Hi Ian. This work you are doing on the FW is incredible. Many thanks for your efforts, and to every one else for their contibutions.
I plan on doing the following to your version once you are "done" with the non-hardware mod version..
1: Convert to I2C LCD, free up 6 digital I/O. Move keyer jack to D8 for DIT and D9 for DAH, should work well as there is a GND connection between the 2 on the OLD LCD header (pin 4,5,6) Move PPT to D10 (pin 11) Move Button to D11 (pin 12 and 16 for GND) Move ENC to D12/13 (pin 13,14 and 16 for GND)
Also gives easy access to +5v on pins 2 and 15 for my I2C TPA2016 AGC and SSM2167 MIC Amp. I2C breakout as per Jim Sheldon's method, I need 2 of each for AGC (+3.3v) and LCD.
Now what to do with all those free Analog ports? A7: S-Meter. (vk3YE AGC with out the AGC part, only the SIG meter...) A6: SWR bridge rev (Kitsandparts.com) A3: SWR bridge fwd (Kitsandparts.com) A2: Array of buttons (via different resistors) for direct access to: Band up/down, RIT, VFO A/B... A1: Potentiometer to for ACG control (via the I2C AGC module) A0: ...
Hope to get the FW to display s-meter on RX and the SWR and PWR on TX on the top line.
Thanks again.
-- Best 73 KD8CEC / Ph.D ian lee kd8cec@... (my blog)