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I wish to get a new computer for the shack and want to have one that is RF quiet and has real serial ports. I am guessing that others have purchased some PC’s recently and would have some suggestions on some that are HAM friendly with a K3. I use a K3, KAT500, W2 and HRD for rig control. Any thoughts suggestions before I purchase something would be greatly appreciated. ~73 Don KD8NNU -.- -.. ---.. -. -. ..- ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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99.8% of all new computers will no longer have serial ports USB is the
standard now. there are ways to get around this get a usb to serial cable or look at edge port usb to multi serial port units they came in 2/4/8 port units. and then look at heavy duty usb cables with the good shielding in them. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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And be sure to investigate carefully before plugging that usb to serial cable directly intothe back of your Elecraft equipment, for example, the K2 may not like a usb/serial cable.
Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:12:27 -0400 > From: [hidden email] > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3 > > 99.8% of all new computers will no longer have serial ports USB is the > standard now. > > there are ways to get around this get a usb to serial cable or look at > edge port usb to multi serial port units they came in 2/4/8 port units. > > and then look at heavy duty usb cables with the good shielding in them. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi Don,
It's been 5 years since I purchased a computer but the approach I followed then should still be relevant. If you buy a desktop style PC there will be a means for adding additional cards in slots. Then just buy a serial card on Amazon.com with the same bus nomenclature and you'll be rewarded with 2 or 4 real serial DB9 connectors with real numbers such as com 1, com 2, etc.. 73, Mike K2MK
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if you use a pci card serial its just like using a usb to serial or a
edge port serial port replicator. its a add on. I use usb to serial cables with my devices and have no issue. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi
USB to serial port cables are not like they used to be when drivers were immature. Now a days, most will work fine.. I have keyspan adapters which have certified drivers but I also picked up a no name prolific cable that works fine in XP win 7 and 8. I would be more concerned about noise potential having a board added to my pc that with these cables that can be wrapped with some ferrites. That being said use a good quality FTDI based USB to serial adapter and you are good to go. On the pc side stay away from the cheap house brands unless they use a good power supply such as the pc power and cooling brand. Get a decent monitor from Samsung or dell for example. No rfi in my experience. Regards, Tom va2fsq.com Sent from my iPhone On 2013-08-10, at 10:47 AM, Richard Neese <[hidden email]> wrote: > if you use a pci card serial its just like using a usb to serial or a edge port serial port replicator. > > its a add on. > > I use usb to serial cables with my devices and have no issue. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In addition to the Edge Ports I had favorable results with one of these:
http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to-RS232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub~ICUSB2328 <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to-RS232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub%7EICUSB2328> Uses the FTDI chipset. I got mine for $67 new in box on EBay. Have 7 ports in use with no problems and 1 more on the true serial ports on the desktop. No more swapping cables or issues, was plug and play... When I was hunting even the used Edge Port units were going for far more. Since it would be on the end of a 15 ft USB cable and 10 ft serial cables back to the gear I did use an external supply for it. It has a plug for that option. No ingress or egress RFI issues that I could detect even though it is just a plastic box. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR On 8/10/2013 10:47 AM, Richard Neese wrote: > if you use a pci card serial its just like using a usb to serial or a edge > port serial port replicator. > > its a add on. > > I use usb to serial cables with my devices and have no issue. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Don,
Another approach you might take is find a company local to your QTH that will custom-build you a computer. There are several such companies near my metro Atlanta home, and prices will vary based on the options you choose. This allows you to specify how many serial ports you want, which can be included as add-on cards during the build. You also get to specify just how much memory, how powerful a CPU, how much hard drive space, etc., your computer will have. This also allows you to specify what base operating system and other software is installed on the system, so you can avoid much of the bloat-ware that comes on readily available off-the-shelf systems built by the popular manufacturers and available from the big-box stores. 73, -- Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [hidden email] K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:00 PM Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3 In addition to the Edge Ports I had favorable results with one of these: http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to-R S232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub~ICUSB2328 <http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/8-Port-USB-to- RS232-Serial-DB9-Adapter-Hub%7EICUSB2328> Uses the FTDI chipset. I got mine for $67 new in box on EBay. Have 7 ports in use with no problems and 1 more on the true serial ports on the desktop. No more swapping cables or issues, was plug and play... When I was hunting even the used Edge Port units were going for far more. Since it would be on the end of a 15 ft USB cable and 10 ft serial cables back to the gear I did use an external supply for it. It has a plug for that option. No ingress or egress RFI issues that I could detect even though it is just a plastic box. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR On 8/10/2013 10:47 AM, Richard Neese wrote: > if you use a pci card serial its just like using a usb to serial or a > edge port serial port replicator. > > its a add on. > > I use usb to serial cables with my devices and have no issue. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Nothing wrong with add on boards. I've fitted a two port to my latest
Dell PC. I also use home made serial cables made from CAT-6 to the Jim Brown K9YC recipe. Similarly no rfi and not a ferrite in sight. Using one of the original Prolific adapters from Elecraft resulted in some noise on 6m. Interestingly, placing my home made cable in between the adapter and the K3 killed off the noise. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 10/08/2013 12:03, Tom wrote: > Hi > USB to serial port cables are not like they used to be when drivers were immature. Now a days, most will work fine.. I have keyspan adapters which have certified drivers but I also picked up a no name prolific cable that works fine in XP win 7 and 8. > I would be more concerned about noise potential having a board added to my pc that with these cables that can be wrapped with some ferrites. > That being said use a good quality FTDI based USB to serial adapter and you are good to go. > On the pc side stay away from the cheap house brands unless they use a good power supply such as the pc power and cooling brand. > Get a decent monitor from Samsung or dell for example. No rfi in my experience. > > Regards, Tom > va2fsq.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I built my own last PC, and though it isn't RF-quiet, it's pretty close,
but partially by serendipity. The only thing "noisy" about it are the ethernet ports, and some big snap-on chokes have greatly mitigated that problem. The way I stumbled upon a fairly quiet PC has to do with some design motives that I had. What I wanted was an audibly-quiet PC that used very minimal power. Quite by accident this also resulted in an RF-quiet PC. Here's what I bought: a horzontally-oriented "home theater PC" case from Antec; these are designed to contain audible noise well, and they're also quite sturdy, and, more importantly for us, metal all the way around. The exact case I bought is no longer on the market, but there is probably an equivalent successor to it. Mine is an "NSK2400". In this case I mounted a micro-ATX Intel motherboard. They only make a few micro-ATX boards, and you sacrifice a little bit of raw processing speed and expansion slots for a compact form factor and, more importantly, lower power consumption. The good news is that their recent micro-ATX boards have a ton of USB slots, so although you have fewer PCI slots, you also don't need many, especially if you can get by with the integrated video. I'm not much of a gamer, so I just use the on-board video, and it is fine for everything I've ever wanted to do. It would probably not be that great for playing a full-motion first-person shooter game, but it'll run HRD or FlDigi/FlRig just fine. The motherboard I'm using is an Intel DQ67SW, though it is now several years old, and something newer/better is probably available by now. After a while, I blew the power supply that came with the motherboard, and at that time I replaced it with a "green" Antec power supply. These have higher efficiency, and, it seems, less noise. They also seem to be grounded properly. So my suggestion would be to build a "home theater PC" or look for one pre-built in a nice steel case. It's a bit more work to build your own, but if you built a K3, putting a PC together should be totally doable... and this way you get to be choosy about your components. Then get one of the many USB-to-DB9 cables available out in the wild for your serial ports, or get one of the PCI serial port boards to put in. I doubt you'll have a very easy time finding any motherboards these days that still have DB9 headers or connectors. Of course the big downside to building your own PC is that you have to buy a copy of Windows if you want to use it, though OEM versions are available online for a bit less than what the consumer versions cost if you don't or won't require Microsoft support. Hope this helps, Nick On 10 August 2013 05:59, Goldtr8 (KD8NNU) <[hidden email]> wrote: > Gents, > > I wish to get a new computer for the shack and want to have one that is RF > quiet and has real serial ports. > > I am guessing that others have purchased some PC’s recently and would have > some suggestions on some that are HAM friendly with a K3. > > I use a K3, KAT500, W2 and HRD for rig control. > > Any thoughts suggestions before I purchase something would be greatly > appreciated. > > > ~73 > Don > KD8NNU > -.- -.. ---.. -. -. ..- > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- *N6OL* Saying something doesn't make it true. Belief in something doesn't make it real. And if you have to lie to support a position, that position is not worth supporting. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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A seller can legally provide an OEM version if you buy it along with
computer hardware -- so you might want to avoid buying the hardware and then getting Windows as an afterthought, or spreading your hardware purchases and software across several vendors. Of course, you could run Ubuntu or Puppy or something that wasn't produced in Redmond. On 8/10/2013 10:19 AM, Nicklas Johnson wrote: > Of course the big downside to building your own PC is that you have to buy > a copy of Windows if you want to use it, though OEM versions are available > online for a bit less than what the consumer versions cost if you don't or > won't require Microsoft support. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Just to throw an alligator into the discussion, you might consider a Mac Mini. I use all Mac hardware with my K3 and other stuff, and it works well. Besides the usual OSX stuff, you get a BSD Unix box that will also run X-windows. And you can dual boot MS Windows if you have a copy, for those few but vital programs that are only available in Windows. You can even dual boot Linux, although with a Unix box there is less need to do so.
Oliver W6ODJ On 10 Jan. 2013, at 11:01 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" <[hidden email]> wrote: > A seller can legally provide an OEM version if you buy it along with computer hardware -- so you might want to avoid buying the hardware and then getting Windows as an afterthought, or spreading your hardware purchases and software across several vendors. > > Of course, you could run Ubuntu or Puppy or something that wasn't produced in Redmond. > > On 8/10/2013 10:19 AM, Nicklas Johnson wrote: >> Of course the big downside to building your own PC is that you have to buy >> a copy of Windows if you want to use it, though OEM versions are available >> online for a bit less than what the consumer versions cost if you don't or >> won't require Microsoft support. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power
draw computers for use with the K3. Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control. So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it, flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows. On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers - Bill, AE6JV ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle (408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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well look at a netbook . or a small tablet pc and use a external
battery and not a inverter. I have talked to people that use as netbook and a 12v 7Ah batt and spend almost 9 hours contesting. and on a 12v 17Ah deep cycle marine battery. you can go a day or 2 with a kx3 and a netbook. -- R.Neese KB3VGW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You might try the various automotive multimedia PCs. All of them are
12V, and some have pretty decent power savings modes. Here's an example from Mini Box: http://www.mini-box.com/VoomPC-2-Car-PC-with-Intel-Atom-D2700DC-board?sc=8&category=1543 That one can run Win7-32. 73, matt W6NIA On Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:27:48 -0700, you wrote: >Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power >draw computers for use with the K3. > >Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, >SignaLink USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very >well, but the MacBook Pro, connected through the Apple power >adapter and a Radio Shack inverter drew 3 to 4 times as much >power as all the rest of the system. I used the Elecraft USB ><--> RS232 cable for rig control. > >So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a >minimum amount of current. It should be low noise and all those >other good things as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS >-- because I know it, flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to >configure a Windows system and deal with Microsoft's license >verification, and finally Windows. > >On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect >on other OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later. > >Does anyone have any suggestions? > >Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle >(408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 >Englewood Ave >www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, >CA 95032 > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[hidden email] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You can also look at linux on a beaglebone black or a raspi..... wich
are low power arm pc.. -- R.Neese KB3VGW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You might like to use a Macbook Air. 12 hrs on a charge.
73, David W4DES K3 #7409 On Aug 12, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Bill Frantz <[hidden email]> wrote: > Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power draw computers for use with the K3. > > Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control. > > So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it, flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows. > > On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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http://www.ewayco.com/
<http://www.ewayco.com/51-embedded-systems-100-PC-mini-ITX-low-cost/11-tk-800mhz-low-cost-pc-embedded-system.html> R.Neese KB3VGW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Pignology has a wifi interface that makes an iPad feasible as a
logging/controlling computer. There's a version of Rumlog for iPad, as well as Pignology's Hamlog. Android tablets reportedly work as well. Peter W0LLN On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Bill Frantz <[hidden email]> wrote: > Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power draw > computers for use with the K3. > > Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink > USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook > Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter > drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the > Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control. > > So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum > amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things > as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it, > flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal > with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows. > > On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other > OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ----------- > Bill Frantz |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[hidden email].**net <[hidden email]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I love the Via C7 "Eden" processor, but unless you have one around to
test, I wouldn't buy one for this application without doing a lot of testing. Why? Floating Point performance is lousy, and I think that'll show with fldigi and other digital mode software. Look to the Intel Atom CPUs for good floating point and a low-power processor. I use the C7 in routers and servers that don't do anything beyond integer math. They're incredibly good. On 8/12/2013 7:00 AM, Richard Neese wrote: > http://www.ewayco.com/ > <http://www.ewayco.com/51-embedded-systems-100-PC-mini-ITX-low-cost/11-tk-800mhz-low-cost-pc-embedded-system.html> > > > R.Neese KB3VGW > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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