ecellison wrote: >Bob > >Well, I must admit that I had not considered the USRP although I have looked >at it over the past year or two, as well as listened to conversations about >it on Teamspeak. > >I did also see Bill's response and your responses. > >Aside from price there are a couple of other things favoring the Xylo for >fun and development: > >1. Very small size and powered from the USB port on the computer. Allowing a >carry anywhere, plug and go, programming tool. > >2. On board interfaces and drivers/code for VGA, JTAG, USB, I2C, LCD >interface, mounts for second oscillator daughter board (an offered option), >Plethora of I/O, power, etc on headers for testing external stuff. > >3. For the price, if you were developing code for say the FPGA on the USRP, >it could be easily tried on this board, on a business trip, (or at >Thanksgiving dinner with the family (I'm still in trouble(smile))) then >included in the USRP project. Although I only have a couple of days working >and studying the software and Verilog etc. It appears that Verilog and and >the tools offered by Altera they are very flexible towards porting code to >other FPGA devices. For $120 (forget the other connectors) the developers of >the USRP might just use this to develop code. I think that is what Phil >Covington is using it for. > >4. I guess for us non-programmers, non-experts, this is a modest priced, >just for fun learning project, which might yield something as serious as the >USRP in the end. It allows hobbyists to get involved at the cost of a >blinkey. Also it could be mounted as a controller board in a final product, >with a buss to carry the I/O and control. > >Eric2 > > > > Good answers. I understand all of these considerations. The USRP has the USB interface period and some IO pins and it requires an external power supply.
Bob > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier >Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:54 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexRadio; Software Radio >Subject: [Flexradio] Useful FPGA development board > >I am having a hugely hard time figuring out what the Xylo board will do >for me that the GnuRadio USRP does not already do and the USRP with >GnuRadio has a bloody HUGE software base with it already (all open >source). In addition, the GnuRadio USRP has all sorts of hardware plug >on modules to turn it into all sorts of things. Could some please inform >me? The difference in price is about $300 but adding all things up side >by side, I just don't see it. Fix my ignorance please. > >http://ettus.com > >http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/ > >Bob > > > > > -- Laziness is the number one inspiration for ingenuity. Guilty as charged! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soft_radio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
