Re: Care and Feeding of SMD Parts
I find it's easier to get the strip started if I put down a strip of double-sided sticky tape on a piece of cardboard, put the carrier for the SMD on the strip and use a small piece of tape on the
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Thomas Sharka
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#40892
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Re: MAX9814 mic preamp and DC bias capacitor
I used another mic housing with a DPDT switch and wired it so voltage is supplied only when PTT is engaged. I am using a CR2032 3v button cell. Seems to work fine, but I have not compared the stock
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jlco001@...
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#40891
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Re: Nextion Display
Which STM32???
There's a whole bunch of them, from Arm Cortex M0's to M7F's.
The M0 is extremely cheap, can be well under a buck for the chip.
The M7F has caches,memory mapping, and floating point,
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Jerry Gaffke
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#40890
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
Although not strictly required, it is recommended to remove C91/C92 for better performance in USB mode.
C91/C92 used to be required for the analog VFO. You can safely remove them when the Raduino is
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Allard PE1NWL
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#40889
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
I am running a old Alpha version of 1.18 I have not upgraded in a long time.
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David
?N8DAH
Kit-Projects.com ( http://www.kit-projects.com )
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N8DAH
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#40888
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Re: Spare/replacement part
The inductors for the Bitx40 are described by Farhan at the bottom of
? ??http://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/2017/11/23/bitx40-circuit-description/
If you want to buy cores, I'd first look at? ?
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Jerry Gaffke
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#40887
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
Might be my problem too as discussed in another thread here today.
Missed that C91/91 removal in the latest sketch comments.
KC9SGV
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KC9SGV <kc9sgv@...>
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#40886
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Re: Nextion Display
Fred:
Are you running the Nextion from the STM32? No driver issues?
Jack, W8TEE
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 2:13 PM
Subject: [BITX20] Nextion Display
I may be late
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Jack Purdum <jjpurdum@...>
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#40885
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Re: #Bitx40 Mic Pre-amp MAX9812
#bitx40
I had reports of it being muddy. I will try and make another recording w/o it and try and get it posted when I have more time to play with it. Over all it seems to be an improvement but will have to
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N8DAH
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#40884
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
Umm, actually he will need to go from Farhan's stock firmwre to v1 or v2 of Allard's firmware.
Either that or hack the analog BFO such that it operates 3 or 4 khz higher than the usual
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Jerry Gaffke
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#40883
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Re: Fixing a blown Raduino board
I use Raduino_v1.27.7 for BITX40 - Allard Munters PE1NWL
What is that ticking noise with the DDS knob stationary ?
Bernie,
KC9SGV
jjpurdum@...> wrote:
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KC9SGV <kc9sgv@...>
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#40882
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Re: #Bitx40 Mic Pre-amp MAX9812
#bitx40
What did the audio sound like without the pre amp?
72/73 de Chas ai4ot
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Charles D. Smith
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#40881
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
Yes to your question C91/91 will attenuate the usb signal to much so they should be removed. You do not have to change firmware or go to V2 for this to work
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David
?N8DAH
Kit-Projects.com (
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N8DAH
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#40880
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Re: Fixing a blown Raduino board
No, the BitX40 code and the related hardware mods were developed specifically for the BitX40.
The code is NOT compatible to the ?BITX!
73 Allard PE1NWL
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Allard PE1NWL
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#40879
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Re: Bitx40 USB mod
USB is best done on the Bitx40 by upgrading to Allard's firmware:
? ??https://github.com/amunters/
You need to choose between his Bitx40 and Bitx40-raduino-v2 branches.
Both take some minor
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Jerry Gaffke
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#40878
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Re: Second batch of uBITX shipping?
#ubitx
Ordered uBITX on Dec 17. The order was acknowledged. No word as of yet since my order was acknowledged... ...Still waiting for shipment notice and tracking#.
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KK6VLV
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KK6VLV
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#40877
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Spare/replacement part
T2 on my Bitx40 is intermittent. By that I mean, if I nudge it my receiver cuts out, if I move it, it comes back on. I have re-soldered the circuit board connections and have removed T2 from an old
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Michael Davis <maddmd818@...>
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#40876
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#Bitx40 Mic Pre-amp MAX9812
#bitx40
Thought I would share some settings on playing with a mic pre-amp with the Bitx40.
I am using a MAX9812L
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N8DAH
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#40875
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Nextion Display
I may be late to the party, but I have just discovered the NEXTION?display. I am using it on my BitX. What makes it really neat is the software that can be downloaded from the manufacturer's site. It
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Dr Fred Hambrecht
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#40874
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Bitx40 USB mod
Hello everyone!
I want to buy bitx40 and use it as my portable station. I mostly operate digital modes and I am looking for help to add USB mod to bitx40.
I have found some information for that mod
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skreblins00@...
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#40873
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