Review of Si570 Frequency Synthesizer Kit from K5JHF and K5BCQ Revision History 11 July 2009. Original 12 July 2009. Expanded with more measurement data 13 July 2009. Added power output versus frequency 14 July 2009. Revised discussion related to calibration and added frequency calibration section Table...
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The Si570 Controller and Frequency Generator Kit #2 Shows an assembled Si570 Controller with 2-AA batteries. The LCD shows Memory location "36" and 14.060Mhz with the cursor in the 1Khz position. You can see the Si570 chip soldered on the back. This standalone unit (no attached PC required...
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The Si570 Controller and Frequency Generator Kit #2 includes a 12 digit LCD frequency display, a programmed MC9S08QG8 microcontroller, and a rotary encoder for tuning. For Softrock, it can be used #1) to replace the regular USB I2C interface to the Si570 mounted on the SoftRock or #2) you can mount the...
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> > You should see an entry something like 'LibUSB-Win32 Devices' and 'AVR USB device' or maybe 'DG8SAQ' etc. In the 'Driver' tab just > click on 'Uninstall' and that should remove it from your system. > You will only see this in "Device Manager" if the USB device is plugged in...
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LO WON'T CHANGE FREQ I had this same problem, which is that the Si570 is not calibrated correctly. It has to be very close to 56.32 MHz or the manufactured value. I calibrated mine by using my Omni VI to generate a known frequency and then use a calibration program to set the Si570. I did this using...
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Summary: Note: These cards were tested with Windows XP Pro. I believe they all provide Vista drivers as well, but not all provide drivers for older versions of Windows. E-MU 0202 USB - Pros: 192 kHz, inexpensive, easy installation, very good dynamic range, excellent image rejection, usable with laptop...
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Switched BPFs Using the USB AVR chip. This is getting complicated, various methods have been proposed. As always I recommend keeping with Tony's kit until you know what the alternatives are. "There seems to be a lot of confusion and spurious information being given out regarding the v9.0 receiver...
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- SoftRock Ver9 Software defined receiver V9 with 30-17m coil set. This receiver covers 160-10m. The center frequencies are determined by a USB controlled Si570 much like the V6.3RxTx. The V9 with Softrock 2 meter converter "stack". This converter was designed by the QRP2000 Design team. The...
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http://212.254.198.33/bpf_usb / Powersdr Sdr1kUsb.dll for V9 Sdr1kUsb.dll with BPF support. This should work with original V9 firmware. I have tested with psdr1.14.0 and psdr1.16.1, but shold work with any psdr version. Download Sdr1kUsb.dll for psdr / bpf (all versions) . The original version (no BPF...
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