I had been meaning to create a homebrew version of the si5351 boards that Adafruit and others sell. This is a quick video going through that build
Here's the circuit
https://github.com/thaaraak/si5351
and the code I used to test
https://github.com/thaaraak/ESP32-A1S-Tayloe/blob/master/si5351/si5351.ino
Here are the parts from digikey
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/skyworks-solutions-inc/SI5351A-B-GTR/4069612
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/epson/TSX-3225-25-0000MF20X-AJ3/5260885
0:00 Intro
1:14 The circuit
2:09 The board built
2:35 Testing and wrapup
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5qqiTxyq0M
In this video I use the circuit developed in my earlier video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efGYnsF4bDU
and create a PCB as well as some heat sinking for the BS170s
The LTSpice model is here:
https://github.com/thaaraak/ltspice
and the kicad schematic and PCB layout is here:
https://github.com/thaaraak/SSB-Amplifier-V2
Apologies for not being able to walk through the math on the second stage. Still looking for a good explanation for the collector feedback model. Also the result deviated significantly lower than the LTSpice model so I have some research to do!
Correction: Around 9:20 I say "22 ohm resistors" I meant to say 220 ohm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAmw60fxdxI
In this video I will be playing around with some old sound circuits from the classic Space Invaders machine.
Here the github repo containing the kicad, ltspice and code
https://github.com/thaaraak/Space-Invaders
Here's my google drive with a pile of the documents I referred to (the TI Applications document is in here)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wN9LfC7sWyIfdF__VMJKV20dDnsGLjPI?usp=sharing
Here's Joe's original video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppvjhf4vhdQ&
The article on using shift registers to generate a pseudorandom bit stream
https://www.eetimes.com/tutorial-linear-feedback-shift-registers-lfsrs-part-1/
Where I sourced the parts from (no affiliation)
CD4006 https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803998192800.html
CD4070 https://www.ebay.com/itm/401389436743
LM3900 https://www.ebay.com/itm/203486171172?var=503839183781
556 https://www.ebay.com/itm/293751852498
0:00 Intro
0:24 The schematics for the Taito game
1:30 Quick note on the LM3900 Norton OpAmp
4:14 Invader Stepping sound circuit
7:05 Stepping sound on the breadboard
8:09 Stepping sound audio
9:00 Step sound on the oscilloscope
9:45 Noise generator schematic walkthrough (sorry about the background hum)
11:57 Noise generator on the oscilloscope
13:58 Noise sent to the audio output
14:57 Player killed schematic walkthrough
15:49 Setting the sustain time impulse
17:39 Attack and decay circuit
18:30 Attack and decay on the oscilloscope
21:31 Combining the envelope with noise
22:25 Explosion sound on the oscilloscope and wrap up
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHSgdZHHwc
Just a quick followup from the previous video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgiakIxMjfI&t=104s
Where I do the two tone test against the 70 W amplifier kit. Funnily enough just after I finished the video two more IRF530s gave their lives - next vid will definitely have the temperature protection in.
Here's the video and site I mentioned with all the mods
https://f5npv.wordpress.com/irf530-mosfet-amplifier/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0BD5l2JrfU
(thank you for the tip Peter - for some reason your comments aren't appearing on the previous video)
Schematic
https://github.com/thaaraak/70W-Amplifier/blob/main/70W-Amplifier.pdf
0:00 Intro
1:08 Test Setup with Magnis as Exciter
3:01 Two tone with Magnis as Baseline
3:50 Magnis on Spectrum Analyzer
5:19 Two tones not quite Pure?
5:39 Two tone from the Amplifier
7:00 Amplifier on the Spectrum analyzer
8:44 Close up of Amplifier and other mods to do
11:31 Some tests with a 15 ohm resistor at R6 (see schematic link)
11:54 on the oscilloscope
12:23 and on the spectrum analyzer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvDppBOvhtI
In this video I use the MAR-6 monolithic smplifier
https://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/MAR-6+.pdf
and create a simple preamp using the following schematic
https://github.com/thaaraak/preamp-mar6/blob/master/preamp-mar6.pdf
I do a little bit of testing and then insert it into the Tayloe detector board I used in the earlier video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prCrbD4T6I4&t=1s
0:00 Intro
0:23 Walkthrough of datasheet and application circuit
1:53 Walkthrough of physical device
2:44 Walkthrough of MAR-6 preamp board
3:56 Test setup and testing various frequency/amplitude combinations
7:32 How the preamp is connected to the Tayloe board
8:10 Preamp mounted on the board
9:21 Testing the audio output at various input amplitudes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1QsXNWUM5o
I have been looking for an alternative to the awesome Iowa hills filter software for some time. I came across this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5DevnKMpDo
Which explains in steps how to create a Hilbert filter and associated delay line using Matlab.
Charlie's original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4OKr2Zpcj0&t=579s
I adopted this approach in python using the scipy.signal library here:
https://github.com/thaaraak/ESP32-Arduino-Audio/blob/main/hilbert_generator.py
This video is a quick walkthrough of that code and a demonstrate on the filter taps using my previous ESP32 based audio processing here:
https://github.com/thaaraak/ESP32-IQ
0:00 Intro and why I am looking for an alternative to Iowa Hills
0:53 The Hilbert Filter + Delay Line approach
2:00 Python Hilbert generator Code walkthrough
4:22 Creating a sample filter
5:05 Looking at the frequency response of the filter
5:35 Convolving a sample sine wave through the Hilbert and Delay line
7:21 Using the coefficients created in an ESP32 based audio processor
8:19 Looking at the output on the oscilloscope
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGQaTJ6aWI
In this video I complete the amplifier and do a few tests. I'll probably do some more experimentation/tests in a future video. The spreadhseet with the biasing results is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WuPTipThOh3vR14WIszo85OvGeUhAQ2X/view?usp=sharing
0:00 Alternative biasing for 2SC1971
2:23 FInal stage on the board
2:55 Description of L1 and T3 on the board
3:26 2SC1971 reinstalled and FInal stage SMD components installed
4:37 220 ohm feedback resistors installed
5:32 How to wind T3
7:25 Testing continuity of T3
8:05 T3 and L1 installed
8:36 First test without heatsink
9:40 Trace on the oscilloscope
10:15 Board mounted on the heatsink
10:40 Tested with board on heatsink
11:47 Self Oscillation? with increased (3.75V) gate voltage
12:35 Testing the amp with an AM signal
13:40 Wrap up
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhQ0ouLv2c
A viewer had asked a troubleshooting question on the QCX Amplifier. I thought I'd do a troubleshooting video that assumes you've built up the amplifier and what might be some troubleshooting steps.
Here's the original video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsMaN1bGWynxst7OUYEk7muLIVh_oTMtv
0:00 Background
1:05 Test Setup
2:25 Amplifier test
4:12 Checking Power
6:46 QCX output and control signal
7:50 Transmit/Receive Switch
12:17 Amplifier FET Gates
17:14 FET Drains and T3
21:15 Low Pass Filter
23:25 Receive path switch
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUVLphjKaFQ