They are obsolete. Just had them lying around like you do.

Howard



On 6/24/2018 10:12 PM, ajparent1/KB1GMX wrote:

Early Dmos parts.? They are good, I still have some in the collection along with
VN66ak and a few VMP4s.? Whos selling them now?

Allison

I just want to pass on some discoveries I made today while upgrading my uBTIX to run KD8CEC V1.094 with a 2.8' Nextion Display.
...

Ian :?

I am very impressed with KB8CEC v1.094, this plus the Nextion Display is a real game changer for the uBITX !?
It feels like I am now using a new radio ;-)?

Can I make a suggestion for some future enhancements ?

1) Make the Tuning Step an on-screen button so that tapping on it will allow the selection of the tuning step.
?
? ?This is something that anyone using both CW and SSB will want to change all the time and it is difficult to get at currently.

2) Provide an on-screen button to access the CW settings.
? ?Things like offset and break-in delay don't get changed very often but ?CW operators who are using Iambic keying
? ?need to be able to quickly change code speed?. Also many of us use both?paddles and straight keys so it would also be nice to
? ?able to quickly access selection that from the display. This also makes adjusting an antenna tuner simpler if you can switch
? from Iambic to Straight Key and push the DIT paddle to generate a carrier.?

One thought is that you might be able to make it context sensitive so that buttons specific to CW operation only appear when the mode is CWU or CWL ??
Just a thought.?

Thanks for all of the great work on this !

Cheers

Michael VE3WMB?

I don't think Farhan meant to return anything from the function. As a test, change the function's signature from:

?? int menuBand(int btn){

to

?? void menuBand(int btn){

and see what happens. I didn't see any statements in any of the files where a return value from menuBand() is used in an assignment statement, so it should be OK using void.

Jack, W8TEE

On Sunday, June 24, 2018, 5:45:04 PM EDT, Howard Fidel <sonic1@...> wrote:

I am integrating my uBitx into an old HA 350 receiver? chassis. It has a band switch on it, so I want to program A7 to read the switch. I downloaded several different versions of code to find a good starting point. When I use any of Farhan's versions, I get a compile error:?

return-statement with no value, in function returning 'int' [-fpermissive]

?

It is a return in ubitx_menu in the if(!btn) statement that causes this.

I tried Ron, W2CTX's ubitx_V2_00R and i see what looks like coding errors, although it compiles. The error is that A7 is not declared, and digital dash is declared as A3. A3 is PTT
KD8CEC's uBitx_20 compiles.?

Any input on which code is best would be appreciated. I would also like to know how to fix the compiling error so I can reinstall the factory code if I need to.

Thanks,

Howard

Early Dmos parts.? They are good, I still have some in the collection along with
VN66ak and a few VMP4s.? Whos selling them now?

Allison

So, then, regarding the wire-up of the jack/switch/fuse/et cetera:? Positive pole of jack to one pole of fuse: other pole of fuse to one pole of switch: other pole of switch to red and brown wires of radio power connector.? That it???? Also, negative pole of jack to one pole of second fuse: other pole of second fuse to black wire of radio power connector, and to black end of diode: ring end of diode to positive pole of power jack.? Yes???

Thanks Jerry, Vince, Ralph and others
I cutted the pcb to disconnect capa and socket REF pin from the AREF
processor pin (if the problem have been a short capa or short circuit on
this part of PCB it may erase the problem)

BUT no change : i've still contact (0 ohm) between AREF processor pin
and ground (and 220mA if powered !)

So it looks like a bad nano board and i might have to change it (main
problem is to extract it without destroying raduino PCB as we discuss early)
1-Do you know if I can get spare Raduino and how (#ubitxsupport
#ubitxwarranty) ? perhaps i could get one as warranty feature, because
mine never worked fine (if possible with nano socket, or without nano
board -i've already some)
2-i'll try to borrow an air heater (looks fine for the job, Vince do you
have a link to yours ? 852, 878) or use diagonal cutters (perhaps
dremmel but i fear leaving a lot of small metal particles)
I'll give you news
73 - Remi

Today I upgraded my uBITX (v3) to use KD8CEC v1.094 and a Nextion 2.8" display, so I am now able to answer my
previous question about current draw of the display and whether the L7805 regulator on the Raduino board is up to the task
of powering this display.?

Prior to doing the upgrade I measured my RX current draw as 162.5 mA, running off of a 12.5 v SLA battery.?
A previous posting to this group established that the 16x2 LCD Display draws about 21 mA so the rig + Raduino (without LCD) should
be around 142 mA

With my Nextion 2.8" Display and backlight set to 100 % I am now seeing a total current draw for the uBITX of? 250 mA.

That indicates that my 2.8" Nextion Display is drawing about 108 mA.? ?

The L7805 regulator on the Raduino board is rated for at least 1A so it should be fine with a 250 mA total current draw.

I did go ahead and put a heatsink on it and I even used some silicon-based heatsink compound.?

For fun I took a meat thermometer and held it against the Heatsink and I got a reading of 56.5 C !
The rig had been powered up for over an hour.? This part is rated for up to 150 C.?

My recommendation is that if you are going to add the Nextion Display you should? put a TO-220 compatible heatsink on the L7805 5V regulator on the Raduino board.

Cheers

Michael VE3WMB?