On 13 Sep 2022, at 09:14, Jim Strohm <jim.strohm@...> wrote:

Hi all

I looked at the AD9166 datasheet ... and somebody else needs to build
that for me. ?And whoever builds it needs to make it as easy to use as
a 1970s sig gen like the 8640. ?Otherwise I'll keep rescuing these old
boatanchors from the junkpile until I am too old to pick them up.
After that, I guess I'll have to use my General Radio unit oscillators
with a discrete freq counter ($15 from ebay) and a level meter
(junkbox or surplus HP432).

For me, "easy to use" means designing both frequency control and power
output controls that I don't need to look at to use -- IOW, a knob for
each. ?Any engineer who designs these controls three levels deep into
a pushbutton-driven physical interface with a 3" screen is an idiot,
and I would happily fly halfway around the world to beat him senseless
with his own manufactured product.

73
Jim N6OTQ