Re: Having problems using G8JCFSDR with ElektorSDRShield
Hi Tom
Great news and thank you for letting us know.
When I first wrote the G8JCFSDR back in 2003, I wanted to create something which worked as closely as possible to my dream hardware receiver, and
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Re: Having problems using G8JCFSDR with ElektorSDRShield
Hi Peter,
Thank you for the speedy reply, I hope you are keeping safe and well.
I ended up performing a fresh full install as in your instructions and the receiver came to life immediately.
What a
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Re: Having problems using G8JCFSDR with ElektorSDRShield
Hi Tom
From the trace output, it looks like U have selected the NTI USB device from the DDS tab in config. U need to click on "Ser", then goto the "Serial I/F" tab, and select the com port which your
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Having problems using G8JCFSDR with ElektorSDRShield
Hi Peter,
I am having some issues getting the software working using the ElektorSDRShield.
O/S = windows10
Using arduino UNO, can control shield via arduino programs.
xloader flashes arduino
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
Hi Mark
Contact me on gm8jcf (at) g8jcf (dot) uk and I'll send U the files and more detailed instructions.
73s
Peter - GM8JCF
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
thanks. yes. I have many encoders.
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
Hi Mark
Are U still interested in attaching a rotary encoder to the Arduino UNO and tuning the SDR Shield with a real tuning knob ?
I've got it working pretty good now, but I'd class it as an alpha,
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Re: G8JCFSDR Build 280 Released
Hi all,
I've published the first version of my Arduino firmware to control Elektor SDR Shield 2.0.
The program is dated 2019-11-26.
Look at si5351vfo2_1_G8GCFSDR_jmP (
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
Hi Mark
Glad to hear that U are up and running.
When PCs had REAL hardware RS232 ports, I experimented with adding a rotary encoder to provide real knob tuning, see
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
Finally got things working, after deleting a whole lot of directsound stuff
from registry, and reinstalling sound drivers.
I've seen reference to rotary encoder but no information on same. Was
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
Hi Mark
I have the V1 SDR shield and ALL versions of the firmware for G8JCFSDR will work on either versions of the SDR shield.
If U download and install the G8JCFSDR build 280 from
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Re: G8JCFSDR no Arduino Upload
I have the early version of the sdr shield, (the current vintage, but without the latest mods).? What is the latest version of the sdr shield firmware, and is it compatible with that board?? Thanks
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A new Arduino firmware build 280 compatible
Hi all,
I'm developping a new firmware to control the Elektor SDR Shield 2.0.
The goal of this development is to have a unique firmware for a general usage of the shield but also compatible with
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Wishing Everyone a Very Happy Christmas and a Really Peaceful New Year
Wishing Everyone a Very Happy Christmas and a Really Peaceful New Year
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Thank you for supporting the G8JCFSDR
Peter - GM8JCF
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Re: G8JCFSDR V 1.0 Build 281 Beta Release
Hi Dietmar
Please see /g/g8jcfsdr/topic/g8jcfsdr_no_arduino_upload/61883065?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,61883065 for how to run the G8JCFSDR in TRACE
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Re: USB question and error messages
The SDR shield UNO has a 16MHz oscillator, so WITHOUT an aerial, try tuning to 16 MHz ish and see if U can see a small spur.
Also because U are running 1.0.281, U can go into Config, General Tab,
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Re: USB question and error messages
I should mention that my sdr shield is V1.1 not V2.0....
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Re: USB question and error messages
Have tried all soundcard options, no change on screen, no audio signal at
jack, pre-IF unresponsive to antenna yes/no, no change on any display on
program or scope, when antenna attached
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Re: USB question and error messages
That's good news. So DirectX is all working correctly, could U please do "Save All Information" in DXDiag.exe and send the dxdiag.txt file to me ?
What about the Scope program, did that show any sign
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Re: USB question and error messages
both 32 and 64 bit report 'no problem'
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