Re: 7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
would like the gerbers for the board..I can get some made.
n2aie at arrl dot net
N2AIE
Vince
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Re: JackAl Display and Voltage Spikes
It should be worth it once the bugs are down to a minimum..
there are alot of uBITX kits out there...
I still have the 49er..pieces ready to get going as well..with the article in QST doing the same for this one (but not until there are more than a few successes should help with recouping your time invested..(which for me has been invaluable)..
Vince
N2AIE
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Re: JackAl Display and Voltage Spikes
?Will the circuit definitely need a pc or could it be done on something like prototype board? I am in the Uk so might it be easier to construct it from a circuit diagram?? Keith M6 OLP
On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 16:42, Eric Berman < kc3gdv@...> wrote: Jack
Would you have the PCB's available for pick up at FDIM???
Thanks
Eric? KC3GDV
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 3:38 PM jjpurdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
Two JackAl owners have reported that a voltage spike destroyed their RA8875 display. Al has looked into this and found that there is a very narrow voltage window on the display. Buydisplay confirms that 4V on the 3.3V line can ruin the display. From what we can determine, voltage spikes were the culprit in both cases.?
What we're doing is creating a very small PCB that will clamp the supply voltage to the display. Parts for the board will cost less than $2. We will send one of these PCB boards to JackAl owners at no charge with a request and a SASE. We will provide further details when the boards come in and announce their availability here. We are also expanding the documentation and hope to have a new assembly manual by week's end. Again, we will announce it here.
Jack, W8TEE Al, AC8GY ?
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Re: JackAl Display and Voltage Spikes
Jack
Would you have the PCB's available for pick up at FDIM???
Thanks
Eric? KC3GDV
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 3:38 PM jjpurdum via Groups.Io <jjpurdum= [email protected]> wrote: All:
Two JackAl owners have reported that a voltage spike destroyed their RA8875 display. Al has looked into this and found that there is a very narrow voltage window on the display. Buydisplay confirms that 4V on the 3.3V line can ruin the display. From what we can determine, voltage spikes were the culprit in both cases.?
What we're doing is creating a very small PCB that will clamp the supply voltage to the display. Parts for the board will cost less than $2. We will send one of these PCB boards to JackAl owners at no charge with a request and a SASE. We will provide further details when the boards come in and announce their availability here. We are also expanding the documentation and hope to have a new assembly manual by week's end. Again, we will announce it here.
Jack, W8TEE Al, AC8GY ?
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Re: JackAl Display and Voltage Spikes
You're right. It has consumed about 10hr/day, 24-7, for the past 18 months. I've learned a lot, and even though I've spent thousands on it which I doubt that I'll ever recoup, it's been a great learning experience.
Keep working on it...the end result is well worth it!
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7:30:49 AM PDT, Mark Hatch <mark2382@...> wrote:
Jack, Was out of country for a few weeks and lost track of this. Is it still the plan to provide this board (the comment this morning about the dead 7" reminded me of this). Thanks for everything you guys are doing! Bet this has been more worked than you could have imagined. Just got my base uBITX working, so after doing the obvious mods I am excited about tackling this! 73 Mark AJ6CU
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Re: JackAl Display and Voltage Spikes
Jack,
Was out of country for a few weeks and lost track of this. Is it still the plan to provide this board (the comment this morning about the dead 7" reminded me of this).
Thanks for everything you guys are doing! Bet this has been more worked than you could have imagined. Just got my base uBITX working, so after doing the obvious mods I am excited about tackling this!
73
Mark
AJ6CU
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Re: [QRPLabs] QCX QSO party on Monday 29th April
#qrp-dx
#qcx
This is true, and is the third time our site's been hacked. We are adding yet another security package and are "assured" by our ISP that the new software will take care of it. FOr now, stay away until the new software is installed. We will do a post when it's done.
On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:27:13 PM EDT, Al Holt <grovekid2@...> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 09:42 AM, jjpurdum wrote:
hamradiodesigns.com
This site might be hacked. I got some funny behavior when I tried going to the side and later some oddball stuff started popping up on my Chrome browser. I ran a scan of the site and got this:  The report is from Sucuri.net and I can't vouch for their accuracy. Just beware! 73, Al WD4AH
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Re: 7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
that is what i had and thought the display had failed but it
turned out to be a compiler error.? well programming error really.
try a new copy of the software and see what happens.
dave k7da
On 4/24/2019 5:06 PM, Vince Loschiavo
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Dave,
The display worked for a few weeks...then black.
the teensy is still good...no issues there.
vince
n2aie
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Re: 7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
Dave,
The display worked for a few weeks...then black.
the teensy is still good...no issues there.
vince
n2aie
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Re: Successful JackAl Builds
I also want to thank Jack and Al for a kewl project..I'm hoping that I can finally get things going.? trying some workarounds with the supply for display and have to wait for a replacement display.
Also waiting for a refresh on the Control cables drawings/ photos ..
vince
N2AIE
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Re: 7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
i also had a blank screen.? but what i found was some change in
compiling the code.?
go back and download and compile a known good copy of say .95
without making any changes and see what that does.? it worded for
me.? if you have done anything to the code try this.
if the 3.3v regulator went you would have scraped the teensy
also.
dave k7da
On 4/24/2019 6:10 AM, Vince Loschiavo
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So it seems that the 3.3 v on board(jackAl) regulator took a dump,
even with all heat sink and fan (cool to touch heatsink)..and
probably sent the 12 volts to the display..
this caused the display to go blank (had been working though for
the last couple of weeks), but I never got through the cal
routine.
Just when I finally broke the code, and was going to try v0.96,
nothing !
replaced the jackAl regulator, no help...display causing the
issue, pulled the 3.3v regulator on the display it appears to be
ok, now will try and see if it destroyed the RA8875 chip.
BuyDisplay not interested in helping with a replacement (probably
because the JackAl board caused the issue.
There needs to be a bit of a redesign to add AL's mod for 3.3v
protection to the board itself.
UGGG.
More to follow...had to order another display.? Not happy.
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Re: 7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
Yes, unfortunately BuyDisplay post-sale support sucks. We've had several displays go bad and they "test them" and say they are fine. Al does have the Gerbers for the protection board and I'm sure he'd share them.
Jack, W8TEE
On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 9:10:46 AM EDT, Vince Loschiavo <vince320@...> wrote:
So it seems that the 3.3 v on board(jackAl) regulator took a dump, even with all heat sink and fan (cool to touch heatsink)..and probably sent the 12 volts to the display..
this caused the display to go blank (had been working though for the last couple of weeks), but I never got through the cal routine.
Just when I finally broke the code, and was going to try v0.96, nothing !
replaced the jackAl regulator, no help...display causing the issue, pulled the 3.3v regulator on the display it appears to be ok, now will try and see if it destroyed the RA8875 chip.
BuyDisplay not interested in helping with a replacement (probably because the JackAl board caused the issue.
There needs to be a bit of a redesign to add AL's mod for 3.3v protection to the board itself.
UGGG.
More to follow...had to order another display.? Not happy.
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7 inch Display Destroyed $50.00 brick
So it seems that the 3.3 v on board(jackAl) regulator took a dump, even with all heat sink and fan (cool to touch heatsink)..and probably sent the 12 volts to the display..
this caused the display to go blank (had been working though for the last couple of weeks), but I never got through the cal routine.
Just when I finally broke the code, and was going to try v0.96, nothing !
replaced the jackAl regulator, no help...display causing the issue, pulled the 3.3v regulator on the display it appears to be ok, now will try and see if it destroyed the RA8875 chip.
BuyDisplay not interested in helping with a replacement (probably because the JackAl board caused the issue.
There needs to be a bit of a redesign to add AL's mod for 3.3v protection to the board itself.
UGGG.
More to follow...had to order another display.? Not happy.
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which pins are for the touchscreen?
dave k7da
On 4/22/2019 5:49 AM, jjpurdum via
Groups.Io wrote:
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Different lines are used for the touch screen. This allows
you to use the display w/wo touch. Check your wiring to the
display. I'll pass this to Al to see if he has any ideas.
Jack, W8TEE
On Monday, April 22, 2019, 12:49:39 AM EDT, k7da
<k7da@...> wrote:
Jack
does the touchscreen use the same data path
as the viewing screen?? i
ask because i get no response when trying to
do the calibration
routine.? is it possible to see the data
somewhere in the radio?
the calibration prints yellow lettering and a
very small dot in the
upper left corner but does nothing when
pressing the screen for a
while.? (10 seconds)
what is necessary to get the print routine to
print? ? debug was defined
in the jackal.h and the serial monitor in the
compiler turned on but
there is no data printed.? i would think that
with debug defined i
should get something on the monitor as soon
as the radio reboots after
loading the program
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Different lines are used for the touch screen. This allows you to use the display w/wo touch. Check your wiring to the display. I'll pass this to Al to see if he has any ideas.
Jack, W8TEE
On Monday, April 22, 2019, 12:49:39 AM EDT, k7da <k7da@...> wrote:
Jack
does the touchscreen use the same data path as the viewing screen?? i
ask because i get no response when trying to do the calibration
routine.? is it possible to see the data somewhere in the radio?
the calibration prints yellow lettering and a very small dot in the
upper left corner but does nothing when pressing the screen for a
while.? (10 seconds)
what is necessary to get the print routine to print? ? debug was defined
in the jackal.h and the serial monitor in the compiler turned on but
there is no data printed.? i would think that with debug defined i
should get something on the monitor as soon as the radio reboots after
loading the program
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Jack
does the touchscreen use the same data path as the viewing screen?? i ask because i get no response when trying to do the calibration routine.? is it possible to see the data somewhere in the radio?
the calibration prints yellow lettering and a very small dot in the upper left corner but does nothing when pressing the screen for a while.? (10 seconds)
what is necessary to get the print routine to print? ? debug was defined in the jackal.h and the serial monitor in the compiler turned on but there is no data printed.? i would think that with debug defined i should get something on the monitor as soon as the radio reboots after loading the program
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JackAl Secondary source for download files
All:
Although our site has been restored with new security software, some of you have expressed concern about the site. We understand this completely. On the other hand, many of you want to download the updated files about the JackAl project. To that end, I have copied the relevant doc and source files to the [email protected] site. Look in the Files section under JackAl Documentation and Code Files.
Jack, W8TEE Al, AC8GY
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Re: How about using the Files section of this group to post the supporting documents and firmware?
In the next couple of days, I'll move copies to the site. We've installed new security software on the site and think that will take care of it.?
Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, April 18, 2019, 2:22:56 PM EDT, ab2ts <sciascia@...> wrote:
I am ready to buy a board but am not pursuaded that the JackAl web pages are safe. Why not use [email protected]/Files?to keep a folder for each of the build documents and previous revisions.?
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How about using the Files section of this group to post the supporting documents and firmware?
I am ready to buy a board but am not pursuaded that the JackAl web pages are safe. Why not use [email protected]/Files?to keep a folder for each of the build documents and previous revisions.?
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Re: Hamradiodesigns.com looks hacked again!
All:
I'm not sure when it started again, but I checked last night at around 1AM and it was okay. Not so now. Stay away from our site, hamradiodesigns.com, until we finish putting in new security measures. Right now, I would not trust the site.
Jack
On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:55:47 AM PDT, eyelessmisfit <eyelessmisfit@...> wrote:
Definitely got re routed from your site to a Russian page. You always know them ruskies from their great sense of humor.
Ron
Sent from my Galaxy Tab? E
-------- Original message -------- From: Jim Sheldon <w0eb@...> Date: 4/16/19 6:52 AM (GMT-07:00) Subject: Re: [JackAl] Hamradiodesigns.com looks hacked again!
I noticed on my iPad when I checked it that there was an address for a website in Russia (.ru) and a whole bunch of others it was cycling through. ?I ran a complete virus scan on my computer to make sure it wasn't being triggered in my own machine from having accidentally gotten it from the first hack, and all three of my virus checkers showed clean before I posted the last message. ?
Hope you guys get this one solved. ?If it were my site and the ISP was not helping solve that kind of problem, I'd seriously be looking for another ISP. ?They obviously don't care about their customers.
Hope you got your taxes done in time, this time of year is always stressful for sure.
Good luck with solving the website problem.
Jim - W0EB
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Sent: 4/16/2019 7:34:01 AM
Subject: Re: [JackAl] Hamradiodesigns.com looks hacked again!
Thanks, Jim. I just checked it last night around 1AM and it was fine. Not sure what the deal is, but our ISP is not helping us much.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 8:26:14 AM EDT, Jim Sheldon < w0eb@...> wrote:
I don't know who you or Al ticked off Jack, but I just checked your website and it appears it's been hacked again.? Firefox is now blocking it as a deceptive site again.?? I was looking for the updated wiring pictures a few minutes ago when I discovered it.? I did a browser refresh in case it had been cached but it still shows malware.
Posting this in case you hadn't noticed it.
Jim - W0EB
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