I also have a conference this week in Denver so things will pause for a few days on my end. ? I did send schematics to Al to review yesterday though so trying to multitask and get stuff out ASAP. ?
I did receive an order of 20W PA boards yesterday ?so those are back in stock. ?
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On Oct 7, 2023, at 10:09 AM, VA3NCA Wayde via groups.io <wayde@...> wrote:
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> Once the boards are finalized and I can get the Gerbers
> I will start getting boards made for UK and Europe.
And, for our Canadian hams...? Once the new boards are finalized and available from K9HZ, I'm happy to offer to import and distribute them in a new round.
I'll also be away for a work conference for the next week ( I plan to sneak out to get a couple POTA activations in though, so look for VA3NCA/W9 on spots) so probably won't be very quick to reply, but I will start collecting item orders and quantities once Bill's ready, and I'm back and caught up after travel ?
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From: "John Melton via groups.io" <john.d.melton@...>
Date: 2023-10-07 10:01 a.m. (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] V010 vs V011
Once the boards are finalized and I can get the Gerbers I will start getting boards made for UK and Europe.
I am in Dubrovnik for the next few days but once I have them I can get started straight away.
-- John G0ORX?
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bill@...> wrote:
I started sending final production schematics to Al as of last night.? It wont be long.? A few things left to resolve on the RF board and we can go into production. ?
Dr.?William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
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Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch ¨C K9ZC
Staunton, Illinois
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Owner ¨C Operator
Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ
Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I.
Rent it:
email:??bill@...
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?I can give you some ideas.
I know several people worked on the project is small steps as I did.
First, buy the Teensy 4.1 and the display.? Using a breadboard and a power supply, you can connect the Display to the Teensy and load the software.
Setting up the IDE and the libraries and getting the Teensy properly programmed and the display working is a major step.? Getting the Display delivered may take weeks.
Next I would build and test the power supply board, and then the Main board.? Now see if the Teensy in the Main board successfully drives the display.
Build the Switch Matrix board, which is easy, and connect to the Main board and see if you can get past the switch matrix calibration.
Also another huge step is getting the 3D printed case built and assembled.
Regarding the BOMs, what we did in the early days was collaborate quite a lot in the discussions here to get the correct parts.? There are errors in the published BOMs, and also
parts which are no longer available and need substitutes.
4SQRP should be publishing their BOMs soon, and they should be quite accurate, being adjusted for the current supply chain issues.
Another idea would be to proceed through the breadboading of the display and IDE setup and programming, at which time the V012 boards could become available.
I don't know the current schedule for that to happen, but I do know it will take you a while just to get to the working breadboard stage.
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73 Greg KF5N
K9HZ