Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed
In my vigor and enthusiasm to learn the arduino tools and Xloader
I appear to have completely lost the display; all I get is a blank
white screen and it does not enter the setup screen when I power
it up with the tune button help. I believe the term that describes
effect of my experimenting is "BRICKED" hihi
Prior to current state I had managed to receive CHU Canada time
signal on 3330 KHz ; audio quality wasn't great due to BFO but
definitely rx was finally working OK.? Had confirmed TX and RX
were both functioning OK and moved onto code fam to be able to
access software and software settings. Turned it all off to go to
bed and this morning just a blank white screen on power up.
Hence my humble request for some assistance in de-bricking it !
So where might I find a link to download the latest V6 full
software install and maybe a step by step description of how to
install it properly again. Also Memory Manager and software
settings manager software for V6
Thanks
Andy
On 2020-01-07 07:57, Evan Hand wrote:
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Andy,
I have found that the BFO adjustment will make the uBitx sound
terrible, tinny and full of high pops. Adjusted properly, the rigs
(I have 3) all sound good.? Not great like my IC-7300, but good.
I would recommend trying the attached procedure, assuming that you
have a device with internet and mic capability.? It works well,
and will let you know visually that the rig's BFO is adjusted as
best it can be.
NOTE: you will need a microphone connected and allow access to it
to use the audio spectrum analyzer on the HFSignals web page. It
works with my ipads and iphones if you do not have a pc/laptop
with mic.
Original post from Farhan:
/g/BITX20/message/74079
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
Hi Evan, My webpage is hosted for free on a private server and the host has asked I not put any PayPal links on the page for whatever reason.
You can still order via PayPal by emailing me your request and my PayPal address is w0eb@....
Full kit $10 postpaid.
Jim - W0EB
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Sent: 1/7/2020 10:41:00 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter #ubitx #v6
Jim,
I could not find an order link on the web page.? How do I purchase one?? I have ordered your Raduino clone in the past.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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I ordered a uBITX case kit from Sunil at amateurradiokits.in several weeks ago. After ordering the standard case, I realized I wanted to upgrade to the NEXTION 5 inch one.? ?My confused ordering efforts were patiently handled by Sunil and I was rewarded with a marvelous case kit with all the necessary hardware and extra features of AGC, Audio and preps for future mods.? The powder coating was beautiful and everything was high quality.? The packing and shipping was very satisfactory and I was surprised at the speed of delivery.? Sunil was a pleasure to work with.? Thank you, Sunil!
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
The thing that made me nervous about it was they didn't say it was compatible with the Arduino IDE or its libraries.? If it was compatible, they would have said that.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 11:57:18 AM EST, Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io <jgaffke@...> wrote:
The RobotDyn SAMD21 board looks similar, but is not a Nano plug in replacement.
For starters, there are 14 pins on each side vs 15 on the Nano.
The Raduino uses all available Nano pins, so the RobotDyn board will be short two.
The pin functions printed on the silkscreen show no attempt at compatible pin ordering
between the RobotDyn and the Nano.
It is a 3.3v processor vs 5.0v for the Nano.
Not a deal breaker but could require a few adjustments to be made.
Jerry, KE7ER
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 08:12 AM, <wb2cba@...> wrote:
I found this on amazon. It looks like it is pin compatible with arduino nano. I wonder if this can be used to replace nano with arm processor alternative.
RobotDyn - SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 Core Compatible with Arduino M0 Form Mini and Pinhead soldered- Arduino m0 pro Compatible SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 core (Pinheaders Soldered)
73
Barb WB2CBA
-- Jack, W8TEE
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
Thanks Kees, The only drawback we've found is that you can only use 3.3V compatible I/O as the Teensy 4's input/output pins are NOT 5 volt tolerant. ?Bear that in mind when using it. ?We spell that out explicitly in all our documentation.
Jim, W0EB
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Sent: 1/7/2020 10:03:48 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter #ubitx #v6
Good job TSW Gang. This may be applicable to other Nano projects.
73 Kees K5BCQ
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
Evan, My webpage's host (private server) has requested I NOT put a PayPal link on the page - he is feuding with them.
You can order by sending the listed fee via PayPal to w0eb@...
Jim, W0EB
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Sent: 1/7/2020 10:41:00 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter #ubitx #v6
Jim,
I could not find an order link on the web page.? How do I purchase one?? I have ordered your Raduino clone in the past.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
The RobotDyn SAMD21 board looks similar, but is not a Nano plug in replacement.
For starters, there are 14 pins on each side vs 15 on the Nano.
The Raduino uses all available Nano pins, so the RobotDyn board will be short two.
The pin functions printed on the silkscreen show no attempt at compatible pin ordering
between the RobotDyn and the Nano.
It is a 3.3v processor vs 5.0v for the Nano.
Not a deal breaker but could require a few adjustments to be made.
Jerry, KE7ER
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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 08:12 AM, <wb2cba@...> wrote:
I found this on amazon. It looks like it is pin compatible with arduino nano. I wonder if this can be used to replace nano with arm processor alternative.
RobotDyn - SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 Core Compatible with Arduino M0 Form Mini and Pinhead soldered- Arduino m0 pro Compatible SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 core (Pinheaders Soldered)
73
Barb WB2CBA
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Re: UBITX6 Will Not Select 17 Meters
Just catching up. ?As I recall the JackAl mod didn¡¯t allow you to select 17 meters from the display (could type in 18.xxx mhz though)... and I remember a post from Jack saying that the uBITx was not designed for 17 meters... but I guess it was since its on the v6 display??? ? That¡¯s not confusing. ? -- ¡_. _._
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
Jim,
I could not find an order link on the web page.? How do I purchase one?? I have ordered your Raduino clone in the past.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
I found this on amazon. It looks like it is pin compatible with arduino nano. I wonder if this can be used to replace nano with arm processor alternative.
RobotDyn - SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 Core Compatible with Arduino M0 Form Mini and Pinhead soldered- Arduino m0 pro Compatible SAMD21 M0-Mini 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 core (Pinheaders Soldered)
73
Barb WB2CBA
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
Good job TSW Gang. This may be applicable to other Nano projects.
73 Kees K5BCQ
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One group that I belong to has sub groups in it so you still log into the same group yet there are sub categories. ?I do see where this would be a slight issue when a problem is across all versions but it might clean up things a litte. ?Just sayin....
Curt M.
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Re: UBITX6 Will Not Select 17 Meters
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:36 PM, Andy_501 wrote:
maybe once we stumble onto a basic tutorial on using Arduino coding we will get familiar enough to understand what appears now to be baffle-gab hihi
Andy, try this:? /g/BITX20/message/74213 ?- Bill? KB3T
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Re: New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter
#ubitx
#v6
OOps, somehow I missed getting that manual in the website's main directory as well as in the documentation directory so all browsers could find it. ?Should be there now, but just in case here it attached as a PDF file for you Skip.
sorry about that,
Jim - W0EB
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Sent: 1/6/2020 11:06:11 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] New Teensy 4.0 to NANO direct plug in adapter #ubitx #v6
Jim I tried to see the adapter board manual and the link returned the dreaded 404 message, you might check it at your end.
On Jan 6, 2020, at 19:50, Jim Sheldon <w0eb@...> wrote:
?TSW (the Triumvirate Skonk Worx of W0EB, W2CTX and N5IB) are pleased to announce the immediate availability of an inexpensive plug-in adapter that will allow a PJRC.com Teensy 4.0 with a 600 MHz processor and lots of flash program memory to directly replace the NANO in a V6 uBITX Raduino!
We also have available (open source) software for same Teensy 4.0 that runs and looks almost exactly like the original factory V6 software except it's many times faster and with lots of program space, has a few extra niceties built in.?
The adapter kit is available now, and details on how to purchase one can be found on the TSW website - .? The software is also available in the "uBITX files directory via the link near the top of the page on the TSW website.
I have one running extremely well on an actual Version 6 uBITX (basic kit) that I received a day before Christmas.?
I built it up using a 3D printed front panel & base I designed using the factory supplied acrylic front panel template for dimensions.
One nice thing about using the Teensy 4 instead of the NANO aside from the display speed is that it eliminates many of the birdies associated with the various oscillators on the NANO board and I can detect NO tuning clicks when the encoder is turned.?
The only drawback is with the 3.3V max input levels for the Teensy 4.0, the Factory's keyer code had to be abandoned, R2 had to be removed and the trace that goes from input pin A6 to the NANO and the "KEYER" pin on the 18 pin right angle connector must be cut to use the adapter with a V6 Raduino.? If this isn't done, +5V gets applied to the A6 input pin on the Teensy and will destroy the ADC in the Teensy.? We tried applying 3.3V to the Vcc side of R2 but the voltage divider outputs weren't read reliably by the Teensy's ADC and the keyer didn't work well at all.? We re-wrote the keyer to use the A6 and A7(spare) inputs with A6 being the DOT input and A7 being the DASH input.? This also requires a separate jack for the paddles but makes the keyer really sing if the mods are done.
TSW also plans our own Raduino Clone for the V6 that will have pluggable jumpers to cover removing the voltages and will operate exactly as a Factory Raduino using a NANO or by setting the jumpers work with the Teensy 4/adapter in place of the nano without cutting any traces or removing R2.? This will be available as soon as the PC boards get here and are tested, possibly next week sometime.? It's dimensions will be such that with the 2.8" ILI9341 TFT display mounted, it will directly replace a Factory Raduino.? It will be offered only as a kit but the kit price will be reasonable.? With the kit, the display and Teensy will not be supplied as they are readily available via PJRC and other suppliers.
Jim, W0EB
TSW Project Coordinator
We also plan on another Raduino Clone that will
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Re: [BITxV6] Rcvr audio quality & diagnostic processes
Andy, I have found that the BFO adjustment will make the uBitx sound terrible, tinny and full of high pops. Adjusted properly, the rigs (I have 3) all sound good.? Not great like my IC-7300, but good. I would recommend trying the attached procedure, assuming that you have a device with internet and mic capability.? It works well, and will let you know visually that the rig's BFO is adjusted as best it can be. NOTE: you will need a microphone connected and allow access to it to use the audio spectrum analyzer on the HFSignals web page. It works with my ipads and iphones if you do not have a pc/laptop with mic. Original post from Farhan: /g/BITX20/message/7407973 Evan AC9TU
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Re: CW Audio High Pitched and Thin
#cw
Thanks John,
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I hadn't seen that setting before. I'm sure that is the same setting that is available in Memory Manager. I will give it a try tonight.? ? I did not understand that there was a separate BFO calibration for SSB and CW.? Can anyone explain why there needs to be a separate BFO calibration for CW?
73,
Dean
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Re: Ubitx V6 Nextion 2.8" Display Modification
Perhaps an sd card extender would be the solution. I use one on my 3d printer.
73
MM0BEF_______ Brian
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Re: CW Audio High Pitched and Thin
#cw
Hello Dean,
I simply used the settings from the menu on the rig. First enable settings, then return to the menu and extra settings are available like for the ssb bfo adjustment.
I set mine so that I cut as much as possible the higher audio tones. It means that I most likely let some of the low audio frequencies of the opposite side band through, but it is more pleasant than the full ssb bandwidth when listening to cw imo.
73, John
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I'd strip it down. Put it back to original specs, then work your way up. Just my 2 cents worth.?
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 1:16 AM Ron-NE0X story < ne0xron@...> wrote: how much news can the fake news fake, while the fake news fakes, fake news?
i have a v3 i took on trade, wont work on cw, has a small board added that has something to do with cw, has a push button switch on it. im trying to find out what it is and maybe determine if i am doing something incorrectly or should just remove the board? ron ne0x
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how much news can the fake news fake, while the fake news fakes, fake news?
i have a v3 i took on trade, wont work on cw, has a small board added that has something to do with cw, has a push button switch on it. im trying to find out what it is and maybe determine if i am doing something incorrectly or should just remove the board? ron ne0x
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Jim Sheldon
MadRadioModder
Barb WB2CBA