Re: split the group

#74694

See the help page, you are automatically member of all subgroups and get all messages in the digest etc. So it is organized but not fractured.

Subgroups

Groups.io supports subgroups. A subgroup is a group within another group. When viewing your group on the website, you can create a subgroup by clicking the 'Subgroup' tab on the left side. The email address of a subgroup is of the form [email protected].

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Re: Hashtags!

#74693

Or use?

Subgroups

Groups.io supports subgroups. A subgroup is a group within another group. When viewing your group on the website, you can create a subgroup by clicking the 'Subgroup' tab on the left side. The email address of a subgroup is of the form [email protected].

Not too many, but maybe per product (BITx/uBITx/versions ?) and divided if needed for hardware and software

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Re: mbitx V5 versus V6

#74692

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Aaargh.?

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On Jan 7, 2020, at 21:33, Ashhar Farhan <farhanbox@...> wrote:

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Phillip,
We have discovered that the Indian customs have opened quite a few of our boxes and packed them back badly. HF Signals is committed to replacing all of them. Write to hfsignals@... with pictures.
- f

On Wed 8 Jan, 2020, 2:52 AM Philip, <philip.g7jur@...> wrote:
Mine turned up with damage. The volume pot broken off the the board, marks on the touch screen, and damage to the corners of the case. Also chipped paint work.
Philip G7JUR

Re: Hashtags!

#74691

Aren't we simply missing a Forum structure based on subjects? That would more or less self organise

With some help of moderators per subject.

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Re: #case #parts #parts

#74690

Thanks Mo. You are most welcome.

We try to maintain the best quality in manufacture of our enclosures?

and kits and pay special attention to the packing aswell.

Thanks and best regards

Sunil?

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Re: for sale bitx 40.

Dave Dixon

#74689

I have a bitx 40 fully running? and cased in an excellway EF 01 with microphone.

it has a yellow 2 line lcd.screen ?70.00 plus post.Dave G0AYD.

Re: ubitxV6 Bricked? #v6

#74688

Update! I believe I figured out a fix to the white screen at not issue, committed to my pdq_gfx_update branch, f1ea1fd081d128895f336d0ca16de6246a422f2f.

The reason for not coming up appears to have nothing to do with power and everything to do with the initialization sequence in the drivers. It seems that my screen starts up in deep sleep mode sometimes, so by sending the right sequence to wake it up before initializing the driver, everything works as desired, no matter how many times I power cycle.

Thanks to everybody who chimed in here. I really appreciate you taking the time to help a stranger like me :)

Reed

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

#74687

Hey Andy,

I hope you got a good night's rest. I think I have a fix! The attached hex file for me has NOT white screened EVER in my testing. Prior to this commit (f1ea1fd081d128895f336d0ca16de6246a422f2f) I'd get a successful screen render once every blue moon. Now, I have yet to get a failed screen boot. Hopefully it solves the problem on your end too.

Reed

ubitx_v6.3.1_code.ino.hex

Re: ubitx #v6 Screen Speed Mod #v6

#74686

Added commit f1ea1fd081d128895f336d0ca16de6246a422f2f to this branch, which fixes the white screen startup issue for me.

Reed

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

Andy_501

#74685

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OK Reed Thanks it is getting late here now I will give it a look tomorrow.

On 2020-01-07 10:52 p.m., Reed N wrote:

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Hi Andy,

I'm not sure what specific zip file you're referring to, but it may be that the zip file just has the source code, and you would have to use the Arduino IDE in order to compile and load it onto your nano.

I've attached a .hex file that I just built from my pdq_gfx_update branch. Maybe you can load it?

Reed

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

Andy_501

#74684

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No I followed the instructions I gleaned from the group posts and the scant mfr's documentation and was kind of learning as I went. It was working at the end of the evening when I powered it down so I could go to bed for the night. I turned it on the next morning to continue familiarizing myself but when power was applied it simply came up a blank white screen with no signal or RF white noise coming from the speaker. I powered it down and restarted it holding the TUNE button at the same time but everything just stayed white and blank so it would not enter the initial start setup routines either.

When I first received it, the initial setup of the ref freq would not adjust to exactly 10 MHz but instead had to settle on 10.5 MHz; the Zero Beat Freq adjustment also did not set up as it was supposed to; I had to ballpark it at 11.055 MHz then rock the tuning control above and below until I could hear a reasonable audio sound quality of RF white noise rather than a clearly defined zero beat on a signal. In general the transceiver functions were seemingly working but the audio sound quality has always been tinny /water barrel like/ or Donald Ducky sounding. I was able to receive the Canadian time signal on 3330 KHz but the audio was not crisp and clear. I was unable to get into the software to adjust or check software parameter settings; partly because I had not progressed that far before it failed and partly because Nobody answered in any group posts with links , tutorials or comments about specifically running those manager type programs.

In addition to being an advanced amateur, I am a retired Electronics Engineering Technologist (35 yrs) with certification in the Pace electronic repair course; so I know enough not to go poking around in a willy nilly fashion.

cheers & 73 de VE4PER

Andy

On 2020-01-07 10:21 p.m., Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io wrote:

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Andy,

As I understand it, the uBitx worked fine when it arrived.
You did some stuff and now it does not.

> I am hoping they will just replace the whole daughter board combination of TFT display and nano board.?

Good luck with that.

Jerry

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 07:29 PM, Andy_501 wrote:

I am hoping they will just replace the whole daughter board combination of TFT display and nano board. If I upload Blink the status message says it transferred properly but on a power cycle restart the display comes up blank anyway. The USB comm portion seems like it is working with a valid transfer status message on the upload there is just no display. With no detailed tech info on programs or processes of diagnostic nature or configuration software to run from the laptop the only logical conclusion is that the display itself is what is defective It appears.

If I was familiar and experienced enough to be able to run some sort of other program modules like settings manager or memory manager or any other types I might be better able to come up with better half-split diagnosis. Like if I could load up a program and run it in say something like a single step or debug mode and get some feedback on statuses of what components were working and what wasn't that would be helpful. The only thing the Arduino GUI tool does is upload, which is apparently working to get hex code into memory but no associated GUI on the laptop to get any feedback.

Re: Help with troubleshooting Bitx40 - no transmit. #bitx40help

#74683

The transistor will fry if there is a strong signal on the input.
If you were to TX from your shack on a nearby antenna then Q13 will blow.

Raj

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At 08/01/2020, you wrote:
Would Q13 cause those resisters to fry?

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

#74682

Hi Andy,

I'm not sure what specific zip file you're referring to, but it may be that the zip file just has the source code, and you would have to use the Arduino IDE in order to compile and load it onto your nano.

I've attached a .hex file that I just built from my pdq_gfx_update branch. Maybe you can load it?

Reed

ubitx_v6.3.1_code.ino.hex

Re: ubitx #v6 Screen Speed Mod #v6

#74681

Hi Ashhar,

I had noticed that you inlined the other stuff, so I added the files to the project, but put them into their own folder within the ubitx project. That way, newbies don't have to know how to install libraries (since the important files from the library are in the ./PDQ_MinLib/ folder), but it still makes it clear that those files came from "elsewhere". Would you prefer that I "flatten" the structure, and put the PDQ library files directly in the main directory?

Reed

Re: Help with troubleshooting Bitx40 - no transmit. #bitx40help

#74680

No but they are in parallel with junctions?of the transistor so if it is shorted internally they will read zero...

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 8:29 PM <Hetzal@...> wrote:

Would Q13 cause those resisters to fry?

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

#74679

Andy,

As I understand it, the uBitx worked fine when it arrived.
You did some stuff and now it does not.

> I am hoping they will just replace the whole daughter board combination of TFT display and nano board.?

Good luck with that.

Jerry

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 07:29 PM, Andy_501 wrote:

I am hoping they will just replace the whole daughter board combination of TFT display and nano board. If I upload Blink the status message says it transferred properly but on a power cycle restart the display comes up blank anyway. The USB comm portion seems like it is working with a valid transfer status message on the upload there is just no display. With no detailed tech info on programs or processes of diagnostic nature or configuration software to run from the laptop the only logical conclusion is that the display itself is what is defective It appears.

If I was familiar and experienced enough to be able to run some sort of other program modules like settings manager or memory manager or any other types I might be better able to come up with better half-split diagnosis. Like if I could load up a program and run it in say something like a single step or debug mode and get some feedback on statuses of what components were working and what wasn't that would be helpful. The only thing the Arduino GUI tool does is upload, which is apparently working to get hex code into memory but no associated GUI on the laptop to get any feedback.

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

Andy_501

#74678

The V6 hex code file is missing when I unzip it. It shows up if I download the V5 zip file and extract it.

via my shoephone

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On Jan 7, 2020, at 21:47, Reed N <greenkid336600+groupsio@...> wrote:

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Hi Andy,

The default "Blink" sketch built into the Arduino IDE blinks the LED on pin 13 of the Arduino Nano, not the TFT screen. I'll take a stab and figuring out the white screen stuff tonight and will report back if I figure out a software-based fix.

In the mean time, since you can upload code, can you try uploading either Ashhar's master branch, or my pdq_gfx_update branch? In my experience, after uploading new code, the arduino resets and then the screen works.

Reed

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

#74677

Hi Andy,

The default "Blink" sketch built into the Arduino IDE blinks the LED on pin 13 of the Arduino Nano, not the TFT screen. I'll take a stab and figuring out the white screen stuff tonight and will report back if I figure out a software-based fix.

In the mean time, since you can upload code, can you try uploading either Ashhar's master branch, or my pdq_gfx_update branch? In my experience, after uploading new code, the arduino resets and then the screen works.

Reed

Re: ubitx #v6 Screen Speed Mod #v6

#74676

Reed,

I am keeping ubitx code free of any libraries that don't ship with standard arduino. Life is already tough for a newbie ubitx owner.

Can you back port the assembler code directly into the routines of nano-gui.cpp? I imagine that rewriting displayHline, displayVline and displayPixel are the only routines that need be fixed?

I can them pull them in.

- f

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On Wed 8 Jan, 2020, 8:38 AM W2CTX, <w2ctx@...> wrote:

Hope this is taken in a friendly way:
A post about interrupt driven encoder code should not have
a subject of ubitx #v6 Screen Speed Mod!? This happens
all the time and it confuses people!? Try starting a new
subject line.

> On January 7, 2020 at 9:58 PM Reed N <greenkid336600+groupsio@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I'm reluctant to accept PRs into the pdq_gfx_update branch until Ashhar gets it merged into his master, since it's usually best practice to keep each PR focused on a single change, but I'd be very interested in seeing your interrupt-based encoder branch, and definitely would recommend you create a PR for it to be merged into Ashhar's master after the pdq_gfx_update is merged in.
>
> Reed
>
>
>

Re: [BITxV6] BRICKED recovery help needed

Andy_501

#74675

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I am hoping they will just replace the whole daughter board combination of TFT display and nano board. If I upload Blink the status message says it transferred properly but on a power cycle restart the display comes up blank anyway. The USB comm portion seems like it is working with a valid transfer status message on the upload there is just no display. With no detailed tech info on programs or processes of diagnostic nature or configuration software to run from the laptop the only logical conclusion is that the display itself is what is defective It appears.

If I was familiar and experienced enough to be able to run some sort of other program modules like settings manager or memory manager or any other types I might be better able to come up with better half-split diagnosis. Like if I could load up a program and run it in say something like a single step or debug mode and get some feedback on statuses of what components were working and what wasn't that would be helpful. The only thing the Arduino GUI tool does is upload, which is apparently working to get hex code into memory but no associated GUI on the laptop to get any feedback.

On 2020-01-07 9:16 p.m., Reed N wrote:

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Andy,

Are you sure that your nano is broken? On my bench setup,? my screen comes up all white fairly often, but not every time. In fact, whenever I reset the nano, the screen works, so I don't think it's a broken nano at this point, but rather a power sequencing issue of some sort. If this is the case, then it may not matter how many nanos you try.

Reed