Linux
I just updated the shack PC to Ubuntu Karmic beta and I'm impressed. Nothing earth-shattering, but lots more polish compared to Jaunty, and seems quite a bit snappier. I think it's worth the upgrade if you're already an Ubuntu user. If you are not, then download the ISO and try it in live CD mode. [...]
No, you got your ham shack in my Linux! I've been grumbling to myself about the lack of active ham radio podcasts (sorry but the usual generic ham radio news shows don't count as podcasts in my book). Lo and behold, I see that KB5JBV and K5TUX have just launched a new podcast, Linux in [...]
As I mentioned on the Avnet Spartan-3A Eval Kit Google Group, I've created a C program that will allow you to configure the FPGA via your Linux box. I don't have a lot of time to elaborate on how to use this program, but the basic steps are listed below. These instructions assume that you [...]
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Completely by accident, I happened to stumble upon a program that gives you an easy way to learn DSP techniques by focusing on the underlying algorithms and not the hardware details. The program is called BasicDSP and is available as a Linux source tarball or Windows executable. BasicDSP was created by PA3FWM and PE1OIT as [...]
