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src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEFP1lLegbrsWj2bRx1EqzqnwdFp4GhDmR9ZwNZ6V-378jHqGpi9iaBEdNh4JuhBSM7HQ0o-WKbbp1n1w_PjJn0rQcmX5wT9x6ZEvG4VVImG6o9f02Zs9puShUHVLrnvO3ST7b3xFUdsC/s320/200K.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good fun!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/10/progress-is-slow-and-steady.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcEFP1lLegbrsWj2bRx1EqzqnwdFp4GhDmR9ZwNZ6V-378jHqGpi9iaBEdNh4JuhBSM7HQ0o-WKbbp1n1w_PjJn0rQcmX5wT9x6ZEvG4VVImG6o9f02Zs9puShUHVLrnvO3ST7b3xFUdsC/s72-c/200K.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-8806145590469889699</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-10-14T05:25:36.188+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">AD8307</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><title>Its Funny What you can Find</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone offer a translation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/cy5CYIqH43c&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;cy5CYIqH43c&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the credit in the description :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/10/its-funny-what-you-can-find.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/cy5CYIqH43c/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-3131483496697251590</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-09-20T12:51:07.430+01:00</atom:updated><title>More Balun Musings!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/4G-XqqqG_to&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;4G-XqqqG_to&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fun, isnt it?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/09/more-balun-musings.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/4G-XqqqG_to/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-7764575471725110032</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-09-09T07:19:57.867+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baluns</category><title>Baluns, Baluns, Baluns!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;How about this for a bit of bonkersness?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/FcEKWSdEHLs&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;FcEKWSdEHLs&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fun, dont you think?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/09/baluns-baluns-baluns.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/FcEKWSdEHLs/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-5782748053860112236</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-08-06T06:49:45.506+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IC-705</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IC705</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Icom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Icom 705</category><title>The new Icom IC-705</title><description>With much thanks to the boys at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hamradio-shop.co.uk/&quot;&gt;LAM Communications&lt;/a&gt; in Barnsley I got my paws on a pre-production release of the new Icom IC-705. Here&#39;s my brief introduction to the RX capabilities of this tiny new rig:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/anxWpTEdIA4&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;anxWpTEdIA4&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It&#39;s amazing!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-new-icom-ic-705.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/anxWpTEdIA4/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-5180314819199300758</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 05:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-07-13T06:51:54.797+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TEAS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Test Equipment Acquisition Syndrome</category><title>The onset of YALBOA!</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  2. Oh no!&lt;br /&gt;
  3. &lt;br /&gt;
  4. I have more oscilloscopes.&lt;br /&gt;
  5. &lt;br /&gt;
  6. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  7. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Myse26O0aC0/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Myse26O0aC0?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  8. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  9. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-onset-of-yalboa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/Myse26O0aC0/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-6273408941544850421</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-30T08:38:55.486+01:00</atom:updated><title>Why can&#39;t Icom do this?</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  10. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  11. &lt;br /&gt;
  12. I&#39;ve been critical of my IC-7610 and the lack of audio spectrum display centred around the CW pitch frequency - the Kenwood 890 has it.&lt;br /&gt;
  13. &lt;br /&gt;
  14. I recently came accross a design in Practical Electronics for a simple audio spectrum analyser and decided to build one as an experiment. The DSP chip cost less than 3 GBP.&lt;br /&gt;
  15. &lt;br /&gt;
  16. I wonder why Icom can&#39;t do this?&lt;br /&gt;
  17. &lt;br /&gt;
  18. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  19. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I5EpbUdqZoI/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/I5EpbUdqZoI?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  20. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  21. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/06/why-cant-icom-do-this.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/I5EpbUdqZoI/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-8230810215066228227</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-29T16:41:20.659+01:00</atom:updated><title>The CAT Macro</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  22. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  23. &lt;br /&gt;
  24. I&#39;ve had a few folk contact me directly recently asking about rig control using macros and CAT commands.&lt;br /&gt;
  25. &lt;br /&gt;
  26. I did a quick video to demonstrate the concept with Logger32 and then Ham Radio Deluxe:&lt;br /&gt;
  27. &lt;br /&gt;
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  29. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0L8fkndp_bU/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/0L8fkndp_bU?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  30. &lt;br /&gt;
  31. I hope this is useful to someone!&lt;br /&gt;
  32. &lt;br /&gt;
  33. If you like what I am doing on YouTube, please subscribe to the channel, I would very much appreciate your support.&lt;br /&gt;
  34. &lt;br /&gt;
  35. CAT control at its best:&lt;br /&gt;
  36. &lt;br /&gt;
  37. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  38. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0iOzsPjkJcgRFlPvEBQ_xqOZs90isYsyqj_3gyq6VuNouPZqZ_ZI36cTKAO3KXqRj_bJ7wv8ieG-Ffx5LFc4ZPW-wSNOBpF3nO8bcSXC6LGbqSlPnblI3bkLwYSwn7H04NiWNzuV_nqW/s1600/IMG_2547+%2528002%2529.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1200&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0iOzsPjkJcgRFlPvEBQ_xqOZs90isYsyqj_3gyq6VuNouPZqZ_ZI36cTKAO3KXqRj_bJ7wv8ieG-Ffx5LFc4ZPW-wSNOBpF3nO8bcSXC6LGbqSlPnblI3bkLwYSwn7H04NiWNzuV_nqW/s320/IMG_2547+%2528002%2529.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  39. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  40. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-cat-macro.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/0L8fkndp_bU/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-2689829498464408541</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-27T19:15:53.090+01:00</atom:updated><title>The old and the new</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  41. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  42. &lt;br /&gt;
  43. Whilst rummaging in the attic looking for something, I stumbled accross this old Direct Conversion receiver I built when I was a young &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whippersnapper&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;whipper snapper&lt;/a&gt;. This is a design by Drew Diamond,&amp;nbsp;VK3XU and is published a the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gqrp.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;G-QRP club&lt;/a&gt; book called &quot;Radio projects Vol 1&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
  44. &lt;br /&gt;
  45. I did a video for my YouTube channel having a look back at my construction capabilities from all those years ago:&lt;br /&gt;
  46. &lt;br /&gt;
  47. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  48. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eIE--pLEMfg/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/eIE--pLEMfg?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  49. &lt;br /&gt;
  50. I hope you enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
  51. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  52. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/06/well-whilst-rummaging-in-attic-looking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/eIE--pLEMfg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-3852500884360572160</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-06-22T05:47:14.496+01:00</atom:updated><title>Funny old World</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  53. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  54. &lt;br /&gt;
  55. I&#39;ve been having an e-mail exchange with a Radio Amateur in New Zealand - he has been trying to get one of my YouTube projects based on the STM32 blue pill boards to work.&lt;br /&gt;
  56. &lt;br /&gt;
  57. Following a few emails back and forth, he sent me this:&lt;br /&gt;
  58. &lt;br /&gt;
  59. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  60. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24T7_w7nTcMbWbE5cXEpUpzZi1Pj2F2LWpwjIXZbw1eyub9HSZdGmlCr1M1EqHVyDnbxIjxovN7LJ0tCj1YFcUIdiGZpQqUGnOBfZiCaCa8EB04Sk2CuUO8o50oYmcg7INvNlnKD5H0XG/s1600/IMG_20200622_110629.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;899&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24T7_w7nTcMbWbE5cXEpUpzZi1Pj2F2LWpwjIXZbw1eyub9HSZdGmlCr1M1EqHVyDnbxIjxovN7LJ0tCj1YFcUIdiGZpQqUGnOBfZiCaCa8EB04Sk2CuUO8o50oYmcg7INvNlnKD5H0XG/s320/IMG_20200622_110629.jpg&quot; width=&quot;179&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  61. &lt;br /&gt;
  62. which is nice :-)&lt;br /&gt;
  63. &lt;br /&gt;
  64. My latest ramblings on YouTube are all about the classic Sudden HF receiver, you should check it out!&lt;br /&gt;
  65. &lt;br /&gt;
  66. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  67. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hOxfS1gWG5c/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/hOxfS1gWG5c?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  68. &lt;br /&gt;
  69. Fun, don&#39;t you think?&lt;/div&gt;
  70. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/06/funny-old-world.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24T7_w7nTcMbWbE5cXEpUpzZi1Pj2F2LWpwjIXZbw1eyub9HSZdGmlCr1M1EqHVyDnbxIjxovN7LJ0tCj1YFcUIdiGZpQqUGnOBfZiCaCa8EB04Sk2CuUO8o50oYmcg7INvNlnKD5H0XG/s72-c/IMG_20200622_110629.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-5199860006728901141</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2020 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-05-31T19:35:32.848+01:00</atom:updated><title>CQ WW WPX - CW Contest Time</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  71. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  72. &lt;br /&gt;
  73. I&#39;ve been having a play over the weekend in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. Here&#39;s the log as a map:&lt;br /&gt;
  74. &lt;br /&gt;
  75. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  76. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-i4-AG6Krd-2xlMiL0UjWMgslOvxmOpcque1rtAr8umiMIw_Ez3P15HEJfxKctoGq1AS4ZeWHfy1Y1DoLpXA-2cABS-wOiI2zTMJrt2aloi6CrekfRwYuVr7mzb0WTlhr3RKIe2dMn49/s1600/Untitled.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;819&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1275&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-i4-AG6Krd-2xlMiL0UjWMgslOvxmOpcque1rtAr8umiMIw_Ez3P15HEJfxKctoGq1AS4ZeWHfy1Y1DoLpXA-2cABS-wOiI2zTMJrt2aloi6CrekfRwYuVr7mzb0WTlhr3RKIe2dMn49/s320/Untitled.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  77. &lt;br /&gt;
  78. There was interesting &quot;blanketing E&quot; propagation, but no real DX.&lt;br /&gt;
  79. &lt;br /&gt;
  80. I did a quick video on the TS-890 in these busy contest conditions with Writelog, CW Skimmer and CW Get:&lt;br /&gt;
  81. &lt;br /&gt;
  82. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  83. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1sa9kOo0jQ4/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/1sa9kOo0jQ4?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  84. &lt;br /&gt;
  85. Fun, egh?&lt;/div&gt;
  86. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/05/cq-ww-wpx-cw-contest-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-i4-AG6Krd-2xlMiL0UjWMgslOvxmOpcque1rtAr8umiMIw_Ez3P15HEJfxKctoGq1AS4ZeWHfy1Y1DoLpXA-2cABS-wOiI2zTMJrt2aloi6CrekfRwYuVr7mzb0WTlhr3RKIe2dMn49/s72-c/Untitled.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-2782056462859487817</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-05-24T19:28:53.281+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IC-7610</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IC-7610 60M 5Mhz config</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">IC-7610 HDSDR</category><title>IC7610 In Action!</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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  90. Well,&lt;/div&gt;
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  92. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  93. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  94. By popular request I have put together a demonstration of the IC-7610 in action:&lt;/div&gt;
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  96. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  98. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZuyNBz6jdn8/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuyNBz6jdn8?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  99. &lt;br /&gt;
  100. I hope you like it!&lt;br /&gt;
  101. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  102. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZuyNBz6jdn8/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-958047676010508625</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-05-10T10:04:53.777+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gps 1pps</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GPS disciplined frequency reference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gps frequency reference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><title>An experimental STM32 Frequency Counter</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  103. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  104. &lt;br /&gt;
  105. In an attempt to learn more about microcontroller programming I have done a little bit of training during this Covid-19 lockdown:&lt;br /&gt;
  106. &lt;br /&gt;
  107. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  108. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6lP4gDRgebfh3-YasXyPA2tPMbpTLD5V3zbSVCMBNLwd00o6KRKwQIpJ0V8BD2hi1vBsiP74Jnb8EnusRgrPEaAKmCsGwIe_uvtYTyUEldvK56wGUO49ULTrS7PVox6N6T1Si8wYWTgz/s1600/C+for+MCU.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1190&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;238&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6lP4gDRgebfh3-YasXyPA2tPMbpTLD5V3zbSVCMBNLwd00o6KRKwQIpJ0V8BD2hi1vBsiP74Jnb8EnusRgrPEaAKmCsGwIe_uvtYTyUEldvK56wGUO49ULTrS7PVox6N6T1Si8wYWTgz/s320/C+for+MCU.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  111. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwJTIvC74fgD2aNewi6Lu64GAY2mEQFKRFchGyPkakRb5sb0C9R0rAxymy6DUyPm7Zk7W8cHWEL_kqJtFq2RvT1qQlELXIoj02yvzZylD8Kfh7aABSf5laCDS4Oo9nDN_cT_cdp5wRjOe/s1600/Mastering+MCU.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1190&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;238&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwJTIvC74fgD2aNewi6Lu64GAY2mEQFKRFchGyPkakRb5sb0C9R0rAxymy6DUyPm7Zk7W8cHWEL_kqJtFq2RvT1qQlELXIoj02yvzZylD8Kfh7aABSf5laCDS4Oo9nDN_cT_cdp5wRjOe/s320/Mastering+MCU.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  112. &lt;br /&gt;
  113. My first real attempt to use these skills is below. I&#39;ve used a GPS 1pps signal to accurately count an external frequency. This is a GPS disciplined freuqnecy counter:&lt;br /&gt;
  114. &lt;br /&gt;
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  116. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KmwEq1I_vi8/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/KmwEq1I_vi8?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  117. &lt;br /&gt;
  118. Good, isn&#39;t it?&lt;br /&gt;
  119. &lt;br /&gt;
  120. Here is a picture of me (with Covid-19 dog clipper hair cut) and my beloved Bonnie dog:&lt;br /&gt;
  121. &lt;br /&gt;
  122. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  123. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6jvy5-lnT6x-0Jx7XkIXpZU0YcGhdaRZhDFyyW1ibqvgcESn_YFuT-hlzzvuk73pQRau5amPy7b8vSnXN0wBrAUudLQ5oydWg9uXmVKA8baelt8U5xAPwGnTMAobPt9sbPoHqsjHIJvs/s1600/IMG_3771.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;348&quot; data-original-width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;232&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6jvy5-lnT6x-0Jx7XkIXpZU0YcGhdaRZhDFyyW1ibqvgcESn_YFuT-hlzzvuk73pQRau5amPy7b8vSnXN0wBrAUudLQ5oydWg9uXmVKA8baelt8U5xAPwGnTMAobPt9sbPoHqsjHIJvs/s320/IMG_3771.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  125. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/05/an-experimental-stm32-frequency-counter.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6lP4gDRgebfh3-YasXyPA2tPMbpTLD5V3zbSVCMBNLwd00o6KRKwQIpJ0V8BD2hi1vBsiP74Jnb8EnusRgrPEaAKmCsGwIe_uvtYTyUEldvK56wGUO49ULTrS7PVox6N6T1Si8wYWTgz/s72-c/C+for+MCU.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-2075644354377803143</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-05-09T13:11:45.602+01:00</atom:updated><title>A Modest Milestone</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  126. A nice little milestone today, if you&#39;r not already subscribed to my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkG0MGX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; channel I would very much appreciate your support:&lt;br /&gt;
  127. &lt;br /&gt;
  128. &lt;a class=&quot;yt-simple-endpoint bold style-scope yt-formatted-string&quot; dir=&quot;auto&quot; href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkG0MGX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; spellcheck=&quot;false&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight, 500); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-decoration, none); white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkG0MGX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  129. &lt;br /&gt;
  130. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  131. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW9IsjGS04JXZR66ZLL3I_f8YSytE5gPSqE9xzuuKHmqRo6YSjph3z441MZ9MxhutTu1sCuM_eWbpJ_6SJsSdjGIVv-dv05yF2zqBUAtBFgurajaUCnZW1fq9MAUuOOvvAuxUww8Ohyix/s1600/150KViews.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1300&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1300&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW9IsjGS04JXZR66ZLL3I_f8YSytE5gPSqE9xzuuKHmqRo6YSjph3z441MZ9MxhutTu1sCuM_eWbpJ_6SJsSdjGIVv-dv05yF2zqBUAtBFgurajaUCnZW1fq9MAUuOOvvAuxUww8Ohyix/s320/150KViews.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  132. &lt;br /&gt;
  133. Local conditions.&lt;/div&gt;
  134. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-modest-milestone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW9IsjGS04JXZR66ZLL3I_f8YSytE5gPSqE9xzuuKHmqRo6YSjph3z441MZ9MxhutTu1sCuM_eWbpJ_6SJsSdjGIVv-dv05yF2zqBUAtBFgurajaUCnZW1fq9MAUuOOvvAuxUww8Ohyix/s72-c/150KViews.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-1383043002530588773</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-30T11:22:51.453+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gps 1pps</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GPS disciplined frequency reference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gps frequency reference</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GPS-synced Reference</category><title>GPS Disciplined, again?</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  135. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  136. &lt;br /&gt;
  137. I&#39;ve been trying to learn more about STM32 microcontrollers, their programming and to understand more about the on-board peripherals.&lt;br /&gt;
  138. &lt;br /&gt;
  139. This is the result of my musings:&lt;br /&gt;
  140. &lt;br /&gt;
  141. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  142. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5v1uUZblkoA/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/5v1uUZblkoA?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  143. &lt;br /&gt;
  144. Fun, egh?&lt;/div&gt;
  145. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/04/well-ive-been-trying-to-learn-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/5v1uUZblkoA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-6997078382197218843</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-19T12:06:41.187+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenwood TS-890</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TS-890 digital</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TS890</category><title>TS-890 (Again) - Digital Config</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  146. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  147. &lt;br /&gt;
  148. By popular request I have created my best shot at an &quot;idiots guide&quot; to setting up digital modes on the TS-890:&lt;br /&gt;
  149. &lt;br /&gt;
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  151. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bvTDiZ-5ohQ/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/bvTDiZ-5ohQ?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  152. &lt;br /&gt;
  153. I hope this is useful to someone....&lt;/div&gt;
  154. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/04/ts-890-again-digital-config.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/bvTDiZ-5ohQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-7521101959274335608</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-19T19:08:10.130+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ad9850 arduino</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DDS</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32F103RC8T6</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WSPR</category><title>A CW &amp; WSPR Beacon</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  155. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  156. &lt;br /&gt;
  157. I&#39;ve been fiddling some more with STM32 and have created a DDS based CW &amp;amp; WSPR beacon for 6M.&lt;br /&gt;
  158. &lt;br /&gt;
  159. You can find the details of the project here:&lt;br /&gt;
  160. &lt;br /&gt;
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  162. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iOvTXpGt0Rg/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/iOvTXpGt0Rg?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  163. &lt;br /&gt;
  164. The WSPR code is stolen from Anthony F4GOH, his code and other bits and bobs are on GitHub here:&lt;br /&gt;
  165. &lt;br /&gt;
  166. &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/f4goh/wspr&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://github.com/f4goh/wspr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  167. &lt;br /&gt;
  168. To counter any drift in the DDS, I&#39;ve modified my AD9850 board to use an external signal for the clock and configured my Leo Bodnar GPS referenced oscilator to give me 10MHz from output 1 and 125MHz from output 2, thus:&lt;br /&gt;
  169. &lt;br /&gt;
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  171. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYATVj_oOnGXnaeM0HBbvAQ_OxvgkVs3i4LL7Ul3gCczTHkwwhnRJ36LEQklWlKCqzLK9Ah1mtCr1EK7KAuihRjkBcluwoFEhjynA5GNxkEO7OcK8JDOLqX-bdZ3-dk1bLorP-vm34d1H/s1600/10MHz+125MHz+Leo+Bodnar.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;770&quot; data-original-width=&quot;324&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYATVj_oOnGXnaeM0HBbvAQ_OxvgkVs3i4LL7Ul3gCczTHkwwhnRJ36LEQklWlKCqzLK9Ah1mtCr1EK7KAuihRjkBcluwoFEhjynA5GNxkEO7OcK8JDOLqX-bdZ3-dk1bLorP-vm34d1H/s320/10MHz+125MHz+Leo+Bodnar.PNG&quot; width=&quot;134&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  172. &lt;br /&gt;
  173. The 125MHz is now used to drive the DDS. I&#39;d be delighted to receive reports from the beacon, the CW signal is on 50.030 and every multiple of 10 mins it sends a 2 min WSPR transmission on 50.293 + 30Hz.&lt;br /&gt;
  174. &lt;br /&gt;
  175. Here&#39;s the WSPR beacon RX from G0ORC:&lt;br /&gt;
  176. &lt;br /&gt;
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  178. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsVQpNSi_dvSYP0aRgOyQwoeIFag3v8HV_ZwdvBRJYX_5w9shiAwdIrf4s8eRCZMfFNCDVTpYY-bS0M02IFAha-fMdzIhBjnumHmn-F8H7FkpGaPJLYTrKsbZuLafPBhwLfZrlKITuVBt/s1600/g0mgx+%2528002%2529.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;902&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsVQpNSi_dvSYP0aRgOyQwoeIFag3v8HV_ZwdvBRJYX_5w9shiAwdIrf4s8eRCZMfFNCDVTpYY-bS0M02IFAha-fMdzIhBjnumHmn-F8H7FkpGaPJLYTrKsbZuLafPBhwLfZrlKITuVBt/s320/g0mgx+%2528002%2529.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  179. &lt;br /&gt;
  180. No drift - not even a wobble! Excellent.&lt;br /&gt;
  181. &lt;br /&gt;
  182. Fun, dont you think?&lt;/div&gt;
  183. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-cw-wspr-beacon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/iOvTXpGt0Rg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-6734226193546804819</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-19T12:07:03.431+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ardunio Power Meter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32F103RC8T6</category><title>An Arduino based Power Meter</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  184. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  185. &lt;br /&gt;
  186. I&#39;ve been fiddling some more since the Linear we built a little while ago &lt;a href=&quot;https://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/02/making-10w-qrp-ish-linear.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  187. &lt;br /&gt;
  188. Some musings below on power meters, directional couplers and measuing RF power:&lt;br /&gt;
  189. &lt;br /&gt;
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  193. &lt;br /&gt;
  194. I hope you are all keeping safe - its very scary out there.&lt;/div&gt;
  195. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/03/well-ive-been-fiddling-some-more-since.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZMc1TdX-AoQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-1191398784950265748</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-03-25T17:45:39.376+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ILI9341</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32F103RC8T6</category><title>TFTs and Blue Pills - Are you sure?</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  196. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  197. &lt;br /&gt;
  198. I&#39;ve been using the STM32 processor (STM32F103 for those playing along at home) based &quot;Blue Pill&quot; board. This board is compatible with the Arduino IDE and I have been using it with the ILI9341 super duper TFT display module.&lt;br /&gt;
  199. &lt;br /&gt;
  200. This is the board in question:&lt;br /&gt;
  201. &lt;br /&gt;
  202. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  203. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrh6DupQAZhz0HUlZXyk3iQYuFj1l-qlWESCKPvRXlhDvZwrPoi7QR5M7VWDFBisjHC98mEM0leaAu0uMnddL5Z98-_H_xo0mINqr9ZwOFjUr-8TWpwOZPFxxyL3iuVY-Nlbl8Ij8fMiyl/s1600/stm32+pinout.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;779&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1199&quot; height=&quot;207&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrh6DupQAZhz0HUlZXyk3iQYuFj1l-qlWESCKPvRXlhDvZwrPoi7QR5M7VWDFBisjHC98mEM0leaAu0uMnddL5Z98-_H_xo0mINqr9ZwOFjUr-8TWpwOZPFxxyL3iuVY-Nlbl8Ij8fMiyl/s320/stm32+pinout.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  205. &lt;/div&gt;
  206. &lt;br /&gt;
  207. &lt;br /&gt;
  208. The STM32 board support can be added easily to the Arduino IDE, just add this line:&lt;br /&gt;
  209. &lt;br /&gt;
  210. https://github.com/stm32duino/BoardManagerFiles/raw/master/STM32/package_stm_index.json&lt;br /&gt;
  211. &lt;br /&gt;
  212. to the preferences screen:&lt;br /&gt;
  213. &lt;br /&gt;
  214. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  215. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFTu-7t5aK-XuqdyRwxotPRx77CBl69INoew1FYps2fGYzAKX9GVoz7kwclooAPrGhFiT3m9igSWhm6WcxYsEFPE-SnK11Yyudn8Pg5q3llL-igQvC3_x0Trev6VaZZj4unlThATgBIkR/s1600/Boards+Addition.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;479&quot; data-original-width=&quot;804&quot; height=&quot;190&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFTu-7t5aK-XuqdyRwxotPRx77CBl69INoew1FYps2fGYzAKX9GVoz7kwclooAPrGhFiT3m9igSWhm6WcxYsEFPE-SnK11Yyudn8Pg5q3llL-igQvC3_x0Trev6VaZZj4unlThATgBIkR/s320/Boards+Addition.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  216. &lt;br /&gt;
  217. Once you have done that you can then install the STM32 cores from the board manager:&lt;br /&gt;
  218. &lt;br /&gt;
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  220. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp6pPvmaEIkP9r6w_AAWOtEdrVai_bJKwPyurQ832IiJpYNFCVlGuUQpHKeZepoGN8uhhMcRn9WCaUtDBXIj2HWLLjj9-GhjeLicxBT4nZPfcCaHWcXa18i_XrD0bVxkgq5etAyCMnhl9/s1600/Boards+Manager.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;444&quot; data-original-width=&quot;789&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBp6pPvmaEIkP9r6w_AAWOtEdrVai_bJKwPyurQ832IiJpYNFCVlGuUQpHKeZepoGN8uhhMcRn9WCaUtDBXIj2HWLLjj9-GhjeLicxBT4nZPfcCaHWcXa18i_XrD0bVxkgq5etAyCMnhl9/s320/Boards+Manager.PNG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  221. &lt;br /&gt;
  222. I wrote some very simple code to generate Pi using floating point maths:&lt;br /&gt;
  223. &lt;br /&gt;
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  225. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSBoA9HMN93smILmCDVFWkEXDO4gq0HlZgzwxiUR2sBeAJF-DeDRH5AOdBwH1CUTVIrGgJ5B0ZAZ1cYeNU3PjjGIaQyX301sjmEoFmdIjGnnjgPbaTLYnJgN4L8qjmDR9eBCuGcFG7QO_/s1600/Code.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;89&quot; data-original-width=&quot;533&quot; height=&quot;53&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSBoA9HMN93smILmCDVFWkEXDO4gq0HlZgzwxiUR2sBeAJF-DeDRH5AOdBwH1CUTVIrGgJ5B0ZAZ1cYeNU3PjjGIaQyX301sjmEoFmdIjGnnjgPbaTLYnJgN4L8qjmDR9eBCuGcFG7QO_/s320/Code.PNG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  226. &lt;br /&gt;
  227. Set to calculate 100,000 itterations, the good old Arduino Nano ran this code in&amp;nbsp;29.60099983215332031250 seconds. This Blue Pill board runs the same calculation in&amp;nbsp;3.07200002670288085937 seconds. Cooking!&lt;br /&gt;
  228. &lt;br /&gt;
  229. Here&#39; how I have wired the test up for the TFT:&lt;br /&gt;
  230. &lt;br /&gt;
  231. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  232. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoZiGDzBU9NTc1SXTooC37B3gqLPagIMuJl3iMa1McCzhgOvEWPj-sXbAOW5G3JCoh2CHcp1_oIvOP0Dmh1P8cHJoXjvJ5kVSnOIpEEXcc_CyeY7pZLvd9zToTFcwTsUGtYQqpltF0stW/s1600/ILI9342+STM32+Blue+Pill_bb.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1297&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;259&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoZiGDzBU9NTc1SXTooC37B3gqLPagIMuJl3iMa1McCzhgOvEWPj-sXbAOW5G3JCoh2CHcp1_oIvOP0Dmh1P8cHJoXjvJ5kVSnOIpEEXcc_CyeY7pZLvd9zToTFcwTsUGtYQqpltF0stW/s320/ILI9342+STM32+Blue+Pill_bb.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  233. &lt;br /&gt;
  234. I have used the library called &quot;TFT_eSPI&quot; which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Bodmer/TFT_eSPI&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In the more modern Arduino IDE you just search for it and install from the library manager.&lt;br /&gt;
  235. &lt;br /&gt;
  236. Once you have done that you need to make a couple of edits to the &quot;User_Setup&quot; file which you can find in the libray directory.&lt;br /&gt;
  237. &lt;br /&gt;
  238. Here&#39;s mod 1:&lt;br /&gt;
  239. &lt;br /&gt;
  240. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  241. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicewHHAxAciy_rB8UlcQ-_Tx3sfJq5SPRYpFRAFiAPWSWUP3wIDhu6GTo4-yyCwmGWYmSF5bcU2VnomcpvpHS2vdlv825PUZe81cKNtWHWsdosUhKckpLZ6lZe_7UTYH3UGW14zrLYNZQY/s1600/Mod+1.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;144&quot; data-original-width=&quot;723&quot; height=&quot;63&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicewHHAxAciy_rB8UlcQ-_Tx3sfJq5SPRYpFRAFiAPWSWUP3wIDhu6GTo4-yyCwmGWYmSF5bcU2VnomcpvpHS2vdlv825PUZe81cKNtWHWsdosUhKckpLZ6lZe_7UTYH3UGW14zrLYNZQY/s320/Mod+1.PNG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  242. &lt;br /&gt;
  243. and this is mod 2 - please use pins of your choice here:&lt;br /&gt;
  244. &lt;br /&gt;
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  246. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx28U4Xz9OfFA-LCyrBogx1hdF4l9jNQ6b0FDsfmkffB4im8mM9AiT-DdfRNepTMuR5MMS-OKRDvaZ9rANDo2BMzHTc_oK29WNIlYXOlNmIoGrKZRoRMZpE-5X0G_91Ujo47IJNM5SZTD/s1600/Mod+2.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;125&quot; data-original-width=&quot;868&quot; height=&quot;46&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx28U4Xz9OfFA-LCyrBogx1hdF4l9jNQ6b0FDsfmkffB4im8mM9AiT-DdfRNepTMuR5MMS-OKRDvaZ9rANDo2BMzHTc_oK29WNIlYXOlNmIoGrKZRoRMZpE-5X0G_91Ujo47IJNM5SZTD/s320/Mod+2.PNG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  247. &lt;br /&gt;
  248. Once you have done that all should be well!&lt;br /&gt;
  249. &lt;br /&gt;
  250. Please note that this library and config only works with the Arduino STM32 cores and the HID bootloader.....&lt;/div&gt;
  251. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/03/tfts-and-blue-pills-are-you-sure.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrh6DupQAZhz0HUlZXyk3iQYuFj1l-qlWESCKPvRXlhDvZwrPoi7QR5M7VWDFBisjHC98mEM0leaAu0uMnddL5Z98-_H_xo0mINqr9ZwOFjUr-8TWpwOZPFxxyL3iuVY-Nlbl8Ij8fMiyl/s72-c/stm32+pinout.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-8675859427819550355</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-03-08T17:13:27.847+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ILI9341</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">QRPLabs LInear</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><title>Making a 10W &quot;QRP&quot; ish linear</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  252. I&#39;ve started to design some software that will control a low power linear amplifier.&lt;br /&gt;
  253. &lt;br /&gt;
  254. I plan to use the 10W Amp from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qrp-labs.com/linear.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;QRPLabs&lt;/a&gt; as the main component - I can&#39;t make one for the price they sell these kits, so thats on order.&lt;br /&gt;
  255. &lt;br /&gt;
  256. In the meantime, I&#39;ve been designing some software to control the output switching, and calculate the forward and reflected power and SWR:&lt;br /&gt;
  257. &lt;br /&gt;
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  259. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SRhXYJKR1YQ/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/SRhXYJKR1YQ?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  260. &lt;br /&gt;
  261. &lt;br /&gt;
  262. Initial software design is included for the STM32 &quot;blue pill&quot; baord.&lt;br /&gt;
  263. &lt;br /&gt;
  264. The software can be downloaded &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/Linear_Control.zip&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  265. &lt;br /&gt;
  266. The pinoput for the STM32 board is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/STM32%20Pinout.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  267. &lt;br /&gt;
  268. The schematic for the RF sence using AD8307 is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/RF%20Sense%20Schematic.PNG&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  269. &lt;br /&gt;
  270. You can purchase a STM32 board &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/38t4wPw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  271. &lt;br /&gt;
  272. The TFT display with touchscreen functionality is &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/38u5JGn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
  273. &lt;br /&gt;
  274. More to follow on this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
  275. &lt;br /&gt;
  276. Here&#39;s part 2 where I look at the Low Pass Filters and the Log Amps to take accurate power readings in software:&lt;br /&gt;
  277. &lt;br /&gt;
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  279. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UC5knlMqZPA/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/UC5knlMqZPA?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  282. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T6_NHJHSwq0/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/T6_NHJHSwq0?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  283. &lt;br /&gt;
  284. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  285. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XgqjexAFDYg/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/XgqjexAFDYg?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  286. &lt;br /&gt;
  287. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  288. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fLQSjAayd4U/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/fLQSjAayd4U?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  291. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  292. The finsl control software is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/Linear_Control_Final.zip&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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  294. &lt;span id=&quot;goog_980406008&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  295. &lt;br /&gt;
  296. The simple software based sequencer software is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/PTT_Sequencer.zip&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  297. &lt;br /&gt;
  298. The schematic for the transistor switches I used in the sequencer is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/PTT%20Sequencer%20-%20Project.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  299. &lt;br /&gt;
  300. The wiring layout for the STM32 is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/STM32%20Pinout.png&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  301. &lt;br /&gt;
  302. The AD8307 schematic is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/g/g0mgx//BlogFiles/Linear/RF%20Sense%20Schematic.PNG&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  304. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  305. &lt;/div&gt;
  306. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/02/making-10w-qrp-ish-linear.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/SRhXYJKR1YQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-6850350826515600606</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-03-10T16:25:15.736+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Arduino 32 bit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blue Pill</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mapel Blue Pill</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">STM32</category><title>A STM32 Processor - really?</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  307. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  308. &lt;br /&gt;
  309. In my never ending desire to fiddle with Microprocessors and/or Micro controllers, I found these boards on my local Amazon with prime next day delivery:&lt;br /&gt;
  310. &lt;br /&gt;
  311. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  312. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK5opdcyN8hoJEVYoZIijqWPo5QWjW0tCSzOrjkWt8RbLAzSWmOpN7MdqdPUXotUy_SHIQsxYHPazhsHGtoxpTIcIfPZdAU3vkK96QjJG6WwZSMeq6K2p3eRfAD26ziRGPmRw7IHslPUX/s1600/Blue_pill-STM32F103C8T6-ARM-STM32-or-arduino.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;722&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;144&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK5opdcyN8hoJEVYoZIijqWPo5QWjW0tCSzOrjkWt8RbLAzSWmOpN7MdqdPUXotUy_SHIQsxYHPazhsHGtoxpTIcIfPZdAU3vkK96QjJG6WwZSMeq6K2p3eRfAD26ziRGPmRw7IHslPUX/s320/Blue_pill-STM32F103C8T6-ARM-STM32-or-arduino.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  313. &lt;br /&gt;
  314. They are called a &quot;Blue Pill&quot; for some reason?!?!? The boards I ordered are &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/37QGIor&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;these&lt;/a&gt;. At the time of writing I could buy 5 of these boards for £15 GBP delivered.&lt;br /&gt;
  315. &lt;br /&gt;
  316. You can use them directly with an external USB -&amp;gt; Serial converter, but you can also upload a bootloader and make the on-board USB port work successfully.&lt;br /&gt;
  317. &lt;br /&gt;
  318. I followed the instructions here:&lt;br /&gt;
  319. &lt;br /&gt;
  320. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  321. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tm7IWQLrKYs/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tm7IWQLrKYs?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  322. &lt;br /&gt;
  323. the speed of these processors is excellent and when used in conjunction with the ILI9342 displays I have been using recently they work very well indeed.&lt;br /&gt;
  324. &lt;br /&gt;
  325. You can see an example of the processor in action in my latest musings on the BITX:&lt;br /&gt;
  326. &lt;br /&gt;
  327. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  328. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AnpU52jWU4g/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnpU52jWU4g?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  329. &lt;br /&gt;
  330. All very impressive and I still fail to believe how inexpensive these MCUs are.&lt;br /&gt;
  331. &lt;br /&gt;
  332. ** UPDATE **&lt;br /&gt;
  333. &lt;br /&gt;
  334. There is an alternative bootloader (its much smaller) available for this board now, you can find instructions for using it below. This uses the HID method for uploading:&lt;br /&gt;
  335. &lt;br /&gt;
  336. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  337. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Myon8H111PQ/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Myon8H111PQ?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  338. &lt;br /&gt;
  339. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  340. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-stm32-processor-really.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK5opdcyN8hoJEVYoZIijqWPo5QWjW0tCSzOrjkWt8RbLAzSWmOpN7MdqdPUXotUy_SHIQsxYHPazhsHGtoxpTIcIfPZdAU3vkK96QjJG6WwZSMeq6K2p3eRfAD26ziRGPmRw7IHslPUX/s72-c/Blue_pill-STM32F103C8T6-ARM-STM32-or-arduino.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-269207795724976572</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 07:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-02-02T09:06:04.351+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">40M BITX</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BITX</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BITX DDS VFO</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BITX40</category><title>Back to the BITX</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  341. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  342. &lt;br /&gt;
  343. I wanted to do a simple (ish) construction project for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/c/MarkG0MGX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my YouTube channel&lt;/a&gt; and decided a BITX would be just the ticket.&lt;br /&gt;
  344. &lt;br /&gt;
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  346. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YbPiViO2G4Y/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/YbPiViO2G4Y?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  347. &lt;br /&gt;
  348. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  349. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4UvGagt21c8/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/4UvGagt21c8?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  350. &lt;br /&gt;
  351. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  352. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pQ35qVIrvVo/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/pQ35qVIrvVo?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  355. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  356. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AnpU52jWU4g/0.jpg&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnpU52jWU4g?feature=player_embedded&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  357. &lt;br /&gt;
  358. If you like what I am doing please subscribe to my channel and give me some support.&lt;br /&gt;
  359. &lt;br /&gt;
  360. Thanks muchness!&lt;br /&gt;
  361. &lt;br /&gt;
  362. ** UPDATE **&lt;br /&gt;
  363. &lt;br /&gt;
  364. Following the issues I noted in the video on balancing the Balanced Modulator, I have added some capacitance either side as highlighted in this image:&lt;br /&gt;
  365. &lt;br /&gt;
  366. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  367. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhCgpDt1vW8mhUFUdhkPrJQoNdE8EL6CDv9srrcshvuymLk2mpQcoRYfnBFg-QI5qWCN4d8VCJofmT0PxSHW1s4hmC-rR_2A5gZo-qfBGdKgSJ_c63fkkJp4dCXNTdRWRu8DpNPL2oenK/s1600/Balanced+Mod+Update.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;834&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1159&quot; height=&quot;230&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhCgpDt1vW8mhUFUdhkPrJQoNdE8EL6CDv9srrcshvuymLk2mpQcoRYfnBFg-QI5qWCN4d8VCJofmT0PxSHW1s4hmC-rR_2A5gZo-qfBGdKgSJ_c63fkkJp4dCXNTdRWRu8DpNPL2oenK/s320/Balanced+Mod+Update.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  368. &lt;br /&gt;
  369. By careful adjustment of the balance pot and the trimmer I have now got excellent carrier supression:&lt;br /&gt;
  370. &lt;br /&gt;
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  372. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJGusBABRXsp9p31p2sNLopTJwE6hXH0tBOxmcXaue9ZOm9Z5FGMoNWdecGIQbaIZSlZTbFvJBo8ZkhLpqwtCSueXyjkqCH_NoKqKum-RGd2DNLiNfCoVJ885_aS4Si6x2Ud6XVaknm6_/s1600/balmod.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;480&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJGusBABRXsp9p31p2sNLopTJwE6hXH0tBOxmcXaue9ZOm9Z5FGMoNWdecGIQbaIZSlZTbFvJBo8ZkhLpqwtCSueXyjkqCH_NoKqKum-RGd2DNLiNfCoVJ885_aS4Si6x2Ud6XVaknm6_/s320/balmod.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  373. &lt;br /&gt;
  374. much better, dont you think?&lt;/div&gt;
  375. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/02/back-to-bitx.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/YbPiViO2G4Y/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322535002789091724.post-756268385135019470</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-01-19T09:23:19.509+00:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADF4351</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SDRPlay</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">SDRPlay Spectrum Analyser</category><title>Spectrum Analysis</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  376. Well,&lt;br /&gt;
  377. &lt;br /&gt;
  378. I&#39;ve been messing about recently with some inexpensive alternatives to a Spectrum Analyser. I find my Rigol DS-815 one of the best investments I&#39;ve ever made, it represents excellent value for money. However, its still an expensive purchase and I wondered if the inexpensive alternatives were any good.&lt;br /&gt;
  379. &lt;br /&gt;
  380. First off, I tried one of these that you can source on all good auction sites, here is a link to the device on Amazon:&lt;br /&gt;
  381. &lt;br /&gt;
  382. &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/2Te1h9X&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Without a box&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  383. &lt;br /&gt;
  384. and also:&lt;br /&gt;
  385. &lt;br /&gt;
  386. &lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/2Nge73O&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;With a box (if you are posh like me)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  387. &lt;br /&gt;
  388. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  389. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-ju1sFc65n821dPXcbvx93zSvnEph3vRtN7-wOQYjFpkA4dyRSCEhT9jNSUIcWL_zK7qhQK0WTHWAI1fh6r5XRb5LcUDy5xgTOteNe8jCE30o1u1GXnLGMZwKVAzo8h6LLbZeGBBbInI/s1600/ADF4351+spec+an.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;645&quot; data-original-width=&quot;846&quot; height=&quot;243&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-ju1sFc65n821dPXcbvx93zSvnEph3vRtN7-wOQYjFpkA4dyRSCEhT9jNSUIcWL_zK7qhQK0WTHWAI1fh6r5XRb5LcUDy5xgTOteNe8jCE30o1u1GXnLGMZwKVAzo8h6LLbZeGBBbInI/s320/ADF4351+spec+an.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  390. &lt;br /&gt;
  391. They look like the image above and represent exceptional value for money - you couldn&#39;t purchase the bits for the price.&lt;br /&gt;
  392. &lt;br /&gt;
  393. Here&#39;s my evaluation of the device:&lt;br /&gt;
  394. &lt;br /&gt;
  395. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  396. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kp_T2c5hl6Y/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kp_T2c5hl6Y?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  397. &lt;br /&gt;
  398. Second I tried an SDRPlay and associated software as a Spectrum Analyser:&lt;br /&gt;
  399. &lt;br /&gt;
  400. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  401. &lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; class=&quot;YOUTUBE-iframe-video&quot; data-thumbnail-src=&quot;https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PiZWhQn3wLk/0.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/PiZWhQn3wLk?feature=player_embedded&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  402. &lt;br /&gt;
  403. Next will be a Red Pitaya... so watch this space.&lt;/div&gt;
  404. </description><link>http://g0mgx.blogspot.com/2020/01/spectrum-analysis.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (G0MGX)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-ju1sFc65n821dPXcbvx93zSvnEph3vRtN7-wOQYjFpkA4dyRSCEhT9jNSUIcWL_zK7qhQK0WTHWAI1fh6r5XRb5LcUDy5xgTOteNe8jCE30o1u1GXnLGMZwKVAzo8h6LLbZeGBBbInI/s72-c/ADF4351+spec+an.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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