Hi Casey,
I understand, believe me know about family health issues.
Kicad was just a suggestion, not a requirement.
I've done two PCBs in my life. One with Bishop Graphic's red and blue
tape and one with DOS based Orcad...
The red and blue tape PCB was for a z80 based repeater control system
that WB6YMI (sk) and I designed in the 70s.
73's Skip
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On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 6:46 PM Casey Crane <ccrane148@...> wrote:
I have never used Kicad, I'm an Eagle Cad guy or I would take it on. My other issues are medical issues the wife is having so my time is really limited. I think it's a great idea though. I have never used micropython, only regular python but I'm interested in taking a look at it. What IDE do you write it in? Do you use VS code or something? That's what I used for the Uniden head.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 8:25 PM Skip Hansen <skip@...> wrote:
I'm going to make a bizarre proposal. Let's redo the Xcat using the Pi Pico as a stepping stone to the X9000. We already know everything we need to know about the X and electrically it has the same issues as the X9000 (5 volt logic levels).
The RP2040-Zero form factor () as castellated module would be ideal for a DIY project. The module would just solder on to a custom board we'd design. With Kicad and the cheap and fast low quantity PCB houses suchj as JLCPCB we have now a small run of PCBs is cheaper than a burger.
I'll commit to doing the code. I've already ordered 3 modules.
Is there anyone in the group that'll commit to doing the PCB?
Once it's working on the X the same code base can be updated to work with the X9000 once it has given up its mysteries.
73's Skip WB6YMH
