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Re: sBITX V3 Display and Enclosure Considerations

 

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Aaron - based on this, I would say you have answered your question on which way to go.? Good luck with your woodwork.

Gerry Sherman

Sent by the Windows 11 Thunderbird

On 2024-02-15 16:21, Aaron K5ATG wrote:

The laptop display is no longer part of the laptop. I removed the LCD screen from an old trash laptop and got a driver for it and now it can be used as an external display.?
Here are some pics of it:

Here is the driver board for the laptop display.


Here is the front of the laptop display as it is being used as a display for the sBITX. Nothing fancy to it, just have everything screwed down to a board until I figure something better out.?
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'72
Aaron?
Re: sBITX V3 Display and Enclosure Considerations

 

The laptop display is no longer part of the laptop. I removed the LCD screen from an old trash laptop and got a driver for it and now it can be used as an external display.?
Here are some pics of it:

Here is the driver board for the laptop display.


Here is the front of the laptop display as it is being used as a display for the sBITX. Nothing fancy to it, just have everything screwed down to a board until I figure something better out.?
--
'72
Aaron?
Re: sBITX V3 Display and Enclosure Considerations

 

If I may suggest, occasionally read the conversations in the other topic. Why am I saying that?
Because it was discussed a few days ago that the laptop has a monitor output, meaning you can connect an external monitor to it.
But you can't use your laptop's monitor as an external monitor because it doesn't have a video input (it only has an output).

There are descriptions on the net that they use an adapter with hdmi input and usb output.
You can also see comparison pictures of it, where it turns out that this is not a good solution.

So using the laptop and VNC can be a good solution.
Or you can use an external hdmi monitor connected to the output of the RPi, even two if there is no dsi screen.

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Gyula HA3HZ
Re: sBITX V3 Display and Enclosure Considerations

 

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Aaron - since you have the old laptop display and you say the original Pi display is small, I would go with that route unless somebody has a better reason not to.? Mine is a V2 in its original enclosure, but I will be running V3.01 software to start.? Another ham had to give up the hobby for medical reasons and sold off about $1375.00 worth of equipment.? I took almost half of it (sBIT and accessories, and a dual trace 150 Mhz. o'scope/signal generator).? He had an 8Gb. Pi installed.? WK4DS had some ready-to-go uSD versions for sale & I took a set.? All of my operating will be done portable as I can't get an antenna up at my apartment.? I'm waiting for some better weather to take my medical scooter out.? I had to hang the car keys up over 4 years ago - lost my license over age-related medical issues.? Since you say you are using the toolkit, does it just install like a normal program, or do you have to compile from source code?

Incidentally, "Winterpeg"isn't living up to its name.? There was a joke making the rounds recently that someone was going to file a missing season report with the police.? There has been no skating on the rivers this winter - ice is too thin.? The snowmobilers and skiers and the businesses that serve them are crying in their beer.

Gerry Sherman

Sent by the Windows 11 Thunderbird

On 2024-02-15 09:27, Aaron K5ATG wrote:

Hey everyone,
A couple of weeks ago I had a surgery on my back and it is taking a lot longer to recover from than expected. I needed two surgeries on my back, one on each side. The one on the right side i was up and walking around the next day. The one on my left side was two weeks ago and I am still recovering from it. So for now I'm STILL stuck in bed. I do know that this year I will be in better shape than what i have been in for the past decade. I'm here in bed looking out of my window and it is starting to look like Spring is arriving early. About half of my bonsai trees are starting to really bud out. My friends are starting to ride out to the local parks and do something of a city park version of POTA. I can't wait to join them.?

I am lucky enough to have a sBITX v3. The more I use this radio the more I love it. With the toolbox and other stuff people have been sharing, it is now a better radio than it was when I got it. However it is still without an enclosure. I am so paranoid about it that I have it hanging on my wall so that nothing can accidentally be put on it and short it out. While I'm recovering from surgery I'm ordering components and hardware for me to build an enclosure for it.? Since I have a lot of experience with? woodworking and using a scroll saw, I have decided that it will be a wooden enclosure. Perhaps when I ever get a 3D printer or someone comes out with an aftermarket enclosure like has been done with the uBITX then I can look into other options. For now I need some help in deciding what I want the enclosure to be. I'm not an electronics wizard so I am hoping that you guys will see a problem that I am blind to. I have three different versions of enclosures and I would like to decide which one to use. I use the radio mostly at home. Once my physical condition gets better in a few months I want to be able to load it up on my recumbent trike and take it to the park. Here at the house I use a 15" display that is out of an old laptop. The display is just screwed to a board so I need to figure out an enclosure for it also. Below I will do my best in describing the different options for an enclosure that I am looking at. So if you guys see something completely boneheaded and will not work, let me know. Its why I'm posting to you guys.?
Version 1`:
This will use the 7" RPI display so it will be basically a full kit version of the V3 but with a homemade enclosure instead of the nice one from HF Signals. I really like this option because it is fairly small, it can fit on my trike and pretty clean. My problem is I have a little trouble seeing everything on the small display. Having this version and being able to hook up a larger display would be a big plus. Since I have an extra 7" display, I have even considered making a dual display version.?
?
Version 2:
Same as version 1 but build it with my 15 inch laptop display instead of the RPI display. I will lose the touch screen option but I don't ever use that anyway. It will not be as efficient or portable but it will still fit on my trike and I can see the display easier. I have thought of making a screen protector that will protect the display while in transport and it can be used as a sun screen while operating outside.?

Version 3:
This is the simplest design. Make it with no onboard display at all and just connect what ever external display that I have given the situation.?

Personally I like version 1 and being able to use a external display would be great.?

Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas of your own. If you could please post pics of what you are using for a enclosure.?
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'72
Aaron?
Re: Ubitx v6 for sale

 

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Doug, how to pay you? I am interested at $130 plus postage.

mike K7LYF

On 2/15/2024 9:30 AM, doug.repairs.it@... wrote:

Board kit no enclosure.? All original parts, 8 ohm Gento speaker, audio output module is just setting on screen to display.? Missing a few of the small screws.? Got started, lost interest.? Asking 150,? but please make an offer if interested.? Thanks

Doug
KD0DAM

Ubitx v6 for sale

 

Board kit no enclosure.? All original parts, 8 ohm Gento speaker, audio output module is just setting on screen to display.? Missing a few of the small screws.? Got started, lost interest.? Asking 150,? but please make an offer if interested.? Thanks

Doug
KD0DAM

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Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

VU3HZW,

I do not know where the v1.8 comes from.? The last KD8CEC version is 1.2.? The compiled hex code is here:


Where did you get v1.8?

Mark's GitHub has a memory manager replacement that works on other PC OSes.? You could try that.?


Another possibility is to use the "yellow text box" part of the Nextion/KD8CEC software to edit settings.? You get to it by holding in the encoder until a 16x2 yellow box mimics the original uBitx 16x2 character display.? It requires more steps to turn on the calibration sub-menu, then adjust and finish with a brief PTT click.?

73
Evan
AC9TU
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

Hello Evan!

Firstly thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

You answer help me to understand the importance of uBitx Manager for EEPROM update. I don't have any windows laptop at the moment. All linux distros don't work with uBitx Manager ( now that's a different story).? I will get a Windows system.

Current code is a direct hex from KD8CEC v1.8

Yes, I am currently trimming Mark's code to fit in the tiny nano.

?

This is want I have understood. v1.8 KD8CEC stock don't update EEPROM. Am I right when I say this?

?

73s
sBITX V3 Display and Enclosure Considerations

 

Hey everyone,
A couple of weeks ago I had a surgery on my back and it is taking a lot longer to recover from than expected. I needed two surgeries on my back, one on each side. The one on the right side i was up and walking around the next day. The one on my left side was two weeks ago and I am still recovering from it. So for now I'm STILL stuck in bed. I do know that this year I will be in better shape than what i have been in for the past decade. I'm here in bed looking out of my window and it is starting to look like Spring is arriving early. About half of my bonsai trees are starting to really bud out. My friends are starting to ride out to the local parks and do something of a city park version of POTA. I can't wait to join them.?

I am lucky enough to have a sBITX v3. The more I use this radio the more I love it. With the toolbox and other stuff people have been sharing, it is now a better radio than it was when I got it. However it is still without an enclosure. I am so paranoid about it that I have it hanging on my wall so that nothing can accidentally be put on it and short it out. While I'm recovering from surgery I'm ordering components and hardware for me to build an enclosure for it.? Since I have a lot of experience with? woodworking and using a scroll saw, I have decided that it will be a wooden enclosure. Perhaps when I ever get a 3D printer or someone comes out with an aftermarket enclosure like has been done with the uBITX then I can look into other options. For now I need some help in deciding what I want the enclosure to be. I'm not an electronics wizard so I am hoping that you guys will see a problem that I am blind to. I have three different versions of enclosures and I would like to decide which one to use. I use the radio mostly at home. Once my physical condition gets better in a few months I want to be able to load it up on my recumbent trike and take it to the park. Here at the house I use a 15" display that is out of an old laptop. The display is just screwed to a board so I need to figure out an enclosure for it also. Below I will do my best in describing the different options for an enclosure that I am looking at. So if you guys see something completely boneheaded and will not work, let me know. Its why I'm posting to you guys.?
Version 1`:
This will use the 7" RPI display so it will be basically a full kit version of the V3 but with a homemade enclosure instead of the nice one from HF Signals. I really like this option because it is fairly small, it can fit on my trike and pretty clean. My problem is I have a little trouble seeing everything on the small display. Having this version and being able to hook up a larger display would be a big plus. Since I have an extra 7" display, I have even considered making a dual display version.?
?
Version 2:
Same as version 1 but build it with my 15 inch laptop display instead of the RPI display. I will lose the touch screen option but I don't ever use that anyway. It will not be as efficient or portable but it will still fit on my trike and I can see the display easier. I have thought of making a screen protector that will protect the display while in transport and it can be used as a sun screen while operating outside.?

Version 3:
This is the simplest design. Make it with no onboard display at all and just connect what ever external display that I have given the situation.?

Personally I like version 1 and being able to use a external display would be great.?

Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas of your own. If you could please post pics of what you are using for a enclosure.?
--
'72
Aaron?
Re: sBitx no receive unless I restart the application

Harald Holt
 

Hi Dave and Farhan,

I am on V3.02 and have the same experience as Dave.?

Harald
Re: Sbitx rig control from laptop?

 

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 05:19 AM, Evan Hand wrote:


The line numbers you listed do not match the 3.02 sbitx.c program.? What are
the changes that you are making?
Evan, the line numbers I gave were wrong - I was looking at the wrong version ...

I'm ok with either testing for hardware version, or just assignment of the the version. Once that is done, the tr_switch function at line 1226 should do othe right thinig.

But down at line 1400 and 1402 dont't we call tr_switch_v2 and clatter the relays no matter what hardware we have? Those are the lines I change to tr_switch ...
Re: Sbitx rig control from laptop?

 

Mike,

The line numbers you listed do not match the 3.02 sbitx.c program.? What are the changes that you are making?

Here is a copy of the comment that I made on the DE vs V2 detection process:

Using the i2c read to identify the sbitx version is not a good idea.? There are DE mods to add the SWR/Power sensor that would fail this test and assign V2 to a DE relay machine.? I suggest removing the test in the settings function and only using the assignment of sbitx_version.

Remove:
//detect the version of sbitx
uint8_t response[4];
if(i2cbb_read_i2c_block_data(0x8, 0, 4, response) == -1)
sbitx_version = SBITX_DE;
else
sbitx_version = SBITX_V2;

Since there are fewer DE sbitx, include a note to change the assignment DE:
int sbitx_version = SBITX_V2;
to
int sbitx_version = SBITX_DE;

And then ./build.

Evan

AC9TU
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

VU3HZW,

I am not able to get to my shack to verify the following.? This is from memory and what files I have on my kitchen laptop.

There are features of the KD8CEC software that can be selected when the sketch is compiled.? Two of these are related to the calibration process.? If they are not selected when the program is compiled and downloaded using the Arduino IDE, then the EEPROM data will not be updated.? ?The selections are in the ubitx.h folder.? Here is the list of the features from the folder:

//==============================================================================
// User Select feather list
//==============================================================================
/*
//Enable all features
#define FN_BAND? ? ? ? ?1 //592
#define FN_VFO_TOGGLE? ?1 //78
#define FN_MODE? ? ? ? ?1 //20
#define FN_RIT? ? ? ? ? 1 //58
#define FN_SPLIT? ? ? ? 1 //62
#define FN_IFSHIFT? ? ? 1 //238
#define FN_ATT? ? ? ? ? 1 //128
#define FN_CW_SPEED? ? ?1 //152
#define FN_VFOTOMEM? ? ?1 //254
#define FN_MEMTOVFO? ? ?1 //188
#define FN_MEMORYKEYER? 1 //156
#define FN_WSPR? ? ? ? ?1 //1044
#define FN_SDRMODE? ? ? 1 //68
#define FN_CALIBRATION? 1 //666
#define FN_CARRIER? ? ? 1 //382
#define FN_CWCARRIER? ? 1 //346
#define FN_CWTONE? ? ? ?1 //148
#define FN_CWDELAY? ? ? 1 //98
#define FN_TXCWDELAY? ? 1 //94
#define FN_KEYTYPE? ? ? 1 //168
#define FN_ADCMONITOR? ?1 //516
#define FN_TXONOFF? ? ? 1 //58
*/

The issue is that not all features can be loaded simultaneously.? There are two ways to get around the limitation:
1 - Change the features to include calibration and drop other features so that the program fits in the Nano
2 - Use the Windows PC-based Memory Manager to write the values to the EEPROM

The largest feature is WSPR, so removing that feature allows all other features to be loaded.? If you want WSPR capability, I would use the Memory Manager to save the calibration data to EEPROM.? Memory Manager is available here:


Mark AJ6CU has updated the KD8CEC Nano Program and developed a Memry Manger program to replace the originals from Dr. Lee.? Those efforts are on his GitHub site here:


Mark has put much effort into the KD8CEC/Nextion software, taking up where Dr. Lee left off.? I have since moved to the sbitx radios and have not worked with the uBitx besides some mods for friends.? Those have not included using Mark's software.

If you are happy with the screen and operation of the uBitx and you have a Windows PC, I would go with the Memory Manager from KD8CEC.? I believe there is a rudimentary manual on the KD8CEC blog.


I hope that the above helps.
73
Evan
AC9TU
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

Okay its a duplicate thread

Original Thread

/g/BITX20/topic/32401431
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

Is this the same

/g/BITX20/topic/32401431
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

  • Yes.
  • I press the PTT to save
  • Value 280000 ( Master Calibration is saved? ) - Zero Beat Menu Value - 30 or 32 (Both sounds good for me)
  • Power Cycle
  • Calibration Lost
  • Read the value from config menu - Reads 280000
  • Need to calibrate (Zero Beat) again to 30 or 32

?
Re: Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

Are you pressing the mic ptt to save the calibration value to the eeprom?

73
Evan
AC9TU
Calibration Lost after power cycle KD8CEC v1.8

 

Issue: Calibration lost after power cycle
Firmware: KD8CEC v1.8 with Nextion 3.5 inch
Rig: uBitx v5
Steps to reproduce
  1. Go to *Set Calibration*
  2. Turn the encoder to zero beat? ( Value 30 works for me )
  3. Verify the audio quality.
  4. Master calibration is now set at 280000 (Config Menu Display)
  5. Restart/Power Cycle
  6. Observation: Calibration is lost, even though the master calibration value stores 280000 (Config File Menu Display)
I end up always zero beating before use ?
73s
VU3HZW
Re: sBITX Toolbox - A great companion for the sBitx transceiver is now available for public release #file-notice #sBitx #sbitx_v2 #sBITX_v3 #wiki-notice

 

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 07:49 PM, Jeff Duce wrote:
Here's what I get under the toolbox directory.
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Thanks Jeff.

It appears that the json files are missing..

Here is how to create the json fille for the launcher in terminal..
cd sBITX-toolbox
touch launcher.json

If you want to create a blank sBITX Manager file, then also do this in terminal..
cd sBITX-Manager
touch sbmanager_config.json

Now run the toolbox launcher and/or memory manager and add some stuff. Close, then reopen.? See if this helps.

If that doesn't work, then maybe there is a permission issue in the folders.



-JJ
Re: Bitx40 issues, version 2

 

Thank you - I bet that information will be most helpful. Due to life I will not be able to update until the weekend, but willl reload correct firmware, and post results!
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