Another SDR UI option

[A. Maitland Bottoms]

Douglas Gentges wrote:
 > Another option for a user interface would be the Zii (www.ziilabs.com),  

Mike O'Dell writes:
 > the newest OMAP processor from TI which is the base of all
...
 > http://beagleboard.org/

Another approach is to modify an existing hardware design to tie
in to your own custom stuff. And that is easier when the existing
hardware design is available in a modifiable form, such as:
http://www.qi-hardware.com/

Perhaps you are thinking, "That would be better if it had a radio
in it!" like the TI CC1111F32 Low Power RF System-on-Chip that
another Open Hardware project uses:
http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum/

If you are thinking, "Why add a user interface using some system,
why not just build the user interface into the FPGA?", you are not alone.
http://www.celinux.org/elc08_presentations/glikely--fpga-lessons-learned.pdf

Kinda like the Reeses' peanut butter cup:
"You got FPGA on my CPU!"
"You got CPU in my FPGA!"

Of course, if all this low-power stuff is getting you down,
watch this high-energy video:
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/outreach/HEG/HEGfinal_med640x480.mov

-Maitland