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Re: BPF and Teensy Problem
I see he sells header pins with different colors. I find these really handy for identifying test points on a board (e.g., red for voltage TPs, yellow for general purpose TP's, etc.) Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 02:23:43 PM EDT, Tim via groups.io <w4yn@...> wrote:
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quality stuff, nice OM also?
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He also has some cool Teensy STUFF!?
 -- Jack, W8TEE |
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Re: BPF and Teensy Problem
开云体育That’s not bad… about $0.14 per stick. ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Quigg via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] BPF and Teensy Problem ? It took me 3 tries to get these. ? ? There's probably a better price for a bigger quantity, too. ? Good luck 73 |
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Re: BPF and Teensy Problem
开云体育Hi Tom, sorry for the troubles.? Several people have reported trouble with the Chinese pins not making contact because the quality control is poor.? That is a great place to start.? Also check the cables closely to make sure they are built correctly.? Even I made a couple of mistakes while building the cables getting them inverted or off by one pin at times (the privilege of getting old).? ? ? When I return from Hamvention, I’ll see if I can find a cheap source for prime pins… and carry them too. ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Schulte via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 6:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] BPF and Teensy Problem ? ? ?I put together the BPF board, only three bands, powered up and had no connection between the teensy and computer. Disconnected the board and had connection with computer. Replaced teensy, now on fifth one, put back together and had connection. Teensy can not find the BPF board.? ? ? ? Where or what should be looking for? ? ? Tom AB9EK |
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Re: Encoder board differences
开云体育Yes.? You simply daisy-chain another set of front panel boards on the cable from the MAIN board.? The additional front panel board sets must have a unique address (different from the one you currently have installed). ? I have two additional FP electronic boards attached (I did not populate the button parts… just the encoder parts) so have 4 additional dual encoders connected.? It could be a mix of up to 8 single encoders, but I wanted to prove that I could use the dual encoders for things that are stored by button access are normally on an encoder in other radios (like RF gain or power, filter width, etc.). ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom - AJ8X via groups.io
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Encoder board differences ? So you simply daisy chain them to the Main board on the Front Panel ribbon cable? |
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Re: Initial Test of Main V12.6 board
开云体育Ok one more test you can run… The AUDIO HAT… and the RF board uses “WIRE” (not “WIRE1” or “WIRE2”)… so you could build the control portion of the RF board and try that to make sure that “WIRE” is working correctly.? I guess you could also connect to the “RF CONTROL” connector on the MAIN board to a bread-boarded MCP27018 with address 0x27 (which is “111” for A0, A1, A2) to see if it returns the part imitating the RF board.?? You just need pins 1 = SCL, 3 = SDA , and 5 = GND. ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Owens K1JO via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2025 8:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Initial Test of Main V12.6 board ? Thanks Jack and Bill, Yesterday, I successfully ran the ASCII code. I2C device found at address 0x20: Front panel MCP23017 for switches 1-16? !So, it's between the Audio Adapter and the Teensy Audio Hat. Until they arrive, I will look into the PRCJ docs on breadboarding the Teensy with the Audio Hat to see if something turns up. Am I the only one that this happened to, not only that but two board sets in a row. John K1JO |
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Re: Initial Test of Main V12.6 board
Thanks Jack and Bill,
Yesterday, I successfully ran the ASCII code.
Today, I built the Front Panel board and connected it. Success on Wire1. I2C device found at address 0x20: Front panel MCP23017 for switches 1-16 !So, it's between the Audio Adapter and the Teensy Audio Hat. I have ordered some Stacking Header strips with enough pins that I don't need to Dremel two 12 pins to make them fit. That is my only guess, that the two sets didn't line up perfect and maybe one was pushing on the connection one way and the other the opposite way. Until they arrive, I will look into the PRCJ docs on breadboarding the Teensy with the Audio Hat to see if something turns up.
Am I the only one that this happened to, not only that but two board sets in a row.
Best regards, John K1JO |
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Re: Encoder board differences
开云体育By the way… most people don’t know this… but if you want more controls… switches and encoders on your radio to work with and program into software, you can add up to 4 front panel boards with 4 more encoders and 18 buttons (or if you don’t populate the button decoder, up to 24 more encoders… or if you just want a lot more buttons… up to 108 more buttons… or some combination of this).? Easy Peasy. ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of K9HZ
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2025 12:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Encoder board differences ? Here is a picture of one of my dual encoders with knobs I made on my 3D printer: ? ? ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of K9HZ ? You probably ordered single encoder boards first time, which look like: ? And double encoder boards the second time… which look like this: It has an extra row of pins on top to connect the second encoder (there is an inside shaft and an outside sleave on the encoder).? It is equivalent to using two of the above boards… So each dual encoder board takes one cable and fills out both encoders that would otherwise be two single boards/ encoders per cable. ? ? ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Owens K1JO via groups.io ? Hi Bill, In the boards that I have received, I noticed that there are 2 different encoder boards. In my first order I received the skinnier board labeled 3428224AP11-230315. In a recent order I received only 2 of the wider board, labeled 3428224A_P56_250122. What is the new board for and why only 2? Sorry if this was already answered, but I couldn't find it mentioned in my search here. Best regards, John K1JO |
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Re: Encoder board differences
开云体育Here is a picture of one of my dual encoders with knobs I made on my 3D printer: ? ? ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of K9HZ
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2025 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Encoder board differences ? You probably ordered single encoder boards first time, which look like: ? And double encoder boards the second time… which look like this: It has an extra row of pins on top to connect the second encoder (there is an inside shaft and an outside sleave on the encoder).? It is equivalent to using two of the above boards… So each dual encoder board takes one cable and fills out both encoders that would otherwise be two single boards/ encoders per cable. ? ? ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Owens K1JO via groups.io ? Hi Bill, In the boards that I have received, I noticed that there are 2 different encoder boards. In my first order I received the skinnier board labeled 3428224AP11-230315. In a recent order I received only 2 of the wider board, labeled 3428224A_P56_250122. What is the new board for and why only 2? Sorry if this was already answered, but I couldn't find it mentioned in my search here. Best regards, John K1JO |
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Re: Encoder board differences
开云体育You probably ordered single encoder boards first time, which look like: ? And double encoder boards the second time… which look like this: It has an extra row of pins on top to connect the second encoder (there is an inside shaft and an outside sleave on the encoder).? It is equivalent to using two of the above boards… So each dual encoder board takes one cable and fills out both encoders that would otherwise be two single boards/ encoders per cable. ? ? ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Owens K1JO via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2025 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Encoder board differences ? Hi Bill, In the boards that I have received, I noticed that there are 2 different encoder boards. In my first order I received the skinnier board labeled 3428224AP11-230315. In a recent order I received only 2 of the wider board, labeled 3428224A_P56_250122. What is the new board for and why only 2? Sorry if this was already answered, but I couldn't find it mentioned in my search here. Best regards, John K1JO |
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Re: Initial Test of Main V12.6 board
开云体育Yeah you’ve got to build that front panel board anyway at some point… so give it a try and see if the test program can find that I2C device.? Remember that the teensy has THREE I2C busses and we use all three… meaning that two could be working just fine while the third has a short of some type.? ? The test program looks at all three busses for specific addresses. ? ? Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J62K(J68HZ) 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ ? Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois ? Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton – J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: ? Moderator: North American QRO Group at Groups.IO. Moderator: Amateur Radio Builders Group at Groups.IO. ? email:? bill@... ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Owens K1JO via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2025 6:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Initial Test of Main V12.6 board ? Thanks Bill, I appreciate your help. I've been through 2 sets of Teensys, adapter boards, and audio hats, with the same results. They say the definition of crazy is to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome, so though I have 2 more sets of teensys, boards, and audio hats. I don't want to a keep doing the same thing. Then if that is successful, I will dig into the audio hat documentation and see if I can breadboard a working circuit with it.? Of course, I will try the one suggestion from you that I haven't tried yet, i.e. building and connecting the front panel board.? Best regards, John K1JO |
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