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Re: NanoVNA-H (apparently a worse clone) Firmware compatability?
#firmware
So... I forgot to calibrate with the new firmware.
When I do so on the VNA it seems to come back with reasonable numbers, but Nano-saver 3.9 crashes when I try to use the calibration assistant. Rich |
Re: NanoVNA-H (apparently a worse clone) Firmware compatability?
#firmware
Thanks Roger.
I Loaded the Dislord 1.1.0 and it definitely looks much improved, however the SWR measurement is considerably different between the two firmwares. 0.8.0 seems to be correct, showing the typical rise as you get off frequency, while version 1.1.0 is very low, never getting above 1.5:1. Is there some aspect of this newer firmware I'm missing? Rich |
No usb connection
Hi to all
I installed the nanovna-save on win10 no problem, but I wanted to use an older laptop using win7 and that will not connect to the allocated USB port at all. Even typing the port number into the saver port box does not work. Running the QT version on the same machine connects every time! Anyone any ideas? Using Dell latitude laptop with Win 7 & SP1 I also loaded up the .net framework and VBS just to cross that off the list. I installed the Cypress driver from the? installer Plugging in the vna and checking com ports i get USBD Views After connection attempt has failed this message is added to ini file The .ini file has no file call? so I am left asking the forum for ideas my nano save is ver 0.2.2.1 Cheers Joe |
Re: NanoVNA-H (apparently a worse clone) Firmware compatability?
#firmware
Use the latest 1.1.0.0 firmware (-H version) by DiSlord that was posted today. It works on Hugen's NanoVNA-H and clones of this 2.8" device..
Roger |
NanoVNA-H (apparently a worse clone) Firmware compatability?
#firmware
Hi All,
It's a bit exhausting and somewhat confusing, reading through the messages and topics to see if this has been addressed previously, so my apologies if it's been covered. Purchased more than a couple years ago before I was aware of the clone wars, it appears that I have a "worse clone" of the -H hardware as evident by the font on the "NanoVNA" label on the lower right and lack of shields on the PCB. There are no version numbers or identifying marks on the PCB. I have added the shields on the board, but unaware of any other issues with it. Currently has eddy555's 0.8.0 firmware loaded and seems to work for my simple needs so far but wondering if there is a newer/better firmware for it. Suggestions please! TIA Rich |
Re: Here's a Holiday Present for Users of all the nanoVNA Firmware Updates Developed by DiSlord !!
#specifications
#firmware
#features
#improvement
Is that like the Turbo Encabulator award? (I already have 3 of those ;-)
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On Friday, December 17, 2021, 03:48:59 p.m. EST, Terry / K4KID <terryketron@...> wrote:
And this years *CONGLOMERATOR AWARD *goes to Larry Rothman. Thank you sir. Perhaps this will free me from the vortex the VNA has sucked me into! [image: NANOVNA-H copy.jpg] On Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 11:22 AM Larry Rothman <nlroth@...> wrote: Folks, |
Re: Here's a Holiday Present for Users of all the nanoVNA Firmware Updates Developed by DiSlord !!
#specifications
#firmware
#features
#improvement
Bless you Larry Rothman! I'll nominate you for sainthood. And even Newsweek's Person of the Year, hey. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
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73, Gary - W6GVS At 01:21 PM 12/17/2021, you wrote:
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Re: Here's a Holiday Present for Users of all the nanoVNA Firmware Updates Developed by DiSlord !!
#specifications
#firmware
#features
#improvement
And this years *CONGLOMERATOR AWARD *goes to Larry Rothman.
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Thank you sir. Perhaps this will free me from the vortex the VNA has sucked me into! [image: NANOVNA-H copy.jpg] On Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 11:22 AM Larry Rothman <nlroth@...> wrote:
Folks, |
NanoVNA v1.1.00 fw pack for all H / H4 / LiteVNA / V2 / V2Plus / V2Plus4
#firmware
For all hardwares (H / H4 / LiteVNA / V2 / V2Plus / V2Plus4) v1.1.00 can download here:
/g/nanovna-users/files/NanoVNA%20v1.1.00%20fw%20pack%20H_H4_LiteVNA_V2_V2Plus_V2Plus4.zip Also H / H4 from my github Changes from v1.0.69: - Fix saved bmp header, now bmp file open in all software - Update touch calibration procedure, need touch this point (mark as *), not use screen corner, this allow more correct calibrate - New 6x10 font - New medium size Marker plate for small screen - Added 5x7 and 6x10 font support, use adaptated font size for menus for small screens (H devices and 320x240 V2) - Added multi color string, use color index 25 (LCD_LINK_COLOR) for set color (default color dark blue: R = 0, G = 0, B = 192) - 5x7 fonts used in calibration / grid values / frequency / menus - Add Resonance search measure - Added Enter button image (replace x1) for SCALE/REF/DATE/TIME input - Lot of cleanup / optimisation UI menu text fixes: - Show selected Smith value in marker menu - Copy Set E-Delay button to calibration (some users use custom edelay for calibration) - Use one button for marker search min / max, move buttons from MARKER->SEARCH to MARKER menu - Move MARKER->MEASURE menu to main screen menu Only H / H4 / LiteVNA - Added DATE/TIME input (devices support RTC) See CONFIG->EXPERT SETTINGS Date input keyboard (need in YYMMDD format) Time input keyboard (need in HHMMSS format) - Added MS5351 support on H v3.6 board - Add backup feature, this allow save some settings (freq range / points count / jog step / leveler mode / bandwidth or avg / last used slot) Backup restore settings only for stored on flash slot (not work for RAM calibration data) By default loaded 0 slot (if no backup enabled / on error / no battery) Only LiteVNA - Added USART support, now possible connect and control device over it (like on H / H4). You can use any BT / WiFI / USB to TTL dongle. Or control from external CPU. All V2 - Now support 401 measure and calibration points (NOT INTERPOLATED) LiteVNA - Support up to 1001 points (NOT INTERPOLATED) Only H / H4 - Now correct reset USB connection on software reset (H4) - Init i2c bus devices on low speed, change on max speed after (i hope this allow fix problem vs hang on first power on) - 2x increase wait time for SD card (also hope this fix errors on old slow cards) - Added new v3.6 hardware support (maybe a replacement SI5351 on MS5351), see Expert settings !!!! V2Plus4 firmware work only on old V2Plus4 devices, new V2Plus4 devices have different LCD module not supported by this fw. As last V2Plus4 sources (software and hardware info) closed i not support it. !!! PS thanks Hugen, sponsored the support of these products (you also can help via PayPAL ) PSS finally i update all code, cleanup and made release |
Re: Here's a Holiday Present for Users of all the nanoVNA Firmware Updates Developed by DiSlord !!
#specifications
#firmware
#features
#improvement
Many thanks Larry!!!
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Merry Christmas Andrea Il ven 17 dic 2021, 19:22 Larry Rothman <nlroth@...> ha scritto:
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File /Dislord's Nanovna -H Firmware/DISLORD FIRMWARE UPDATE NOTES to Dec 17, 2021.pdf uploaded
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[email protected] Notification
The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. By: Larry Rothman <nlroth@...> Description: |
Here's a Holiday Present for Users of all the nanoVNA Firmware Updates Developed by DiSlord !!
#specifications
#firmware
#features
#improvement
Folks,
I have been keeping track of all of DiSlord's firmware updates, bug fixes and design notes for the past 1.5 years and have compiled a huge list of forum posts that have been converted to a PDF file with all design ideas and configuration info referenced in one place! (100 pages) DiSlord formally released V1.1.00 today on his Github page So - I've added that info to this updated document and will post it in the files sections on both the NanoVNA-Users group and the Beta Testers group. As DiSlord mentioned, this document is a great source of all the enhancements that have been made to the NanoVNA ans extended family of VNA devices. The document can be referred to for colour codes, how to connect serial and BlueTooth dongles, add RTC xtals, SD card slots and much more. Enjoy - there's a LOT of info !! Please consider buying DiSlord a beer for his hard work. His contact info is on the Version page of the firmware. Cheers, Larry NOTE: This document has many links to the NanoVNA Beta Test forum, where access is by invite only. About 80% of this list is from NanoVNA Beta Test forum posts, so please keep that in mind. Happy Holidays! |
Re: Nano VNA SMD test tweeters
#adapters
#calibration
On 16/12/21 22:22, Bob Benedict, KD8CGH wrote:
The November/December 2021 issue of QEX has an interesting article on making and calibration SMD test tweeters for use with a Nano VNA starting on page 61. Any ARRL member has free access to QEX as well as QST.Page 19 :-) - Roland 9V1RT |
Re: Measuring the output impedance of a 20m push-pull power pre-amp
#transformer
There are times when you ideally need to look back into high power amplifiers with a VNA. One (good) reason is to look for negative resistance. I've done this with wideband power amplifiers that normally produce 10-50W across maybe 30MHz to over 1GHz. It can be wise to do this across various bias points to see if the amplifier can ever go unstable (i.e. generate negative resistance at certain bias points).
Care is obviously needed so the VNA can't be damaged but it isn't difficult to set this up safely for the VNA. |
Re: Confused Newbie - Connected
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 09:57 AM, Tim K4SHF wrote:
I'm using Firefox and it works for me so it isn't as simple as that. I suspect that Vince's suggestion is in the right direction. Unfortunately this isn't going to help Billy as the software found at that link is just the DfuSer Demo software which he already has. Its just a bit of an insight into what is going on with some of these sites. Dave |
Quick question
I just received a V2PLUS4
I uploaded the nanovna-v2-20201013-v2plus4.bin without issue Wanting the extra resolution, I tried to upload the V2Plus4 1.069.bin, however, I end up with a blank gray screen. I tried it multiple times with the same result. I go back to the 20201013 f/w and it works fine. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong? I got the binary file from that pack of several different versions...am I in the wrong place? Tim K4SHF |
Re: Measuring the output impedance of a 20m push-pull power pre-amp
#transformer
I'm continuously amazed by the knowledge shared on this site and I want to thank everyone for spending the time on this.
A special thanks to you Manfred! Your posts are thorough and full of wisdom. Anyway, I managed to implement some of the changes suggested and perform some tests to eliminate culprits, etc. Firstly, having studied Manfred's suggestions, I changed the output transformer to a FT50-43. Unfortunately, I don't have any binocular cores and they're hard enough to get in this part of the world that it'll certainly be the new year before they'll grace my bench. Secondly, I recalculated and rewound the transformer for a 150 ohm collector impedance. That's more than 1 watt, but I figured with the various losses in my circuit it might be better to aim for a higher power output (boy was I right!) In the end, I chose 14T:8T and opted for a 7 turn trifilar with a final turn for the secondary (50 ohm side). The final transformer can be seen in the test jig pictures below. I hooked up the new transformer and lo-and-behold...20Vpp! My 1 watt achieved! But wait...sadly...I'd hooked the transformer up the wrong way around!:-) What a goose. So, if I present the collector with around 15 ohms I can achieve my 1 watt. So, I guess the culprit is most definitely the 2SC2078s. I bought them from lcsc.com, a relatively respectable parts distributor and I had asked if they were the high-gain types (the original 2SC2078 were sorted into various beta classifications). They assured me they were, but who knows. Anyway, you were right Manfred, they're pretty rubbish. To definitively rule out the output transformer, I decided to put what I've learned here to good use and I measured a) the leakage inductance b) max freq before serious power loss and c) the reflected impedance as per Dave's suggestion. The results are in, this with the FT50-43 at 14.2MHz (my preferred design freq) and 14T:8T: The basic inductance test showed that the jig was working fine. I measured 29uH for 8T @ 1MHz, which is more or less what I expected. The leakage was 4.33+j112nH @ 14.2MHz, so that's 10 ohms of reactance. Freq at which reactance reached 20 ohms = 30MHz, not too bad and finally... as shown in the image below...and I'm quite impressed by this! The reflected impedance with the secondary terminated in 50 ohms was 150 ohms real. Not sure if I did that correctly, but it certainly looks good! So, my thoughts at this stage are that I could live with the transistors I have and the windings that produce 1 watt (that I accidentally found!) or I could try looking for better transistors or as Manfred suggested, I could just go with FETS. That would be a significant redesign and I probably wouldn't get away with just hacking my board as I've been doing up to now. Anyway, it's all progress!! ![]()
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Re: Confused Newbie - Connected
Why not simply try Chrome for your browser? Firefox doesn't like all web
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sites... Tim K4SHF On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:07 PM N5SE <bwmoore@...> wrote:
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Re: Confused Newbie - Connected
Wow,
You may be right! Looks like may be I got too much of that virus blocker. Thanks a bunch, 30, Billy [cid:5aaa2887-76b9-4a96-9bfa-85c364a61a3f][Billy Wayne Moore] ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of vh2 via groups.io <vh2@...> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 11:01 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Maybe this is why you're not seeing the link: [cid:image001.png@...] 73, Vince N2JRS -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of N5SE Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Dave, This is the page 30, Billy ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of N5SE via groups.io <bwmoore@...<mailto:bwmoore@...>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:24 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Dave, A click on the URL gives me a really long site titled "Upgrade NanoVNA use DFU The first link on the page is: ;data=04%7C01%7Cvh2%40buffalo.edu%7C28bfd16edbb640a4824908d9c0b2a2ca%7C96464a8af8ed40b199e25f6b50a20250%7C0%7C0%7C637752696497454284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=H8JUatgfiZyVin00VZ%2BpVczjs3DebkmWMIFJcKk9ZoQ%3D&reserved=0 Clicking this link gives me the page you show except the button "Get Software" is missing, Follow any of the links on the page take you to dead end links. 30, Billy ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Dave VE3LHO via groups.io <dave@...<mailto:dave@...>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:07 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Billy, It seems like you are seeing different things than some of the rest of us. For instance when I click on the first link on the page linked to I am taken to a web page which has the following: When I click on the button marked "Get Software" it takes me down the page where I see another button labelled "Get Latest" which, when clicked starts on a process which allows downloading the DfuSe Demo software. Hardly a dead link. What are you seeing? Dave *Re: Confused Newbie - Connected* From: N5SE <mailto:bwmoore@...?subject=Re:%20Confused%20Newbie%20-%20Connected> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:14:41 PST kemon, Not funny! All the links in this are DEAD LINKS! 30, Billy [cid:9358d05c-7213-41a2-847a-197ba808c451][Billy Wayne Moore] ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of kemon via groups.io <wan3802@...<mailto:wan3802@...>> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 21:02 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected ;data=04%7C01%7Cvh2%40buffalo.edu%7C28bfd16edbb640a4824908d9c0b2a2ca%7C96464a8af8ed40b199e25f6b50a20250%7C0%7C0%7C637752696497454284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ZyfsLcgoTdarMVH0Dt7ILK06Yp4d23yn%2Bn%2FcqZymdoo%3D&reserved=0 i learn to flash firmware from this link. maybe it cam help you |
Re: Confused Newbie - Connected
Maybe this is why you're not seeing the link:
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[cid:image001.png@...] 73, Vince N2JRS -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of N5SE Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Dave, This is the page 30, Billy ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of N5SE via groups.io <bwmoore@...<mailto:bwmoore@...>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:24 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Dave, A click on the URL gives me a really long site titled "Upgrade NanoVNA use DFU The first link on the page is: ;data=04%7C01%7Cvh2%40buffalo.edu%7C28bfd16edbb640a4824908d9c0b2a2ca%7C96464a8af8ed40b199e25f6b50a20250%7C0%7C0%7C637752696497454284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=H8JUatgfiZyVin00VZ%2BpVczjs3DebkmWMIFJcKk9ZoQ%3D&reserved=0 Clicking this link gives me the page you show except the button "Get Software" is missing, Follow any of the links on the page take you to dead end links. 30, Billy ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Dave VE3LHO via groups.io <dave@...<mailto:dave@...>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:07 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected Billy, It seems like you are seeing different things than some of the rest of us. For instance when I click on the first link on the page linked to I am taken to a web page which has the following: When I click on the button marked "Get Software" it takes me down the page where I see another button labelled "Get Latest" which, when clicked starts on a process which allows downloading the DfuSe Demo software. Hardly a dead link. What are you seeing? Dave *Re: Confused Newbie - Connected* From: N5SE <mailto:bwmoore@...?subject=Re:%20Confused%20Newbie%20-%20Connected> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:14:41 PST kemon, Not funny! All the links in this are DEAD LINKS! 30, Billy [cid:9358d05c-7213-41a2-847a-197ba808c451][Billy Wayne Moore] ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of kemon via groups.io <wan3802@...<mailto:wan3802@...>> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 21:02 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Confused Newbie - Connected ;data=04%7C01%7Cvh2%40buffalo.edu%7C28bfd16edbb640a4824908d9c0b2a2ca%7C96464a8af8ed40b199e25f6b50a20250%7C0%7C0%7C637752696497454284%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ZyfsLcgoTdarMVH0Dt7ILK06Yp4d23yn%2Bn%2FcqZymdoo%3D&reserved=0 i learn to flash firmware from this link. maybe it cam help you |
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