The DC2N diary-News archive, April 2008
12 Apr 2008
Fulfilling orders
Morning: Here we go, I started building another DC2N for the first one on my pre-order list, Nigel Parker.
The soldering job is almost done:
Nigel Parker's DC2N
The next step is carving the box and testing the unit before shipping it.
13 Apr 2008
Fulfilling orders
Morning: That was faster than I thought. DC2N box is ready:
Nigel Parker's DC2N box
Only a bit of soldering is missing now, along with testing.
20 Apr 2008
Testing again
Evening: Not too much time to work at it, but it's almost finished and under test:
Nigel Parker's DC2N being tested
I will go on with the test plan during the coming week.
24 Apr 2008
New keys
Evening: I experienced a problem with the keypad I had mounted on the DC2N, so that I
built a new one today which proved to work properly. I also updated the firmware with a new
capability I felt the need of.
25 Apr 2008
Testing with new keys
Evening: Well, all of the tests have been repeated with the new keypad today. The unit
works fine!
Nigel Parker's DC2N being tested again after a keypad change
29 Apr 2008
New SD Card
Evening: I recently bought a 2 GB SD Card (SanDisk Extreme III) for less than 13 pounds.
The E III has proven to be the fastest and most reliable memory for continuous dumping/saving
purposes with DC2N (not a single failure because of a bottleneck in write speed for Peepo and
myself). 80X TEK-Q cards work almost as good as E III in write operations, even if the first
sectors seem to be a bit slower. SanDisk Cards are generally better than Kingston ones in write
operations. Any manufacturer has proven to be OK for playback purposes (not a single failure
because of a bottleneck in read speed).
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