un0rick
Hardware
medical ultrasound imaging
SHOW HN2018
199points
34comments
#181of 2,155 in 2018
Top 9%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Open source FPGA toolchain is valuable
From 1 comment
It uses Project Icestorm which is absolutely great. So much better using an open source toolchain than the proprietary horrors that FPGA vendors inflict on us. I wrote a quick…
rwmj on HN
Objections
Ultrasound probes are expensive due to piezo crystal supply
From 1 comment
My understanding is that the probes are the expensive part. The rest is added value, for sure, but there is something of a monopoly on high quality piezo crystals used in the…
projektfu on HN
Requests
Explain the benefit of the FPGA approach in plain English
From 1 comment
The github is a little more descriptive and answers a few more questions: https://github.com/kelu124/un0rick/ (though don't expect all your questions to be answered here either).…
daxfohl on HN
Questions
What does an FPGA offer over a CPU or DSP for this?
From 2 comments
The github is a little more descriptive and answers a few more questions: https://github.com/kelu124/un0rick/ (though don't expect all your questions to be answered here either).…
daxfohl on HNNot OP, but FPGAs are good for realtime signal processing, including initial processing needed to filter and downconvert high frequency signals to make them accessible to…
CamperBob2 on HN
Alternatives named
Butterfly Network handheld ultrasound
From 1 comment
An amazing portable US is soon coming from Butterfly Network. The transducer plus DSP is on a very large integrated circuit, and it can do breathtaking stuff for a device of this…
car on HN
VScan handheld ultrasound
From 1 comment
I'm looking forward to the introduction of this device, but it should be noted that color Doppler is also available on the VScan handheld. I think MEMS sensors are going to…
projektfu on HN