MOTM

I'm sure there are many members of this list who have ordered the 
PSIM-1 module, or have considered ordering one.

Next month will mark one year since I ordered the PSIM-1 module from 
Brice Hornback, including payment through PayPal. Shortly thereafter 
I was told that there were about a dozen people ahead of me, and that 
it wouldn't be long before I would receive my order. When that didn't 
happen, I asked Brice on several occasions to estimate delivery time 
for my module. The last time I heard from him, I was told that he had 
already begun my module and that delivery would be the end of October 
if not sooner. I have been told that Brice posted a message on his 
discussion list (I am not a member) that a more realistic date would 
be the end of December - which also did not happen, and no word since.

I am using this forum because I have been told that Brice has blocked 
critical messages from his own discussion list. I am asking members 
of this list to reply if they know of anyone who has received a 
module from Brice in the last few months. I am not contacting Brice 
directly because I have had it with the empty promises, excuses, 
and "thanks for being patient!" replies to my inquiries.

Thanks for the bandwidth,
~Terry

> I am using this forum because I have been told that Brice has blocked
> critical messages from his own discussion list....

That's apparently not the case -- Larry Hendry posted a "WTF?" message
yesterday, and there was a "Me too!" reply today. Alas, no response yet from
Brice.


> module from Brice in the last few months. I am not contacting Brice
> directly because I have had it with the empty promises, excuses,
> and "thanks for being patient!" replies to my inquiries.

Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
someone else will probably take your place in the queue.

The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut off your
nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)
--
john

>.
>
> Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
> someone else will probably take your place in the queue.
>
> The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut off your
> nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)


But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is brewing....heh 
heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB 
controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......

Paul S.

You know - we hate it when you do that. :)

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>; "john mahoney" <jmahoney@...>
Cc: "Terry" <tahrens@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] PSIM-1


>
> >.
> >
> > Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
> > someone else will probably take your place in the queue.
> >
> > The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut off
your
> > nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)
>
>
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is
brewing....heh

> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......
>
> Paul S.

All that's missing is:   "It's Alive!   It's Alive!!!"

Scott
===============================================
Paul Schreiber wrote:

> >.
> >
> > Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
> > someone else will probably take your place in the queue.
> >
> > The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut off 
> your
> > nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)
>
>
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is 
> brewing....heh
> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......
>
> Paul S.
>
>

You really know how to hurt a guy!


"Paul Schreiber" wrote:
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is 
brewing....heh heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array 
with USB controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......

> Paul S.

*Groan*  Oh no...more sleepless nights.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> >.
> >
> > Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
> > someone else will probably take your place in the queue.
> >
> > The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut
off your
> > nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)
> 
> 
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is
brewing....heh 

> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB 
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......
> 
> Paul S.

Just how deep is the real question?
Inquiring Stooges want to know. :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:51 PM
But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is brewing....heh

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Paul Schreiber wrote:

>
>> .
>>
>> Let's suppose that you get a refund; the sad thing about that is that
>> someone else will probably take your place in the queue.
>>
>> The PSIM is a unique, awesome module. Be sure that you don't cut off your
>> nose to spite your face. (After all, you've waited this long...)
>
>
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is brewing....heh
> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......

This is clearly speculation though. We're just saying. Because Paul has 
learned his lesson about pre-announcing projects... ;)

--mikes

Why bother with the ARM7?  It would be simpler just to get the Virtex II
FPGA with a couple of PowerPCs in it. :-)

Actually, that project sounds a lot like the MOTM "Titan" project.

http://www.retrosynth.com/synth-diy/search/lookit.cgi?-v9704.287

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...]
> 
> 
> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is
> brewing....heh
> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......
> 
> Paul S.
> 
>

John Loffink wrote:
> Why bother with the ARM7?  It would be simpler just to get the Virtex II
> FPGA with a couple of PowerPCs in it. :-)

Having worked with many ARM7 cores and a handful of PowerPC cores, "simple" and 
"Virtex II" don't go together. ;-)

-->Neil

> But *also* suppose deep in the MOTM R&D labs, a super PSIM is 
> brewing....heh 
> heh.....ARM7...heh...heh...250,000 gate Xilinx array with USB 
> controller...heh...heh....18bit ADC/DACs....heh...heh.......

Yeah!  Way to go Paul!

But why an ARM7 rather than an ARM10 or 11?  I would have thought if
you're going to be doing DSP, then floating point is kind of nice to have!

(Not that I care, really - the ARM is hands down the nicest machine
I've ever written assembler for.  And fixed-point DSP is fast as f**k
'cos it gives you those free barrel-shifts to bring fixed-point
numbers back into scale after a multiply).

So what's the FPGA for?  Just for handling USB?

Either way, a couple of inputs, a couple of outputs, four knobs and a
2x16 LCD screen and I'll buy at least two of these!

Harry

I forgot to ask: how much memory will this thing have (both RAM and
EPROM/flash/whatever)?

Harry