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All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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Looking very nice. Terry - KB8AMZ Brimfield Twp, OH USA EN91hd Linux User# 412308, Ubuntu User# 34905,?PCARS#78, NAQCC#6668, QRP-ARCI#8855, SKCC#14195
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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Jack Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell. paypal invoice to oberman.l@... On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote: All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display
replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that
gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in
the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB
fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on
the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44)
using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio
board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of
SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have
also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along
with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it
so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if
questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:14:09 PM EDT, Laurence Oberman <oberman.l@...> wrote:
Jack Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell. paypal invoice to oberman.l@...
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: > All: > > As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display > replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that > gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in > the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB > fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on > the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) > using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio > board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of > SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have > also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along > with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with. > > BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it > so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if > questions remain, let us know. > > > > Jack, W8TEE > Al, AC8GY >
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Jack & Al, Please consider a Max-Kit with everything we need to make our uBitx into the ultimate uBitx with option of display size.? It looks fantastic. -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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Jack
I originally purchased a pcb (ver 1) but have not moved forward waiting the outcome of changes. Is ver 4 the final? ?If so I would like to buy one. Understand the desire/drive of development and engineering so hope you at close if not final
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On Sep 18, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:14:09 PM EDT, Laurence Oberman < oberman.l@...> wrote:
Jack Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell. paypal invoice to oberman.l@...On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: > All: > > As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display > replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that > gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in > the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB > fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on > the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) > using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio > board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of > SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have > also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along > with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with. > > BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it > so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if > questions remain, let us know. > > > > Jack, W8TEE > Al, AC8GY >
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Hello Jack and Al, ? I finally (!) completed the uBITX kit and it works to some degree…need to do more checking to make sure everything is OK. ? I believe I had already signed up for a “JACKAL” board, but if not, here we go! ? I am currently trying to find a decent (!) bezel for the 5 inch touch screen display. I am currently printing a Thingiverse one, and will share with the group if successful. I may have to sketchup something if this don’t work. Anyone else using a 5inch and have a plan for the bezel? ? Thanks for all you do. ? Regards, ? Jack Wilker KB9KJO ? Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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From: Art OlsonSent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:58 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [BITX20] JackAl System Preview ? Jack I originally purchased a pcb (ver 1) but have not moved forward waiting the outcome of changes. Is ver 4 the final? ?If so I would like to buy one. Understand the desire/drive of development and engineering so hope you at close if not final Art N2AJO?
On Sep 18, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:14:09 PM EDT, Laurence Oberman <oberman.l@...> wrote: Jack
Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell.
paypal invoice to oberman.l@...
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<jjpurdum=[email protected]> wrote:
> All:
>
> As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display
> replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that
> gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in
> the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB
> fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on
> the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44)
> using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio
> board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of
> SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have
> also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along
> with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
>
> BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it
> so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if
> questions remain, let us know.
>
>
>
> Jack, W8TEE
> Al, AC8GY
>
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We don't even use a bezel and it still looks very good. One reasons is because, unlike an LCD, the screen fits flat to the chassis...there are no "bumps" from the solder connections to the LCD. You might hold off until you see what the screen looks like.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 1:32:52 PM EDT, Jack Wilker via Groups.Io <jack.wilker@...> wrote:
Hello Jack and Al, ? I finally (!) completed the uBITX kit and it works to some degree…need to do more checking to make sure everything is OK. ? I believe I had already signed up for a “JACKAL” board, but if not, here we go! ? I am currently trying to find a decent (!) bezel for the 5 inch touch screen display. I am currently printing a Thingiverse one, and will share with the group if successful. I may have to sketchup something if this don’t work. Anyone else using a 5inch and have a plan for the bezel? ? Thanks for all you do. ? Regards, ? Jack Wilker KB9KJO ? Sent from for Windows 10 ?
From: Art OlsonSent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:58 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [BITX20] JackAl System Preview ? Jack I originally purchased a pcb (ver 1) but have not moved forward waiting the outcome of changes. Is ver 4 the final? ?If so I would like to buy one. Understand the desire/drive of development and engineering so hope you at close if not final Art N2AJO?
On Sep 18, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:14:09 PM EDT, Laurence Oberman <oberman.l@...> wrote: Jack
Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell.
paypal invoice to oberman.l@...
On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<jjpurdum=[email protected]> wrote:
> All:
>
> As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display
> replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that
> gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in
> the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB
> fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on
> the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44)
> using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio
> board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of
> SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have
> also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along
> with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
>
> BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it
> so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if
> questions remain, let us know.
>
>
>
> Jack, W8TEE
> Al, AC8GY
>
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We don't see any further changes being made to the board after V4.0. Once we've had some testing time with it, we'll go into production and start selling it. I would say that all of the remaining hiccups are my software problems and changes I need to make/fix. However, given the testing and turn around time, it should be pretty easy to get things fixed in a couple of weeks.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:58:45 PM EDT, Art Olson <olson339@...> wrote:
Jack
I originally purchased a pcb (ver 1) but have not moved forward waiting the outcome of changes. Is ver 4 the final? ?If so I would like to buy one. Understand the desire/drive of development and engineering so hope you at close if not final
On Sep 18, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io < jjpurdum@...> wrote:
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:14:09 PM EDT, Laurence Oberman < oberman.l@...> wrote:
Jack Please add me as a definite buyer when you have some to sell. paypal invoice to oberman.l@...On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: > All: > > As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display > replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that > gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in > the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB > fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on > the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) > using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio > board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of > SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have > also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along > with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with. > > BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it > so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if > questions remain, let us know. > > > > Jack, W8TEE > Al, AC8GY >
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We considered this, but the addons are from $79 to $89 depending on what you get. The discount offered by the display people is like 3% for 10 and about the same for the Teensy, so there's not much to be gained from our point of view. We plan on selling through a distributor so we'll mention the idea to them, too.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 12:56:50 PM EDT, Lee <mr.olson@...> wrote:
Jack & Al, Please consider a Max-Kit with everything we need to make our uBitx into the ultimate uBitx with option of display size.? It looks fantastic. -- Lee - N9LO? "I Void Warranties"
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Looking good. And hopefully just in time for xmas
73
Tim
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Jack and Al,
I concur. I also would prefer a “all in one place” maxi purchase. Many of us have Macs and cannot use Ian’s utility program. Will we also be able to utilize the Jackal? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:58 PM, Mike Lichtman wrote:
Many of us have Macs and cannot use Ian’s utility program.
This may be a little out of date, but I was able to get the CEC "Memory" manager to work on the Mac. /g/BITX20/message/50329I'm happy the JackAl board is finally making it out, though. Tom, wb6b
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If you can run the Arduino IDE, I don't see why not. The software is all on the board. If you can't run the IDE, go to a school lab, borrow a Windows machine, ciompile/upload, take home and plug in...done!
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 3:58:45 PM EDT, Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme@...> wrote:
Jack and Al,
? ? I concur. I also would prefer a “all in one place” maxi purchase. Many of us have Macs and cannot use Ian’s utility program. Will we also be able to utilize the Jackal? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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can this be adapted to small tft displays? the cost of going from a 2.4 inch to this display is quite high.
- f
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:34 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
If you can run the Arduino IDE, I don't see why not. The software is all on the board. If you can't run the IDE, go to a school lab, borrow a Windows machine, ciompile/upload, take home and plug in...done!
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 3:58:45 PM EDT, Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme= [email protected]> wrote:
Jack and Al,
? ? I concur. I also would prefer a “all in one place” maxi purchase. Many of us have Macs and cannot use Ian’s utility program. Will we also be able to utilize the Jackal? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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Hi Jack and Al, Wow awesome project.? Please add me to the buyer's full kit list with a 7" LCD option. Keep up the good work.? 73's? Mans. 9H1GB?
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, 02:04 Jack Purdum via Groups.Io, <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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Im sure you could but there is a lot of stuff on that display. At some point it gets too small and almost unusable. Testing it now. ?
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On Sep 18, 2018, at 11:19 PM, Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...> wrote: can this be adapted to small tft displays? the cost of going from a 2.4 inch to this display is quite high.
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You're added to the list!
Jack, W8TEE
On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 7:24:51 AM EDT, Mansueto Grech <mansueto.grech@...> wrote:
Hi Jack and Al, Wow awesome project.? Please add me to the buyer's full kit list with a 7" LCD option. Keep up the good work.? 73's? Mans. 9H1GB?
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, 02:04 Jack Purdum via Groups.Io, <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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Hello Jack, I’m very interested, Please add me also to buyer’s list with a 7” LCD option. Paypal Invoice to f1apy(at)orange.fr (please replace (at) by @) Very good stuff 73’s de Jacques – F1APY ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BITX20] JackAl System Preview? You're added to the list! On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 7:24:51 AM EDT, Mansueto Grech <mansueto.grech@...> wrote: Hi Jack and Al, Please add me to the buyer's full kit list with a 7" LCD option. ? On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, 02:04 Jack Purdum via Groups.Io, <jjpurdum=[email protected]> wrote: All:
As some of you know, Al Peter (AC8GY) and I have been working on a display replacement for the ?BITX for quite some time. We have a preview video that gives an overview of the JackAl system. There are some software hiccups in the preview that should be fixed soon. We just sent Rev 4.0 off to the PCB fabricator which should be the final version of the board. All SMD's are on the board. JackAl makes use of either 5" or 7" 800x480 displays ($34-$44) using the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller ($30) and its companion audio board.($14) for the DSP. The Teensy has 1Mb of flash memory and 256K of SRAM, or which we are using less than 20% and 15%, respectively. We have also brought out a dozen "empty" pins for you to experiment with so, along with the I/O pins, there plenty of resources left to play with.
BTW, pay particular attention to the ALS Tuning it uses. It really makes it so much easier to zero in on a station. Details are in the video, but if questions remain, let us know.
Jack, W8TEE
Al, AC8GY
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If we went to a screen that small, I think we'd drop the touch screen feature and do complete menu system. The costs aren't cheap compared to those display sizes (e.g., > $10 versus $34), but 5" at 800x480 is nothing to throw rocks at and is easier on the eyes for us old people. Also, quite a few have adopted the Nextion display and they cost twice as much as ours and are about half the size. Also, we give you an experimenters platform with a dozen empty pins and idle resources to play with (see feature set below). Also, we have a pretty robust feature set:
5” or 7” TFT Touch Screen 800x480 TFT Color Display
Dual VFO
RIT
S Meter
Real Time Clock (add optional battery)
50 CW Preset Messages, selectable at runtime
Touch Screen Band Selection
Touch Screen Buttons for function selection and control
Dual Encoders: Frequency Tuning, ALS Tuning, Program Input
Frequency Tuning:
??? Standard
??? ALS Tuning--ALS Tuning: Special tuning using the second encoder. If the
??????????? frequency increment is set to 1KHz, ALS Tuning sets the second
??????????? encoder to one-tenth the increment of the primary tuning rate. This
??????????? allows for rapid tuning to an approximate frequency using the main
??????????? encoder and then using ALS Tuning with the second encoder to fine ??????????? tune the signal. Once you use it, you'll wonder how you lived without it.
?? ?CW presets (3dB bandwidth): 150 Hz, 300 Hz, 400 Hz, 600 Hz
?? ?SSB presets (3dB bandwidth): 1500 Hz, 1800 Hz , 2200 Hz, 3000 Hz
EEprom storage of user preferences and CW code presets
3 external hardware buttons for CW code messages (e.g., contest exchanges)
Based on Teensy 3.6 Microcontroller with Audio Shield
Hardware AGC using IF take-off
Mic Compressor with adjustable threshold
Mic 8-band equalization
Receive Audio Filter
48 dB/octave (8 pole equivalent DSP filters)
2 Variable bandwidth filters – user-defined knee frequencies with Rotary Encoder control
Audio AGC with adjustable threshold
Variable Notch filter, encoder adjustable, use specified Q
CW code to Text converter
Code Practice Oscillator Mode
About a dozen I/O pins to play with plus 800K of free flash memory, 200K of free SRAM,
???? all clocked at 180MHz
Finally, this is Rel. 1.0 of the software. We think we can do some pretty clever stuff with Rel. 2.0. You can see these board in the video here:
We also think the system is flexible enough to adapt to other inexpensive rigs. Al and I plan to experiment with this after JackAl is released.
Jack, W8TEE
On Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 1:18:36 AM EDT, Ashhar Farhan <farhanbox@...> wrote:
can this be adapted to small tft displays? the cost of going from a 2.4 inch to this display is quite high.
- f
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:34 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum@...> wrote:
If you can run the Arduino IDE, I don't see why not. The software is all on the board. If you can't run the IDE, go to a school lab, borrow a Windows machine, ciompile/upload, take home and plug in...done!
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 3:58:45 PM EDT, Mike Lichtman via Groups.Io <tchrme= [email protected]> wrote:
Jack and Al,
? ? I concur. I also would prefer a “all in one place” maxi purchase. Many of us have Macs and cannot use Ian’s utility program. Will we also be able to utilize the Jackal? 73 Mike KF6KXG
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