. I started down a hardware road about 18 months ago-
the idea was a retrofitable board to go in a radio or a microphone, or
an appliance.
I though also of a device (appliance) that could be plugged directly
into a USB sound card and be integrated into mic and speaker, and
perhaps have BT etc or other itnerface to permit it being a data modem.
But the lack of parts 6 months in has stifled everything- its hard to
buy anything.
I had considered that there needed to be enough horsepower to do the
LPCnet modes, (which certainly sets a floor on the hardware) and there
are a couple of spoke to that were interested in contributing. The
LPCnet modes , the need to support those, I wonder how widespread that
thinking is for hardware ???
As you might know i am a professional design engineer, have Altium, FPGA
packages, Xilinx Alliance Partner etc (which helps me buy some parts but
not loads) .
I also have a modern Samsung SMT machine SM482 (32,000 chips per hour
top speed). I think it would take about 15 seconds to load a SM1000 grin
grin. setup time is something else though (a day).
-glen VK1XX
On 21/02/2022 9:07 am, Mooneer Salem wrote:
Hi all,
Over the past year or so, there have been several occasions where it
would have been beneficial to have had an official organization
steering FreeDV and Codec2 development. For instance, the ARDC does
not currently offer grants to individuals
<https://www.ampr.org/apply/#eligibility>, not to mention the recent
discussion about Windows Defender
<https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui/issues/213> and what it would
take to get FreeDV "trusted" by Microsoft. I'd like to brainstorm what
such an organization would look like.
First off, what would the mission of such an organization be? This
seems obvious at first glance ("promote the use of open source digital
voice modes on amateur radio"), but what would that entail exactly? A
few potential things off the top of my head:
* SM1000 replacement (faster hardware to support other FreeDV modes,
Wi-Fi support for radios such as the IC-705, etc.)
* General software process improvements (code signing of binaries,
hosted Debian/Fedora/etc. package repos, etc.)
* General advocacy (e.g. presence at more ham radio related events,
Zoom/etc. presentations about HF digital voice)
* Offering grants to individual developers to develop Codec2 and
FreeDV further (e.g. fixed-point ports, improved/more modes, etc.)
On first thought, it seems that a non-profit/501(c)3 structure would
be most appropriate given the mission of such a potential organization
and its dedication to open source, but I'm wondering if some other
structure would fit better. Another possibility is structuring it more
like a membership club (IIRC there was a digital voice club back in
the FDMDV days but I forget offhand what it was).
Anyway, if you have any suggestions or comments, they would be most
welcome.
Thanks,
-Mooneer K6AQ
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