We're all set to start shipping out the zBitx units in batches starting next week and customers?should?receive your tracking number once their unit is ready to ship out.
Meanwhile, we wanted to introduce the zBitx and offer you an insight into the making of the zBitx so that you can appreciate the work and effort that goes into manufacturing these radios.
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Here is a short video of the zBitx in action:?
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We'd like to share some updates from the zBitx assembly line at our facility in Hyderabad, India.
Once the boards arrived, the team started with the assembly. They put together all through hole parts such as the coils, connectors, regulators, headers, etc.
These boards were then handed to the next team who soldered the IRF MOSFETS and mounted them to the back panel, that serves as the heatsink.?
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While this was in progress, another team started work on the display board and soldered on the display, Raspberry Pico, encoder, connectors, and speaker.
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Once the display boards were completed and integrated with the RF board, they went through a round of mechanical and electrical inspection.? Once this was done, the boards were ready for the enclosure.
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After testing, the radios were packed along with the test report and kept ready for dispatch.
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The dimensions of the radio are 139x84x37mm and weighs about 385 grams without the 18650 batteries and about 485 grams with batteries.
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Since there was a lot of confusion about the 18650 batteries for the zBitx, here is a photo of the batteries we used during testing. They do not come with tabs and are flat topped. Please note, batteries aren't included in the package.
Podpora vysokofrekven?ního signálu p?es <support=[email protected]> schrieb am Fr. 28. ?nor 2025 um 10:23:
V?ichni jsme p?ipraveni za?ít dodávat jednotky zBitx v dávkách od p?í?tího t?dne a zákazníci by měli obdr?et va?e sledovací ?íslo, jakmile bude jejich jednotka p?ipravena k odeslání.
Mezitím jsme vám chtěli p?edstavit zBitx a nabídnout vám pohled na v?robu zBitx, abyste mohli ocenit práci a úsilí, které je do v?roby těchto rádií vlo?eno.
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Zde je krátké video zBitxu v akci:
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https://youtu.be/3NSLHjw3Egg Rádi bychom se s vámi podělili o některé novinky z montá?ní linky zBitx v na?em závodě v indickém Hyderabadu.
Jakmile desky dorazily, t?m se pustil do montá?e. Spojují v?echny díly s pr?chozími otvory, jako jsou cívky, konektory, regulátory, headery atd.
Tyto desky byly poté p?edány dal?ímu t?mu, kter? p?ipájel IRF MOSFETy a namontoval je na zadní panel, kter? slou?í jako chladi?.
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Zatímco to probíhalo, jin? t?m za?al pracovat na zobrazovací desce a p?ipájel displej, Raspberry Pico, kodér, konektory a reproduktor.
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Jakmile byly zobrazovací desky dokon?eny a integrovány s RF deskou, pro?ly kolem mechanické a elektrické kontroly. Jakmile to bylo hotovo, desky byly p?ipraveny k ohradě.
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Po testování byly vysíla?ky zabaleny spolu s protokolem o zkou?ce a p?ipraveny k odeslání.
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Rozměry rádia jsou 139x84x37mm a vá?í cca 385 gram? bez baterií 18650 a cca 485 gram? s bateriemi.
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Vzhledem k tomu, ?e ohledně baterií 18650 pro zBitx bylo mnoho nejasností, zde je fotografie baterií, které jsme pou?ili během testování. Nejsou dodávány s poutky a mají ploch? vr?ek. Vezměte prosím na vědomí, ?e baterie nejsou sou?ástí balení.
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We're all set to start shipping out the zBitx units in batches starting next week and customers?should?receive your tracking number once their unit is ready to ship out.
Meanwhile, we wanted to introduce the zBitx and offer you an insight into the making of the zBitx so that you can appreciate the work and effort that goes into manufacturing these radios.
?
Here is a short video of the zBitx in action:?
?
?
We'd like to share some updates from the zBitx assembly line at our facility in Hyderabad, India.
?
Once the boards arrived, the team started with the assembly. They put together all through hole parts such as the coils, connectors, regulators, headers, etc.
These boards were then handed to the next team who soldered the IRF MOSFETS and mounted them to the back panel, that serves as the heatsink.?
?
While this was in progress, another team started work on the display board and soldered on the display, Raspberry Pico, encoder, connectors, and speaker.
?
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Once the display boards were completed and integrated with the RF board, they went through a round of mechanical and electrical inspection.? Once this was done, the boards were ready for the enclosure.
?
?
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After testing, the radios were packed along with the test report and kept ready for dispatch.
?
The dimensions of the radio are 139x84x37mm and weighs about 385 grams without the 18650 batteries and about 485 grams with batteries.
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Since there was a lot of confusion about the 18650 batteries for the zBitx, here is a photo of the batteries we used during testing. They do not come with tabs and are flat topped. Please note, batteries aren't included in the package.
The micro USB is the pi , in the future if they decide to use USBC, hopefully in the same footprint we will just need to make the hole a little bigger?
The RPi Zero 2 W has two USB 2.0 ports, I guess you could use an interposer board and include a USB-C connector, but it would only work at USB-2.0 speeds and increase the size of the radio.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 5:06?PM Ken N2VIP via <ken=[email protected]> wrote:
The RPi Zero 2 W has two USB 2.0 ports, I guess you could use an interposer board and include a USB-C connector, but it would only work at USB-2.0 speeds and increase the size of the radio.
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the ports is for power, I don't think it provides data.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 5:06?PM Ken N2VIP via
<ken=[email protected]>
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The RPi Zero 2
W has two USB 2.0 ports, I guess you could use an
interposer board and include a USB-C connector, but
it would only work at USB-2.0 speeds and increase
the size of the radio.
?Je to dobrá zpráva pro v?echny ?ekající. Není pot?eba kolektiv HF Signals nutit ke spěchu. Dělají, co mohou aby v?e bylo v po?ádku a osazení desek, kompletace a testování se nedají nijak uspěchat bez zhor?ení kvality. Proto na ně netla?me a ?ekejme, na v?echny se dostane. Snad by mezitím mohl b?t ke sta?ení nějak? manuál nebo instruktá?ní video, jak TRX správně nakonfigurovat nebo provozovat. Také se sice nemohu do?kat ur?itě v?borného TRXu, kter? je brzy na cestě k nám. Lev OK2PLL
Vypadá to, ?e se obrázky v první zprávě nevykreslily správně, tak?e zde je repost:
V?ichni jsme p?ipraveni za?ít dodávat jednotky zBitx v dávkách od p?í?tího t?dne a zákazníci by měli obdr?et va?e sledovací ?íslo, jakmile bude jejich jednotka p?ipravena k odeslání.
Mezitím jsme vám chtěli p?edstavit zBitx a nabídnout vám pohled na v?robu zBitx, abyste mohli ocenit práci a úsilí, které je do v?roby těchto rádií vlo?eno.
?
Zde je krátké video zBitxu v akci:
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https://youtu.be/3NSLHjw3Egg Rádi bychom se s vámi podělili o některé novinky z montá?ní linky zBitx v na?em závodě v indickém Hyderabadu.
?
Jakmile desky dorazily, t?m se pustil do montá?e. Spojují v?echny díly s pr?chozími otvory, jako jsou cívky, konektory, regulátory, headery atd.
Tyto desky byly poté p?edány dal?ímu t?mu, kter? p?ipájel IRF MOSFETy a namontoval je na zadní panel, kter? slou?í jako chladi?.
?
Zatímco to probíhalo, jin? t?m za?al pracovat na desce displeje a p?ipájel displej, Raspberry Pico, kodér, konektory a reproduktor.
?
?
Jakmile byly zobrazovací desky dokon?eny a integrovány s RF deskou, pro?ly kolem mechanické a elektrické kontroly. Jakmile to bylo hotovo, desky byly p?ipraveny k ohradě.
?
?
?
?
?
After testing, the radios were packed along with the test report and kept ready for dispatch.
?
The dimensions of the radio are 139x84x37mm and weighs about 385 grams without the 18650 batteries and about 485 grams with batteries.
?
?
?
?
?
Since there was a lot of confusion about the 18650 batteries for the zBitx, here is a photo of the batteries we used during testing. They do not come with tabs and are flat topped. Please note, batteries aren't included in the package.
Je to dobrá zpráva pro v?echny ?ekající. Není pot?eba kolektiv HF Signals nutit ke spěchu. Dělají, co mohou aby v?e bylo v po?ádku a osazení desek, kompletace a testování se nedají nijak uspěchat bez zhor?ení kvality. Proto na ně netla?me a ?ekejme, na v?echny se dostane. Snad by mezitím mohl b?t ke sta?ení nějak? manuál nebo instruktá?ní video, jak TRX správně nakonfigurovat nebo provozovat. Také se sice nemohu do?kat ur?itě v?borného TRXu, kter? je brzy na cestě k nám. Lev OK2PLL
Lev, ?Neváhejte pou?ít P?eklada? Google, proto?e jazyk pou?ívan? na fóru je angli?tina. U?ivatelé nebudou kv?li va?emu rozmaru hledat p?ekladatele, ale va?i zprávu budou ignorovat.
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Lev, feel free to use google translate because the language used by the forum is English. Users will not look for a translator because of your whim, but will ignore your message.
Je to dobrá zpráva pro v?echny ?ekající. Není pot?eba kolektiv HF Signals nutit ke spěchu. Dělají, co mohou aby v?e bylo v po?ádku a osazení desek, kompletace a testování se nedají nijak uspěchat bez zhor?ení kvality. Proto na ně netla?me a ?ekejme, na v?echny se dostane. Snad by mezitím mohl b?t ke sta?ení nějak? manuál nebo instruktá?ní video, jak TRX správně nakonfigurovat nebo provozovat. Také se sice nemohu do?kat ur?itě v?borného TRXu, kter? je brzy na cestě k nám. Lev OK2PLL
Lev, ?Neváhejte pou?ít P?eklada? Google, proto?e jazyk pou?ívan? na fóru je angli?tina. U?ivatelé nebudou kv?li va?emu rozmaru hledat p?ekladatele, ale va?i zprávu budou ignorovat.
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Lev, feel free to use google translate because the language used by the forum is English. Users will not look for a translator because of your whim, but will ignore your message.
Jsem ve fázi ?ivota, kdy jsem si myslel, ?e mám v?echna rádia, která jsem kdy chtěl. Dokud jsem neviděl zBitx. Mo?ná pot?ebuji je?tě jednu.? 73 Michael N4MJR?
Hello, Now that I've purchased some flat top 18650s, I'm thinking that one could easily mix up polarity on these.? What happens if someone inserts both batteries backwards?? I'm assuming that full reversal of the EMF would cause damage and that having one cell reversed will simply decrease the voltage potential below the threshold required so no damage there.
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If it's possible to cause damage, are there recommendations for adding elements to prevent it?
If the board doesn't have polarity protection, I imagine you can add it with a small 2S 18650 BMS board. It'd also allow you to charge the batteries while they remain in the device if you wanted to do that, along with overcurrent/overcharge/over-discharge protection.
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