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Re: W8TEE VFO Board
Hi Jack It is simple, you can never try to think for other, it is impossible and more complicate you can imagine. Share all the information included the PCB file and let them use the best way to do it. The profit never will pay your knowledge and altruism, if someone wants to get your board OK, it is a one way to get it, but if they have other way to do it, "maybe the only possible", to do it, good for them too. Qrv's 73's Jc ¡°If you have a penny and I have a penny and we exchange pennies, you still have one cent and I still have one cent.? But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, you now have two ideas and I now have two ideas.¡±? Mr. Juan Carlos Berberena Gonzalez, BSc. WJ6C exCO6BG? ? -----------please check it out----------- 2017-06-13 11:28 GMT-04:00 Ken KM4NFQ <km4nfq@...>:
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Re: W8TEE VFO Board
Ken KM4NFQ
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
Greetings Dr. Purdum, Is your VFO Board released as Open Source Hardware? If so, then the more technically adept can etch their own boards, and those that prefer not to etch their own boards can have them fabricated by their favorite (local?) circuit board fabricator. This would also allow people to modify the design, and share their modifications with others. Or, groups of like-minded individuals in other countries can get a fab-shop order together, to reduce fab costs, as well as shipping costs. Of course, not everyone feels the same way about Open Source Hardware and Software. It is your board. I just feel that Open Source is the way to go. Yet, people who would prefer to order directly from you can still do so, if they don't mind paying the extra shipping and handling. Regards Ken, KM4NFQ |
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Re: Struggling with tuning clicks and birdie sounds
On Tue, June 13, 2017 15:58, W9ZIM wrote:
It seems to affect all settings.?? Twisting the wires for the volumeIn v1.14 there were indeed some changes in the routines for the settings menu that cause some buzzing sound. The display refresh rate is now too high, I will reduce that back to where it was in v1.13. So the buzzing will become ticking which is less annoying. Many radio's suffer from some ticking noise when the display is refreshed (you can hear a tick each time it's refreshed) In my own BitX I found that using shielded cable for the volume control pot greatly improves the situation. 73 Allard PE1NWL |
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Re: W8TEE VFO Board
Jack Purdum
I just sent out another wave of boards yesterday and had a little heart-to-heart with my local post office about the high cost of sending to other countries. I also told them I sent two boards to different foreign countries from another PO and they took the boards. However, one did come back. She said I can try sending a board sandwiched between two heavy-stock pieces of cardboard and it might make it. Honestly, I'm not sure what to do.? Bill, VK7MX, is going to order a bunch of boards and make them available to Australian and New Zealand hams at a price that should be noticeably lower than I can ship them from here. I don't know about Europe or how expensive it is to mail between countries there, but perhaps something similar can be done.? Trust me, I am not getting rich by doing this and I know Bill won't be either. My goal is to create a board that presents more memory resources with enough pins to make it easier for those who want to experiment with the BITX40. Allard has just about maxed-out the Nano, yet many of you have suggested features that would be nice to have, but the remaining Nano resources simply cannot cope with the load. The Arduino MEGA 2560 Pro Mini on my board is a compromise to what I'd really like to do, but it is a fairly low cost option. So...how do I make it less expensive to reach all of you hackers who live in other countries to the benefit of all of us? Ideas? Jack, W8TEE From: Adrian <a.futrill@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 11:12 PM Subject: [BITX20] W8TEE VFO Board just received the VFO board from Jack W8TEE. All I can say is very nice board and can't wait for the parts to arrive. They say patience is a virtue.....I am not a very patient person.? Now I feel a little guilty. The board was supplied for US$7.50 postage to VK was US$13.75 almost twice the price of the board.? Adrian VK4KL |
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Re: Struggling with tuning clicks and birdie sounds
On Tue, June 13, 2017 03:07, W9ZIM wrote:
What does bother me is a horrific buzzing sound whenever I dip into aDarren, thanks for reporting yes I could reproduce some buzzing when the radio is in the settings menu, I'll try to improve this in the next version 1.15 Are there any particular settings menu options where the buzzing is strong? or is it in any of them? 73 Allard PE1NWL |
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Re: Struggling with tuning clicks and birdie sounds
On Tue, June 13, 2017 03:07, W9ZIM wrote:
What does bother me is a horrific buzzing sound whenever I dip into aDarren, thanks for reporting yes I could reproduce some buzzing when the radio is in the settings menu, I'll try to improve this in the next version 1.15 Are there any particular settings menu options where the buzzing is strong? or is it in any of them? 73 Allard PE1NWL |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Joe:
In the mcufriend_kbv library, see the file MCUFRIEND_kbv.cpp. There is a line near the top that is commented out: "//define support_1289 // costs about 408 bytes" Your lcd clearly is a 1289; it has a paper tag attached with that number, and the ID program said it was a 1289. It may be that by putting that line back into the code, the 1289 code will compile and work. It may be that the librarian decided against supporting that lcd. It is worth a try if nothing else... You may also have to modify Jack's code to recognize that identifier, i.e. 1289 john AD5YE |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Jack Purdum
I have the same display. It doesn't work. Just kidding! It should work fine. Jack, W8TEE From: Joe <joeman2116@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? just ordered this one: 3.5 inch TFT LCD Display Touch Screen UNO R3 Board Plug and Play Module Arduino On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote: Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library.? The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up.? Also make sure you have the latest version of the library. |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Jack Purdum
The guy's name is David Prentice and he knows everything about the displays and was a huge help to me a while back. Search his name, too. Jack, W8TEE From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library.? The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up.? Also make sure you have the latest version of the library. Vince. On 06/12/2017 10:48 PM, Joe wrote: > Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue.. > > Will order another and wait to see if that works.. > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io > <econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>> wrote: > >? ? Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find >? ? a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that >? ? runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run. > >? ? Jack, W8TEE > > >? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>> >? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM > >? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? > >? ? ? //g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" = 0x9486, >? ? 3.6" = 0x9488 >? ? ? g_identifier = 0x1581; >? ? ? switch (g_identifier) { > >? ? no change? still white screen... > > >? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io >? ? <econjack=[email protected] <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>> >? ? wrote: > >? ? ? ? Comment out line 1334 and change it: > >? ? ? ? 1334? / // g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" >? ? ? ? = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/ >? ? ? ? /1334? ? g_identifier = 0x1581;/ >? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default >? ? ? ? parameters. > >? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE >? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>> >? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM > >? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? > >? ? ? ? I wired the display up to a atmega 2560 >? ? ? ? ran your pgm and the serial said: > >? ? ? ? Serial took 0ms to start >? ? ? ? ID = 0x1289 >? ? ? ? 100 Hz > > >? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io >? ? ? ? <econjack=[email protected] >? ? ? ? <mailto:econjack=[email protected]>> wrote: > >? ? ? ? ? ? Do you have the latest Adafruit graphics library installed? >? ? ? ? ? ? Around line 1334 is the line: > >? ? ? ? ? ? /? g_identifier = tft.readID();? ? // Get TFT ID? 3.95" = >? ? ? ? ? ? 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488/ > >? ? ? ? ? ? put these lines after it: >? ? ? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? ? ? / >? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.print("g-ID = ");/ >? ? ? ? ? ? /? Serial.println(g_identifier, HEX);/ > >? ? ? ? ? ? and see if the ID is in the program. If your number does not >? ? ? ? ? ? appear in the switch/case block (lines 1336-1460), the code >? ? ? ? ? ? by default assumes the display is a 0x154 or 0x9341. If it >? ? ? ? ? ? is not one of those, try changing /g_identifier/ to 0X9488 >? ? ? ? ? ? and see if that works. > >? ? ? ? ? ? Jack, W8TEE > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >? ? ? ? ? ? *From:* Joe <joeman2116@... <mailto:joeman2116@...>> >? ? ? ? ? ? *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >? ? ? ? ? ? *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM >? ? ? ? ? ? *Subject:* Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? > >? ? ? ? ? ? I ran it? before. >? ? ? ? ? ? It suggests trying? the defined option > >? ? ? ? ? ? One resulted in? id =0 and >? ? ? ? ? ? when I tried the other option the id said? id =8989 >? ? ? ? ? ? tft =240 x320 > > >? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Vince Vielhaber >? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...>> wrote: > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to the examples for the library and run the LCD_ID >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? example.? Have a serial monitor window open and see what >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? they ID it as, if they do. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:29 PM, Joe wrote: > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have the? MCUFRIEND_kbv library loaded and it >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? compiles with some ino >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? examples but only white screen. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Vince Vielhaber >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <vev@... <mailto:vev@...> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <mailto:vev@... <mailto:vev@...>>> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? wrote: > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Go to www.arduino.cc <> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <<>> and >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? do a search for >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MCUFRIEND_kbv.? That driver should work. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Vince. > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On 06/12/2017 09:16 PM, Joe wrote: > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jack, > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I have been experimenting while waiting for >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? my remaining few >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? parts to >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? arrive. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I purchase a 2.8 inch tft display ( it says >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? mcufriends.com <> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? < >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <>> on it) > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It has appears to have the correct pins / >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? jacks etc. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The problem is I thought I would try to find >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? an example to test >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? if the >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? TFT works. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Well, I tried several but only get a white >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen.? I used a uno and >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? attached the tft to - as pins match ...tried >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? other sketches - >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? still only >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a white screen >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? I tried other arduino, atmega 2560 and >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adjusted the pins >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? accordingly , >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? same results, they compile and upload but >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? nothing but a white >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? screen. > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1. Do you have an exact source where you >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? purchased your display? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2. Any guidance to further test my current >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? display? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3. The photo below is my current display.. > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Any help would be appreciated > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joe >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? VE1BWV > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -- >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <> > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <> > > > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -- >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Michigan VHF Corp.? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <> >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? <> > > > > > > > >? ? ? ? ? ? <> >? ? ? ? ? ? Virus-free. www.avast.com >? ? ? ? ? ? <> > > >? ? ? ? ? ? <> > > > > > > > > > -- ? Michigan VHF Corp.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
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W8TEE VFO Board
Adrian
just received the VFO board from Jack W8TEE. All I can say is very nice board and can't wait for the parts to arrive. They say patience is a virtue.....I am not a very patient person.?
Now I feel a little guilty. The board was supplied for US$7.50 postage to VK was US$13.75 almost twice the price of the board.? Adrian VK4KL |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
just ordered this one: 3.5 inch TFT LCD Display Touch Screen UNO R3 Board Plug and Play Module Arduino On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Vince Vielhaber <vev@...> wrote: Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library.? The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up.? Also make sure you have the latest version of the library. |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Vince Vielhaber
Go on the arduino forum and find the thread for the MCUFRIEND_kbv library. The guy that keeps it up to date is on that thread and can tell you how to set it up. Also make sure you have the latest version of the library.
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Vince. On 06/12/2017 10:48 PM, Joe wrote:
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Ok thanks... TFt can be a pain... always a driver issue.. Will order another and wait to see if that works.. On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
just did a wiring checking: display ? ? ? ? ? ?atmega ? ? ? ? ? ? LCD ?reset to A4 ? ? ?? LCD cs ?to A3 LCD rs ?to A2 LCD wr to A1 LCD rd to A0 power ?to power 5 power3.3 to 3.3 gnd to gnd ?DISPLAY LCD D2 - D2 ATMEGA LCD D3 ?- D3 LCD D4 - D4? LCD D5 - D5 LCD D6 - D6 LCD D7 ?- D7 LCD D0 - ?D8 LCD D1 - D9 On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:37 PM, joe basque <joeman2116@...> wrote:
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Re: BITX QSO Night, Sunday, June 18, 7pm Local Time, 7277 kHz in North America, 7177 kHz elsewhere
As for 7177 KHz, it is usually clobbered by QRM on 7175. I have found 7178 or better yet 7179 to have less QRM than 7177.
Any frequency below 7200 that can be used for SSB would work for Region 1 and Region 3 stations. Only Region 2 has 40m access above 7200. |
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Jack Purdum
Well, that's about all the tricks I can control. See if you can find a driver for that board somewhere. If the vendor has demo code that runs, ask for that to see how they got it to run. Jack, W8TEE From: Joe <joeman2116@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? ?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488 ? g_identifier = 0x1581; ? switch (g_identifier) { no change ?still white screen...? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
?//g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488 ? g_identifier = 0x1581; ? switch (g_identifier) { no change ?still white screen...? On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
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Re: W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY?
Jack Purdum
Comment out line 1334 and change it: 1334 ???// g_identifier = tft.readID(); ? ?// Get TFT ID ?3.95" = 0x9486, 3.6" = 0x9488 1334 ? ? g_identifier =?0x1581; and see what happens. This forces it to assume the non-default parameters. Jack, W8TEE From: Joe <joeman2116@...> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [BITX20] W8TEE TFT /VFO BOARD - WHICH DISPLAY? I wired the display up to a atmega 2560 ran your pgm and the serial said: Serial took 0ms to start ID = 0x1289 100 Hz On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <econjack@...> wrote:
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