2018-08-14, 13:48
What happens if third party PCBs have a different behavior, i.e. some additional delay? That can cause big problems, but maybe nobody recognizes that and the whole network will get worse instead of better. Who is responsible for the support of those boards?
It's not just some Raspberry Pi or Arduino board which you use alone and just processing some digital stuff. It's a analogue measurement device, with a precise timer, defined amplifiers and filters for low but wide-band frequencies AND the detection works only because other similar known station does exactly the same as it is part of a station network. In case of a sudden increase of stations there might be even problems in the computing side, because more signals from stations also may produce unwanted results, like more false positives. Finally new stations in regions with a high station density wouldn't increase the efficiency much or may even lower it as described before.
That's why we currently concentrate on uncovered regions like Africa and South America. Orders there have highest priority.
It's not just some Raspberry Pi or Arduino board which you use alone and just processing some digital stuff. It's a analogue measurement device, with a precise timer, defined amplifiers and filters for low but wide-band frequencies AND the detection works only because other similar known station does exactly the same as it is part of a station network. In case of a sudden increase of stations there might be even problems in the computing side, because more signals from stations also may produce unwanted results, like more false positives. Finally new stations in regions with a high station density wouldn't increase the efficiency much or may even lower it as described before.
That's why we currently concentrate on uncovered regions like Africa and South America. Orders there have highest priority.