This enclosure was complete today, 833grams... Designing a detachable front panel for a display and rotary potentiometers..
Will soon publish on thingiverse...

Hi Nick,

I buzzed out the pins to find where the ground pins were - and that showed me the orientation of the 10 pin connector.? I then plugged the hat into th Pi (power offf) and buzzed out the pins vs. the SBITX schematic to find orientation of the 20 pin connector. Then, so I wouldn't forget, I put a dot of white nail polish by each of the pin 1s!? ? I did the same with the +5 connector to make sure I had the polarity right.? Be careful powering th Pi through the 5V pins- put no more than 5.25 volts in or risk blowing up the Pi (ask how I know!)

73,
Dean
KK4DAS

Hi,

I recently got my sbitx v3.02 board and I'm quite happy with it, so I'm thinking about designing a case for it.
I wondered if there are any documents on the board's dimensions with mounting holes or maybe board renders?

73 de OE1RFC,
Clemens

How solid is the power connector mounted on the pc board? I have been unplugging my power cable after use and i do not want to break loose the power connector from the pc board.?? tnx Don w8ptb

JJ: My sBITX gives me the following output in my terminal after inputting: pi@sbitx: ~ $ uname -a

Linux sbitx 6.6.20+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.20-1+rpt1 (2024-03-07)
?aarch64 GNU/Linux?

This doesn't match the screen output you have in message #111720 at the very end of your message.? Is there something I need to do to have my sBITX in sync with yours?

I'm a? nobie with linux but I'm trying.? My unit does seem to function somehow.

Thank you for all you have done for us all.

Regards, John W9NET

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 07:54 PM, HA3HZ wrote:

You can only execute this command if you have previously installed the app as a git clone. I mean this:
git clone https://github.com/SigmazGFX/FreeDV_PTT
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Gyula HA3HZ



Since I don't have a USB device, the answer is:

I don't want FreeDV I don't use

You can only execute this command if you have previously installed the app as a git clone. I mean this:
git clone https://github.com/SigmazGFX/FreeDV_PTT
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Gyula HA3HZ



Since I don't have a USB device, the answer is:

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 08:09 AM, Jon / W2JON wrote:

Hey Gang..
Because this release was being packaged up as I was still finishing a few things, There is 'minor' update waiting in the repo for the FreeDV_PTT application.
One thing that will come along with this update is an upgrade.sh script that will make it easy to stay up to date with releases of this application.?

For just this one time we will need to manually pull the updated .deb file and invoke the update.

cd? ~\freedv_ptt
git pull
sudo dpkg -i freedv_ptt.deb

...and that should do it.
You'll now see an update.sh file in the freedv_ptt folder. any future upgrades will be done with ./update.sh

Easy peasy and thank you.
de W2JON

Is this command only for FreeDV?

Thanks, that's very helpful.? I have a pi hat and Pi Zero 2 W and have literally been trying to figure out which way is up and how to plug the Pi into the hat and make sure all the other pins exit in the right direction(s). I can see your stack at 0:54 and I guess it answers my questions.

Next I'll need to attempt to load sBITX software onto the Pi and learn how to modify it to initially work with an HDMI monitor and USB keyboard since I don't have the display used int he sBITX design.? My eventual goal would be to build something like the zBITX presented at FDIM.

73

Nick, WA5BDU

Yes, you have to burn it to a new sd card, as the says.
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Gyula HA3HZ

Sorry of the newbie question. I know enough about Linux to be "dangerous" . With the new release can I do an in-place upgrade or do I need to burn a new SD card?

Thanks for the feedback. I have sent an email to HF Signal via their sales email address. We'll see what they suggest as a course of action

Joe N7QPP

Joe:

The power output of mine was OK for about 20 minutes, then dropped to zero. Repositioning the radio on its back suddenly restored a few watts of power out, suggesting a bad solder connection or fractured SMD

I have seen various reports of problems similar to what you report, discovered early in factory-made units. ?Some who have reported low power out have replaced SMDs (resistors apparently) in the driver section, leading me to believe thermal expansion of the board compromises a connection or a component. The problem with these reports is that they usually don't offer a diagnosis, so we don't know what the original problem was. ?Just the act of re-soldering a bad joint might have been the real fix. You could also have a bad MOSFET. ?You'd lose half of the push-pull output. ?Or, it could be the drive pot has failed. ?Or a transistor in the driver. Or a software/RiPi issue. Unfortunately, lots of things could lead to your symptom.

If it's a new unit, you shouldn't need to be repairing it.

My advice would be to contact the makers. This forum has a few similar reports of low output power, and I'm hearing of others. ?If there's a quality control issue in manufacture, I think they should know of it so it (and your radio) can be fixed. ?

Jim
WB0KWJ

开云体育

Hey Gang..
Because this release was being packaged up as I was still finishing a few things, There is 'minor' update waiting in the repo for the FreeDV_PTT application.
One thing that will come along with this update is an upgrade.sh script that will make it easy to stay up to date with releases of this application.?

For just this one time we will need to manually pull the updated .deb file and invoke the update.

cd? ~\freedv_ptt
git pull
sudo dpkg -i freedv_ptt.deb

...and that should do it.
You'll now see an update.sh file in the freedv_ptt folder. any future upgrades will be done with ./update.sh

Easy peasy and thank you.
de W2JON

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM, <Yo8rc@...> wrote:

Can I upgrade with a direct order?

Not at this time. I will work on this in the future.


-JJ

P.S.

For those of you running DE hardware, I've also included the 3.01 sound file in the download folder and a script to "downgrade" and recompile the sBitx app.



To run this, open terminal and type:

cd Downloads
./DE_sb_sound.sh

I published a new, preconfigured, Raspberry Pi image for the sBitx this evening.

This is the production version, code name, "Field Day".

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sBitx 64 Bit Production Version 1 - Code Name "Field Day"

This is the production release of the sBitx 64 bit Raspberry Pi Image that is preconfigured with popular ham radio software including sBITX Toolbox, FreeDV PTT, and the sBitx app.?

What's New
Updated to the latest kernel (6.6.31) including all security patches as of 6.9.2024
sBitx version 3.025
Hardware RTC enabled
Version 2.06 version of sBITX Toolbox
Version 2.45 of FreeDV PTT by W2JON
GridTracker version 1.24.0512
WSJTX
JTDX
JS8Call
XDX
FLDigi
and more..
Additional tweaks and behind the scenes enhancements installed to improve responsiveness


I have been working with W2JON and included his application into the build as well. This is a robust version and includes his excellent product.

As a reminder, the current 32 bit version shipped from HF Signals and GigaParts is running "Buster". This version is no longer supported as of June 30, 2024. See ? The 64 bit version in this build is "Bookworm" and runs fine on all Raspberry Pi 4 platforms with the sBitx software.

Please see the instructions on the release page for details. ? The link to the Pi image is stored on my Google Drive in the link.txt file.









Thanks,
JJ