<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>drivers? hardware? integration with existing codebase? takes time and (unpaid) effort. <br><br>--<div>Bryan</div><div>Sent from my iPhone 6S.<span style="font-size: 13pt;">..No electrons were harmed in the sending of this message.</span></div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Jul 5, 2016, at 20:54, Steven Donegan <<a href="mailto:donegan@donegan.org">donegan@donegan.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">I would ask a different question - why do we still use slow USB devices rather than ones directly attached to the Pi's bus?<br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59207"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59217"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59257" class="signature">Steven Donegan<br>KK6IVC General Class FCC License<br>FAA PP-ASEL Pilots License<br>Silver State Car #86<br><a href="http://www.sscc.us">www.sscc.us</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59258" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59262" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59261" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59260" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59259" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59263" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> David McGough <<a href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> app_rpt mailing list <<a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:40 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [App_rpt-users] usbfobs<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467645821414_59264" class="y_msg_container"><br><br>Steve,<br><br>The CM108/CM119 is nowhere near dead! Even if CM stops manufacture, there<br>will be decent "clones" of it for years to come. No worries about that!<br><br>If you're needing some FOBs, I understand the shipping issues you've got,<br>being in NZ. I just checked the US Postal Service shipping site and a<br>"First Class Mail International Large Envelope" is under $20USD for 2<br>lbs., shipped from the USA to NZ. Priority mail, where you could ship a<br>small box in under a week, starts at about $64USD. See:<br><br><a href="https://ircalc.usps.com/?country=10324" target="_blank">https://ircalc.usps.com/?country=10324</a><br><br><br>Why not just work a "bulk quantity" deal with Kevin or Scott to sell you<br>and ship you a hand full of their RIM-lite adapters??? Then, you'll in<br>good shape for now.<br><br><a href="http://www.repeater-builder.com/products/usb-rim-lite.html" target="_blank">http://www.repeater-builder.com/products/usb-rim-lite.html</a><br><br><br>73, David KB4FXC<br><br><br>On Wed, 6 Jul 2016, Steve Wright wrote:<br><br>> On 06/07/16 11:44, Kevin Custer wrote:<br>> > Soldering a 48 pin LQFP and having it be fake is nothing short of a <br>> > bad experience. Like Scott, I recently purchased a fair quantity of <br>> > CM119A's from a top CM distributor. They told us the CM119 and CM119A <br>> > are now legacy products and the CM119B is current. Unfortunately, the <br>> > B model doesn't use a crystal and several developers agree that they <br>> > may not be suitable for digital and analog radio adapter <br>> > applications. There were still a few hundred CM119A's in the <br>> > distribution chain as of a few months ago.<br>> <br>> If the CM119 is dead, then we should scrap it. I can't really see why <br>> we are focussing on that devices' built-in I/O, when we have computing <br>> devices such as RPI3 with scads of easily accessible I/O.<br>> <br>> Linux sound is really well developed - "just works everywhere" I'd say. <br>> Why not build or reuse a DSP-based driver for that, that will handle <br>> voting - now we are in business with all the toys, for the foreseeable <br>> future. Likely a simple CLI config tool could be developed too - choose <br>> RX audio device, TX audio device, signalling, save settings, done. <br>> Rinse and repeat for three devices.<br>> <br>> Hardware VOTERs are fine for a single repeater with a few outboard <br>> receivers, but way too much money for non-millionaire clubs to convert <br>> "everything" to asterisk - they will stick with their IRLP node for <br>> sure, and that is a tragedy.. 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