Re: 2K, 4K or 8K EEPROM support for the X9000 ?
Addendum.......
@ Skip,
Even the I2C lines could be optionally liberated.
I2C support isnt for Doug Hall exclusively, but if Doug Hall is deselected and you have no express need for it spare then out
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swguest
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Re: 2K, 4K or 8K EEPROM support for the X9000 ?
@ Skip,
Was already thinking on that........
What if you made the genric protocol an option in the initial settings?
If selected only 2k codepulgs are available. Same at the SyntorX/Xcat.
To support
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swguest
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2K, 4K or 8K EEPROM support for the X9000 ?
If we support an 8K EEPROM on the X9000 and we don't have enough pins left to do Doug Hall, or CI-V.
Do we really need 8K support ?? If we only support 4K then we will have 2 pins left that we can
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Skip Hansen
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Re: Xcat NG rev A
Ohhh, it's coming back to me. I mad xcatctl's `cosmon` for listening
for these.
De
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Xcat NG rev A
Yes. When enabled the Xcat sends a CI-V packet everytime the squelch
opens or closes along with the channel. I used that to update the
title bar of the Windoze app so it would show what mode it
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Skip Hansen
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Re: Xcat NG rev A
I think part of the answer to A8/A9 can be found on PDF page 11 of the
F8 data book I uploaded to the files area the other day: they're on port
1, the others are on port 4. (The rest of the answer is
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Dennis Boone
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Re: Xcat NG rev A
I've probably just had more experience. I started out life as a hardware guy...
Correct (and I just copied it from the C64 project).
Both of those are Syntor X weirdnesses and something we missed
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Skip Hansen
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Re: Xcat NG rev A
Skip,
You're _way_ better at this than I am.
Questions to help me understand the magic:
1. You'd mentioned SN74LVCH8T245 bus transceiver / level shifter chips.
You did this circuit with
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Dennis Boone
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Xcat NG rev A
I've attached the first cut of a schematic for a possible Xcat NG for
the original X. With the appropriate firmware it will retain all of
the features of the legacy Xcat.
Changes:
1. Doug Hall UF
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Skip Hansen
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Re: XCat NG changes
The Elecraft KAT500 tuner uses CI-V for communications.
tnx
Mike / K5JR
Alpharetta GA
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Mike / K5JR
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Re: XCat NG changes
I don't remember the exact timing of Doug Hall, but it's basically SPI
so dedicated lines is probably the best bet.
For wireless/BT link I'm thinking of an ESP32 or Linux based Raspberry
Pi external
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Skip Hansen
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Re: XCat NG changes
Sorry for the crickets from me. I've been down so many rabbit holes today I might have to change my name to Alice. I've been on the hunt thru my digital media swamp. I had to investigate everything I
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swguest
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
There’s an in-depth explanation of the X9000 scanning nuances in the full X9000 service manual if haven’t seen that yet.
tnx
Mike / K5JR
Alpharetta GA
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Mike / K5JR
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
That would be great.
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Casey Crane
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
I might be able to dig out the code I used.
Joe M.
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Joe M.
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Weird in as how to code it into software for an encoder/decoder.
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Casey Crane
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
What is weird about it? I think I had both encode and
decode working on a Maxtrac project about a decade ago.
I will have to dig out the schematic to see how I connected it.
Joe M.
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Joe M.
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
I wish DPL wasn't so weird. If I could get a handle on that then I could start looking at the direct VCO drive option again and forego all the rest.
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Casey Crane
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Re: Has anyone fully decoded the X9000 memory mapping?
Pretty sure you were trying to beat an RC low-pass filter, op-amp
limiter, and hardware counter-timer. The 3870 has event timing built
in, with a base input to the timer unit of 1.8 MHz, and various
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Dennis Boone
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Re: XCat NG changes
When I was reviewing the pin assignments I thought too bad there
aren't I2C digital pots, we could save a pin ... wait... of course
there are!
I've revised the pin
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Skip Hansen
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