[App_rpt-users] PICO NODE is now a REALITY!

[Dale Weber]

	Jim & all,

	I just blogged it at http://www.hybotics.info a few minutes ago.

	8-Dale

On Thursday, November 25, 2010 07:27:54 pm Jim Duuuude wrote:
> We (Dale Weber, N7PKT and I) have been working on porting Asterisk/app_rpt
> to the TINY (about 3.5 x 3.5 inches) BeagleBoard (arm-based Linux system),
> using the native (built-in) audio and GPIO hardware to directly interface
> to radio systems.
> 
> As of this evening, we have success!!
> 
> The BeagleBoard is capable of talking to 2 radios (either half or full
> duplex) using the radio's COR and CTCSS decoders (sorry, there isnt enough
> CPU power to do the DSP processing, like in chan_usbradio). It will also
> talk to a URI (or 2 or maybe even 3??) using chan_simpleusb.
> 
> I am designing an I/O card, which properly conditions both the analog and
> digital signals in and out of the BeagleBoard, and will provide
> general-purpose GPIO pins for whatever the user's needs are. It also may
> contain a DC-DC converter, so that the system may be powered from a 12
> volt (well, like maybe 9-18 volt, actually) DC input, allowing use in an
> automobile and various configuration of battery/solar/ wind-power.
> 
> For those interested, I posted the working chan_beagle.c source in the SVN,
> and will update it as the project moves along. Currently it only supports
> 1 fully operational channel, but that's because my test hardware was not
> intended to do anything other then that.
> 
> We will also post the working kernel sources, plus an entire image of the
> 4GB flash card, for ease of installation.
> 
> JIM WB6NIL

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