KDSP2 discontinued??

[VE3WDM]

I have built 2 Elecraft K2's and very much miss the kit building thrill. I was considering purchasing another K2 to build and maybe sell, while I was on the order page I noticed KDSP2 has been discontinued?? Now maybe I was not paying close attention to the reflector but I can't remember a post about from anyone regarding the KSDP2 going by the wayside. I was just wondering why it has been discontinued?

Mike

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[Don Wilhelm]

Mike,

The DSP-X board is no longer obtainable, so the kit had to be discontinued.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/22/2016 6:38 PM, Mike Weir wrote:
> I have built 2 Elecraft K2's and very much miss the kit building thrill. I was considering purchasing another K2 to build and maybe sell, while I was on the order page I noticed KDSP2 has been discontinued?? Now maybe I was not paying close attention to the reflector but I can't remember a post about from anyone regarding the KSDP2 going by the wayside. I was just wondering why it has been discontinued?
>
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[VE3WDM]

Ok thanks Don.
Mike
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[Kevin Cozens-2]

On 16-12-22 07:03 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> It was mentioned here. IIRC Lyle (the engineer) said that certain parts had
> become "unobtainum".

When I saw the announcement I wondered about the possibility of new version
of the KDSP2 that was based on an FPGA such as a Spartan 6 (for example).

I'm not sure how it would affect the price but it would make the board a
little less prone to parts decaying in to the state of unobtanium.

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[Phil Wheeler-2]

Such things are probably doable, Kevin. But the
market size issue is likely a major factor
mitigating against such a development by Elecraft.

If I were to build a second K2 after all these
years, I'd sure want the KDSP2 in it; but that's
not something I'm likely to do. My (partly) 17
year old K2 #380 is still working quite nicely and
fully upgraded with all Elecraft updates -- and
some 3rd party ones, too :-)

Phil W7OX

On 12/23/16 9:06 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote:

> On 16-12-22 07:03 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> It was mentioned here. IIRC Lyle (the engineer)
>> said that certain parts had
>> become "unobtainum".
>
> When I saw the announcement I wondered about the
> possibility of new version of the KDSP2 that was
> based on an FPGA such as a Spartan 6 (for example).
>
> I'm not sure how it would affect the price but
> it would make the board a little less prone to
> parts decaying in to the state of unobtanium.
>

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