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=== Blue Pill Card === | === Blue Pill Card === | ||
| + | * 3.3V operation work without level shifters for I2C | ||
| + | ** OLED can run from 3.3V | ||
| + | ** Si5351 requires 3.3V | ||
* [[STM32|Blue Pill Card]] | * [[STM32|Blue Pill Card]] | ||
* Used right angle headers and Dupont cables | * Used right angle headers and Dupont cables | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 27 September 2020
This is a work in process - Gathering pieces.
Contents
Features
- Replace HW-9 internal VFO with a digital VFO
- HW-9 VFO has legendary issues
- Mechanical issues with vernier
- Drift due to thermal
- Lack of resolution
- HW-9 VFO has legendary issues
- Fits within HW-9 VFO Box
- Controls Tx/Rx/BFO frequencies with rotary encoder
- 10 Hz steps
- DD1306 OLED Display
- I2C Interface
- "Curved" display
- Uses RIT control on HW-9
- +/- 1 KHz RIT
- Blue Pill Microprocessor
- Arduino compatible
- 3.3V
- Understands band switch for MHz displayed
- Si5351 Oscillator
- I2C Interface
- 3 Outputs
- Transmit frequency
- Receiver frequency include offset plus RIT
- BFO frequency
- Low pass filters to turn square waves to sine waves
- 27 MHz crystal
Parts
Blue Pill Card
- 3.3V operation work without level shifters for I2C
- OLED can run from 3.3V
- Si5351 requires 3.3V
- Blue Pill Card
- Used right angle headers and Dupont cables
- Replaced BOOT 0,1 jumpers
- Jumper on BOOT1
- Switch on BOOT0 - easier to download code
- Download via serial
128x32 OLED
Arduino Library for OLED
- U8g2: Library for monochrome displays, version 2
- Constructor
U8G2_SSD1306_128X32_UNIVISION_F_HW_I2C u8g2(U8G2_R0, /* reset=*/ U8X8_PIN_NONE); // STM32, Ebay OLED
- Font
u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_ncenB14_tr);
Rotary Encoder/Breakout Board
- Includes pushbutton Switch
- Includes Pull-Up resistors
- Needs R/C filter on output for debounce
- Simple Rotary Encoder Arduino library
- Library for the Arduino environment for using a rotary encoder as an input
Si5351 FrequencyGenerator
- 3 outputs
- Tx
- Rx
- BFO
VFO TX
- From 5.9993-5.7493 MHz
VFO RX
- RIT knob is taken in through an A/D and adjusts the frequency plus/minus 1 KHz
BFO
- 8.8314 MHz in receive
- 8.8307 MHz in transmit
Low Pass Filters
- 6 MHz
Schematic
Libraries
- VFO and BFO with Si5351A, OLED and Arduino
- U8g2: Library for monochrome displays, version 2
- Si5351 Library for Arduino
- Universal Digital VFO Si570/Si5351
- Adafruit_Si5351
- Si5351 Library for avr-gcc
- vk3hn_VFO_controller
- Simple BFO with si5351 controlled by Arduino
Videos
