Aaron,
The best solution is to get a new card.? Amazon has them with next-day delivery if you are a Prime member.? The low cost is not worth waiting to spend the gas to go to the store.:
Did you try the SD Foundation formatter?? That has worked for some of the problem cards that I have had.
The other option is IF you are comfortable that you know which disk you are changing using the Windows Disk Management tools, you could try removing the partition in the 128Gb card and set up a primary partition of just 32Gb formatted to FAT32.? I believe that I read where this has worked.? The danger is that changing the wrong disk drive could wipe out your PC or lose data.? This is not worth the risk for a $6 expense.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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The party continues.? Evan I'm pretty sure that both of the Nextion Displays (2.8" & 3.5") are basic and are touchscreen. The SD card that I was using was no good. Now the only Micro SD card that I have is a 128GB that is planned for my Raspberry Pi. I tried that one and discovered Windows will not format a SD card larger than 32GB to a FAT32 Format. My 128GB card was formatted to EXFAT and my Nextion Displays will not accept EXFAT, only FAT32. So I will be looking for a way to format my 128GB SD Card to FAT32 until I can get someone to take me to the store.? to be continued............ -- '72
Aaron K5ATG
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Hi Jonathan,
Your statement is correct for the software in the Nano on the Raduino board.? For the 1.2 version of the software, you need to know if you have a v5 or later uBitx, the type of display you will be using, and if you will be adding a second Nano for other processing like S meter or Morse decoding.? That is described in the FileNameInfo.txt file in the zip archive.? For a Nextion display, you want either the?UBITXV5_CEC_V1.200_NX.hex for a single Nano system or the?UBITXV5_CEC_V1.200_NX_S.hex for the two Nano uBitx system.
The Nextion model comes into play with the screen files loaded into the Nextion.? Those are very dependent on the model and size.? The original model used was the 2.4" Basic Nextion.? Then the files were converted?to larger displays and the Enhanced Nextion version.? The recent addition of the Discovery and Intelligent models requires the original HMI files of the appropriate size to be recompiled with the new editor.? Size is important as the Nextion systems are bitmapped graphics and not scalable.? That may have changed since the last time I worked with the Nextion editor.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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I went through all of the posts I could find about the difference between the basic and enhanced Nextions for the upgrade: I may have missed something in the volume of posts, but the prevailing opinion was that it made no difference to the KD8CEC firmware in using either a basic or enhanced model.
73
Jonathan
G5LUX
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Re: DAYLIGHT RADIO - PLASTIC TOROID MASTER
For VHF work, do not ignore the lowly brass. They make excellent cores for toroids as well as solenoid inductors.
I have used solid teflon on hf. It gave good result but the best is RF grade Nylon.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 9:03 AM Mark - N7EKU < n7eku@...> wrote: The test would be to measure the Q of a solid 3d printed toroid vs a hollow form one,
I couldn't find any posts about that, are there some here?? G3YNH talks a lot about materials, but mostly relating to capacitors where it makes a big difference.? For formers he just quotes two amateurs who did some experiments on dowels vs PVC antenna loading coils.? I'm not sure I would discount anything at this point without doing serious measurements.? And remember, in measuring coil Q everything needs to be controlled, such as coil placement from nearby surfaces and objects for example.
Micrometals uses phenolic material for their VHF toroid cores yet according to the chart it is a poor choice.? I hardly think they would choose something that give poor coil Q when they could have chosen PS for example.
Another good test would be to purchase some phenolic cores (material 0) and then copy it on a 3D printer and make Q measurements.
73
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Re: DAYLIGHT RADIO - PLASTIC TOROID MASTER
I have used solid teflon on hf. It gave good result but the best is RF grade Nylon.
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 9:03 AM Mark - N7EKU < n7eku@...> wrote: The test would be to measure the Q of a solid 3d printed toroid vs a hollow form one,
I couldn't find any posts about that, are there some here?? G3YNH talks a lot about materials, but mostly relating to capacitors where it makes a big difference.? For formers he just quotes two amateurs who did some experiments on dowels vs PVC antenna loading coils.? I'm not sure I would discount anything at this point without doing serious measurements.? And remember, in measuring coil Q everything needs to be controlled, such as coil placement from nearby surfaces and objects for example.
Micrometals uses phenolic material for their VHF toroid cores yet according to the chart it is a poor choice.? I hardly think they would choose something that give poor coil Q when they could have chosen PS for example.
Another good test would be to purchase some phenolic cores (material 0) and then copy it on a 3D printer and make Q measurements.
73
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Re: DAYLIGHT RADIO - PLASTIC TOROID MASTER
The test would be to measure the Q of a solid 3d printed toroid vs a hollow form one,
I couldn't find any posts about that, are there some here?? G3YNH talks a lot about materials, but mostly relating to capacitors where it makes a big difference.? For formers he just quotes two amateurs who did some experiments on dowels vs PVC antenna loading coils.? I'm not sure I would discount anything at this point without doing serious measurements.? And remember, in measuring coil Q everything needs to be controlled, such as coil placement from nearby surfaces and objects for example.
Micrometals uses phenolic material for their VHF toroid cores yet according to the chart it is a poor choice.? I hardly think they would choose something that give poor coil Q when they could have chosen PS for example.
Another good test would be to purchase some phenolic cores (material 0) and then copy it on a 3D printer and make Q measurements.
73
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Re: Farhan's Analog Again The Daylight Radio
I am updating the stl files. I will link them up on the blog page of the Daylight radio. - f
Where can the .STL files for the 3d printed plastic toroids be found?
The PTO VFO one I have found easily. But the toroids are proving more elusive.?
Or is that left as an exercise to the homebrewer??
I have the audio chain built and starting on the product detector and BFO, so I'll soon get closer to the VHF, TX filters and the RX band pass filter and the toroids become more relevant.?
-Ismo OH2FTG
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Re: DAYLIGHT RADIO - PLASTIC TOROID MASTER
Never mind, sorry, I just re-read Ashhar¡¯s post:
¡°Ashhar Farhan Aug 15
. . . The inside of the toroid should be hollow and it not hollow it should have as little in-fill as possible. This is the key to high performance 3D printed toroids . . . ¡°
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Re: DAYLIGHT RADIO - PLASTIC TOROID MASTER
Here is one of the 25mmToroid.stl files printed in PLA at 5% infill, then cut open with a small angle grinder. It looks like more internal open space is needed. Has anyone figured out layer thickness, infill proportion, etc. similar to Ashhar¡¯s toroids?
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KD8CEC Standalone Source vs Hex missmatch on Pin definitions?
Been staring at the source for Ian Lee's standalone S-meter and SWR. See? In uart_forward.cpp, at line 75 and 78 we have the definition of PINs for passthru of the Nextion protocol from the main processor:
#define TX_PIN 9
#define RX_PIN 8
However, if you look at his explanation at:?
In the illustration, he is clearly using RX pin (D!) for read from the main nano..Output is D9 as specified above.? The pre-compiled Hex files use RX/D1 and D9 so the diagram is correct.
Is this just a difference in the final selection of which pins to use and the source is just out of synch with the pre-generated HEX files? Or is there something more subtle that I am just missing. (I had thought that using RX on a nano was problematical because it is hardwired to the USB connection).
Thanks for any enlightenment you can share.?
73
Mark
AJ6CU
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Aaron,
That is a basic screen.? Is there an R or N after the number?? If an N, then it is not a touch screen.
You can test the file load using the supplied power adapter without connecting the serial communication lines.? It should come up to the power on screen.? Do this before you install the screen.
I have found that some microSD cards will not work, even after formatting.? Sometimes the SD Association formatter will resurrect a card.? Other times I had to get a new microSD card to get it to load.
You do need a touch screen model for the files to load.
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Evan,
Can you share the HMI files? Trying to collect all the Nextion screens in one place. See
I am not sure I have your designs?
73
Mark
AJ6CU
PS: Aaron - The 3.5" is often mounted upside down so that the sdcard is up. Not sure if the screens that Evan shared were flipped, but that has to be done in the Nextion editor and a different ttf file created. I respect Evan's choice on screens, but if you need a flipped ones another design is here:?
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Thnks Evan, I'm pretty sure that I have the basic one. Here is the number NX4832T035_011 -- '72
Aaron K5ATG
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Hi Aaron,
Thank you for the compliment.
The correct file to use with the Nextion microSD card de[ends on the model of the Nextion display.? I would look up the model number on the Nextion site to see which model it is:
Most of the files provided are for either the Basic or Enhanced models.? There have been posts on using the .hmi files and the newest Nextion editor to work with the other models.
The correct is the one that matches the model that you have.? The file that you listed is for a basic 3.5" model.? If you have an Enhanced model, it would be UBITX_35_E.tft.
If the above does not help, please post the model number that you have and I will look up the correct 3.5" file to use.
If you have a basic or enhanced version, I prefer this Nextion screen layout:
73
Evan
AC9TU
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Re: Farhan's Analog Again The Daylight Radio
Where can the .STL files for the 3d printed plastic toroids be found? The PTO VFO one I have found easily. But the toroids are proving more elusive.?
Or is that left as an exercise to the homebrewer??
I have the audio chain built and starting on the product detector and BFO, so I'll soon get closer to the VHF, TX filters and the RX band pass filter and the toroids become more relevant.?
-Ismo OH2FTG
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Re: sbitx software bug-or-feature
#sBitx
The IF would be another one that would benefit?greatly from a per band stored setting.
If you make some changes John would you mind sharing them on here, I want to "fix" that issue with the IF but haven't had time to do so yet, might try to sit down with it tomorrow evening.
I found the /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini file that lists the starting values.
Now to find the code that should keep these values current Band/Mode session to session.
John?
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Re: Daylight radio toroids
Ah,
I expect folks were discussing ferrite toroids used in power applications (antenna and PA transformers) where designs have to be well done or else there can be high losses and/or damage to the cores.
As long as one doesn't need large inductance which then requires many turns, they are great (and the core can be free if you make it yourself).? Your example is what a good one would look like for sure.
73
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Re: sbitx software bug-or-feature
#sBitx
I found the /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini file that lists the starting values.
Now to find the code that should keep these values current Band/Mode session to session.
John?
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Re: Github repository for KD8CEC Nextion screens
Mark
Thank you very much for this great informations and for the files. These are very helpful.
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Thanks again.
vy 73 de Salvi - HB9GBY
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Aaron K5ATG
Craig Wadsworth
Ismo V??n?nen OH2FTG