RT Systems’ Anytone 578 Software: Quick Update 1
In my previous post, I noted that the RT Systems software had at least one flaw in the development environment, which was causing an error when opening certain menus. I…
DMR Radio Programming Tool
or “Stupid Excel Tricks”, Part 1 So, the CPS (programming software) for both the Anytone 878 and Connect Systems radios is atrocious… well.. in my opinion. I’m used to Astro…
Some thoughts on codeplug design and layout
“Your codeplug will never be complete” – a quote I saw on a site about amateur radio DMR codeplug generation. I’ll argue against that thought. I wish I could get…
Python – just what i needed, another project
So, this started out as an exercise to see if could get Microsoft Excel (through VBA) to directly talk to my Uniden scanner. I’ve done this in labview quite a…
Soundcard Interface: Design For EMI
ok – this should be the final post…. I did one more batch of updates… this time I designed for EMI. Not only did I ensure I had full isolation…
USB Soundcard Interface… update 4
Over the past couple weeks, I have been tinkering more with the soundcard interface. I started using FreePCB (http://www.freepcb.com/) – which is a VERY nice PCB drawing program with gerber…
Motorola MTR2000 Band Change
One of the interesting things about equipment on the market today is the commonality between different models and bands of radio equipment. In years past, it was just the basic…
CI-V EXTERNAL VFO CONTROL, PART 4
Today, I tackled interrupts. I’m not so sure I tackled interrupts, so much as i worked on determining the dynamic tuning step timing. I needed a routine to wait for…
CI-V EXTERNAL VFO CONTROL, PART 3
well, there’s been some small progress…. I started tinkering with the rotary encoder. I found a great example here: http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Encoder.html one thing, though – encoder.h must be added to the…
CI-V External VFO Control, Part 2
OK, this update won’t have any videos… those will come shortly, so you’ll need to take my word for it. I learned a few things since the last post… so…