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QMX+ audio amp/speakers
I'm thinking of putting a small class D audio amp and tiny speaker/s in my build when I get that far (along with battery/charger and possibly ATU)
It looks as though I can pick the audio up from JP301 pins 3&4 which are labelled as switched so hopefully are the connections that get broken away when an audio jack is inserted into the earphone socket. Can anyone confirm that thats correct? Thanks Steve |
Pins 3 (TIP_SW) and 4 (RING_SW) allow detecting whether a plug is inside the receptacle.When empty, pin 3 is shorted to pin 2 while pin 4 is shorted to pin 5. Pin 1 is not connected to anything. When a plug is inserted, pin 3 and 4 are not connected to anything and pins 2, 5 and 1 are connected to T, R and S of the plug, respectively. I'm not sure if that answers your question entirely, but hopefully it helps. -- Ahmed Charles
On Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 at 12:04 AM, ZL1SGS <goresmith@...> wrote: I'm thinking of putting a small class D audio amp and tiny speaker/s in my build when I get that far (along with battery/charger and possibly ATU) |
Completed my build and tested - JP301 pins 3&4 do exacly what I need for an internal amp and speakers.Now just waiting for my little speakers to arrive.
Decided against internal ATU, but have my internal battery working a treat, with 12V OR USB charging (from a separate USB-C socket). Pretty happy so far! |
The in-box speaker and battery charging for QMX+ sound great Steve!? Are you planning to share details / schematics here? On Sat, 22 Jun 2024, 12:40 ZL1SGS via , <goresmith=[email protected]> wrote: Completed my build and tested - JP301 pins 3&4 do exacly what I need for an internal amp and speakers.Now just waiting for my little speakers to arrive. |
Will do....? My plan is to use one of
I'll cut holes in the top of the box and print a grille something like this: I'll pick up L+R feeds from the extensions to JP301 that I've extended to the dev board with headers. Power will come from the output of my internal battery/ext 12v changeover relay. I'll update when I have the parts and get it running! |
This is a quick scribble of the power:
These are the parts I used: 12-5 Buck 3S charger ?https://epartners.co.nz/products/jo8001 BMS https://epartners.co.nz/products/st4001-1?_pos=1&_sid=770963d6a&_ss=r 12-12 converter Relay It's not the most efficient way to do it, but gives the flexibility to charge from 12v or USB-C - and I had these boards all in the shack! |
Steve, I’m working on the speaker idea also.
Have you found any issue with the speaker’s magnetic fields interfering with the toroids directly below? I’m doing a half height implementation so if you have issues mine would be worse with the speakers sitting directly on the dev board just 5mm above the toroids. I’ll probably run through all the tests for each band with and without the speakers just to see what it looks like. -- Randy, N4OPI |
Thanks for your reply Dan. I had considered shielding but before doing that I decided to take the time to run all of the diagnostic sweeps on all bands with and without the speakers sitting on the Dev board and I'm happy to report that the speakers make absolutely no difference in the sweep results.
So on with the show. -- Randy, N4OPI |
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