22 Jan
2021
22 Jan
'21
8:09 p.m.
Hello all,
I've recently acquired this board:
Don't let the name fool you: AI is not the only thing this board is good for. In fact, it really doesn't have any specialized AI hardware at all. It's really a signal-processing platform.
It has a dual-core Cortex-A15, two C66x DSPs, 4x PRUs (32-bit microcontroller cores for real-time control), 2x dual-core Cortex-M4s, and several graphics acceleration units.
That's a whole lotta horsepower for $130. Combine this with any of the inexpensive USB-interfaced RF hardware and you've got a lot of possibilities for the determined amateur.
I plan to make this the core of my SatNOGS setup, with all control and processing done on this board, relaying directly to the SatNOGS DB.
--- Zach N0ZGO