Hi all,
Since a few minutes, the octo soundcard became part of my
portable
VLF/ULF recorder based on the Raspi.
I did not follow the dicsuccions on the yahoo groups.
For now i can tell that the soundcard is based on the
chipset
CS42440-DQZ, see the data sheet at
https://d3uzseaevmutz1.cloudfront.net/pubs/proDatasheet/CS42448_F5.pdf
I'm looking forward to the first tests.
BTW i got an idea how to solve the problems with portable
operation of
the Raspi when using vlfrx tools. vlfrx tools needs a 1PPS
reference
and the ntpd service to generate a timestamp. But in
portable operation
there is no internet access, so no tracking of the clock
time. After
shutting down and restarting the raspi, the clock has an
offset, it
continues with the time just before the shut down. So that's
the
problem. BUT! The GPS module provides NMEA informations
containing the
current date and time. It can be connected to the serial
input of the
Raspi. I assume there are already available scripts which
periodically
set the Raspi clock from the data received from the GPS
module via the
serial interface!
Probably i'm not the first one who got this idea, but that
doesn't
matter :-)
Images of the old and new version...
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/55o7vyie5yo02m2/AAA-tCIYAGmu2YeCdbWNr7MJa?dl=0
73, Stefan
Am 13.06.2017 14:52, schrieb Terry G0EZY:
When Stefan posted the Amazon UK link on 5th June,
there were 5
available in the UK. Stefan, Paul and I bought one each
- not sure
where the others went!
Have you been following Paul's tests with his vlfrx
tools and
RaPi/Octo setup on the Yahoo VLF Group (not the RSGB
vlf group)?
After getting successful crowd funding for the Octo
project, it
seems crazy to release such a small batch. Although all
those that
backed the project with a donation got one or more
boards depending on
how much invested. Maybe that exhausted the interest?
Flatmax org has another RaPi audio project asking for
funding -
according to one post on the VLF group, it could have a
facility for
external timing oscllator injection.
Terry
On 13/06/2017 12:25,
Markus Vester wrote:
