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DISCUSSED IN THE LAB NOTES SIDEBAR.  3 THE DIGITAL BOARD WITH A FIELD
PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY FPGA TO PERFORM ALL THE DIRECT UPCONVERSION/
DOWNCONVERSION DUC/DDC AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DSP FUNCTIONS.  IN THE
7000DLE MKII, IT IS AN ORION II BOARD.  4 THE SDR FIRMWARE FOR THE DIGITAL
BOARD METIS.  5 THE SDR SOFTWARE FOR THE PERSONAL COMPUTER THETIS.  APACHE
LABS MANUFACTURES THE TRANSCEIVER HARDWARE, BUT OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS
CREATE THE FIRMWARE AND SOFTWARE, WHICH IS FREELY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO
USE OR ADAPT.  THE FIRMWARE IS SPECIFIC TO THE DIGITAL BOARD USED IN THE
TRANSCEIVER, WITH VERSIONS CALLED HERMES, ANGELIA, ORION, AND SO ON.  THE
SOFTWARE IS COMMON TO ALL THE ANAN SERIES TRANSCEIVERS.  THIS ARTICLE WILL
FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HARDWARE WITH THE ANAN 7000DLE MKII AND THE
PROTOCOL 2 SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE.  HARDWARE INSTALLATION THE ANAN 7000DLE MKII
REQUIRES A USER SUPPLIED MONITOR HDMI AND USB KEYBOARD AND MOUSE FOR
OPERATION WITH THE INTERNAL PC MODULE.  I USED A WIRELESS KEYBOARD/ MOUSE
FOR TESTING, BUT WIRED UNITS WILL WORK FINE TOO.  A USB HUB MAY BE REQUIRED
IF ADDITIONAL USB DEVICES ARE USED.  IT IS TOO BAD THAT A FRONT PANEL USB
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