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RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - Knickohr - 2015-09-14
System BLUE is a complete new hardware, only the controller (STM32F4DISCOVERY) is NOT changing
Thomas
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - RichoAnd - 2015-09-14
System BLUE is a completely new concept
At the antennas is a pre-amplifiers adapted antenna and with balanced outputs to amplifier / controller
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - G3WGV - 2015-09-14
Thanks folks. I should have known it wouldn't be as simple as that.
DIY amp design time for me it seems!
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - Tobi - 2015-09-14
(2015-09-14, 16:44)Knickohr Wrote: System BLUE is a complete new hardware, only the controller (STM32F4DISCOVERY) is NOT changing
We can not say that yet. The goal is to have the CPU directly on our board!
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - RichoAnd - 2015-09-17
Right now we are testing the analog part that's is placed on the controller board, including new filters and new digital filters. New Pre-amps are also tested at the same time.
In order not to make it too complex, we use the Discovery Board as controller.
When it works as it should, we can put the CPU directly on the controller board - this part is tested by TOBI.
which also are testing WiFI, color display, etc.
We call this concept System BLUE, but also expect a BLUE-II (BLUE too)
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - orion_jb2001 - 2015-09-17
(2015-09-17, 05:49)RichoAnd Wrote: Right now we are testing the analog part that's is placed on the controller board, including new filters and new digital filters. New Pre-amps are also tested at the same time.
In order not to make it too complex, we use the Discovery Board as controller.
When it works as it should, we can put the CPU directly on the controller board - this part is tested by TOBI.
which also are testing WiFI, color display, etc.
We call this concept System BLUE, but also expect a BLUE-II (BLUE too)
All sounds good Richo. Any time frame between Blue and Blue II versions????
Jeff
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - RichoAnd - 2015-09-17
No! .... and it's a never ending project with small stops between
System RED works great, but we thought it could be improved.
Even when BLUE arrive, RED still a good system.
Not everyone will benefit from the improvements.
We have improved noise immunity and the filters, but if you do not have the noise, the servers will not notice any difference.
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - orion_jb2001 - 2015-09-17
NO????? Have you misunderstood me or have I misunderstood you. I know the project is on going, but when you state to expect a Blue II, of course there will be a blue II and then a yellow and then a yellow II but you developers must have some time frame on when you hope the next version will be out. If the Blue is released in say December, would you then expect the Blue II to be out December the year after.
I believe to be fair to purchasers, you should indicate possible time frames so one can plan to upgrade say this year and then wait for 2 years to upgrade again. Is that clear?
regards,
Jeff
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - Tobi - 2015-09-17
@orion_jb2001: I know what you mean, but that's impossible for us. We can not provide any time frames, as we don't know them ourselves. We are not a company, but just a few guys with some special hobby, so the progress depends on our free time and motivation. Of course we will try to announce new hardware early enough.
About system BLUE: We have a lot of ideas and are still experimenting. At some time we have to decide what we need or don't need on the first revision. There's no final decision so far. Like with system GREEN and RED before, there will new revisions in the future. Likely not only for improvements, but maybe also with some additional or different hardware. This will be still system BLUE.
Best regards
Tobi
RE: Launch of System Blue delayed - kevinmcc - 2015-10-03
Can we get any update on the status? Possible ETA?
Anything we can do to help with the design or testing?
There are some here wanting to help and many wanting to know how system blue is progressing.
I feel an open development process would be help for the community.