Updated README details, a new .DEB download file for ARMhf, and a separate User Guide for ODROID (Draft04) are now all available on the DOWNLOADS page for the DATV-Express web site at:
http://www.DATV-Express.com
Typical Block Diagram of ODROID DVB-S transmitter using DATV-Express
The DATV-Express v2.03 software for ODROID model U3 performs all the functions using the Lubuntu 14.04 LTS operating system as the larger PC with Ubuntu OS, except DVB-T performance is more limited. One of the first tests run on the ODROID U3 was to try the new 1 MHz channel bandwidth mode for DVB-T that was added in the v2.03 release of software. 1 MHz bandwidth works well. DVB-T with QPSK in the 2 MHz BW mode was also tested. But, project testing proved that one of the four ODROID CPU cores was NOT able to keep up with the required processing load for the 2 MHz BW testing. Charles G4GUO suspects that further DVB-T load-reduction improvements could possibly be done by rewriting parts of the software in assembly language (but, that assy code effort will not occur soon).
Screen-Shot of Tutioune analyser receiving DVB-S using ODROID
Ken W6HHC also wrote an article called “Digital-ATV – Using ODROID with DATV-Express board”. This article can be found as DATVtalk12 in the free eMagazine called CQ-DATV18 that can be downloaded at:
http://www.cq-datv.mobi/ebooks.php
The article can also be found as TechTalk116 on the http://www.DATV-Express.com web site on the left side of the Home Page using the link called TECH TALK ARTICLES.
The plans for December are for the project team to relax a bit and focus on support to any questions and problems occurring from early ODROID users. The feedback from the field will help clean-up the User Guide documentation to become better.
"setting project to cruise speed"....de Ken W6HHC
