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Re: Arduino Shield Rev.2 Interface and setup?


 

Kent,

I've used that sketch recently, but not with an Arduino Shield. It's a straightforward demo that works, though.

As far as required software changes, you'll find them in this section of the code:

#define Message "CALLSIGN " // Your callsign (or message) here! Remember to put a space at the end!
#define Frequency 10000000 // Transmission frequency, in Hz
#define Fsk 5 // FSK amount for FKSCW and DFCW, in Hz
#define Mode MODE_QRSS // Transmission mode: MODE_QRSS is used for QRSS or CW
#define Speed 0 // Dit speed: 0, 1, 2, 3 index into the speeds[] array, see below. 0 is 12wpm CW
#define XTAL_FREQ 27000000 // Crystal frequency for Si5351A board - needs to be adjusted specific to your board's crystal

Edit the first two lines to set your callsign and transmit frequency.? For an initial test, leave everything else as is, as long as your crystal is 27MHz.? The program will send standard 12wpm cw at the assigned frequency -- or at least it did so for me. Monitor on an external receiver.

At this point, I don't have an assembled shield, so I can't help much with the hardware.? There are some jumpers required on the shield.? Be sure to place a dummy load (47-51 ohm resistor) across the RF output.? You might consider leaving the final amp (BS170) unpowered for initial testing.

72,
Michael? KD4SGN

On 1/6/2018 10:14 AM, Kent Berglund PhD wrote:
Hi All,

I am having ANOTHER senior moment :-((.? I finished my Arduino Shield Rev.2, but I can not for the life of me figure out how to interface with it to be sure that everything is setup correctly (like the LCD screen on the U3/U3S).? There are no directions or programming setup (that I can find), as there are in the U3/U3S ops manual.

I am using Hans Summer's sketch "demonstration, a simple QRSS/DFCW/CW/FSKCW beacon QRP transmitter using Si5351a synthesiser".? Not being that? familiar with Arduino, I am assuming that some of the values will be set in the program depending on what freq, mode, etc.?

Anybody using the Arduino Shield give me a hand to get up and running, or a reference to get some direction?

Thanks,

Kent, KC9LIF
Arduino challenged :-((.

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