In this video I continue the Phaser build and pull together the phase shift network and RF combiner. I then test the lower sideband suppression on the spectrum analyzer.
I did check the manual and the lower sideband suppression should be -35dB down between 800-2800 Hz. I was only getting that between ~1200-1800Hz. That could certainly be related to the replacement FST3257 I put in. I will check again after the transmit stage is complete. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ1oD8cNzhA
Demo of the operation of RIt and a quick explanation
Comparator info here: http://www.learningaboutelectronics.com/Articles/LM393-comparator-circuit.php
Datasheet for MV2104 Varactor: http://pdf.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheet_pdf/leshan-radio-company/MV2105.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsvMPVbmGqo
In this video I build up a simple electronic game based in part on the 1970s "Simon" game. I chose a Black Pill STM32F411CE based board but this could be equally done with the cheaper "Blue Pill"
I was inspired in this by Big Clives teardown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ss-1cu5gtA&t=733s
and there is a fantastic reverse engineering of the game here:
https://www.waitingforfriday.com/?p=586
All the code and schematic is here
https://github.com/thaaraak/Black-Pill-Simon
Finally the Timer calculator is here
https://www.mikroe.com/timer-calculator
0:00 Intro
1:51 Game Demo
2:57 Schematic
5:57 A note on the STLink Programmer
6:43 Setting up the STMCube project
7:30 Setting up Timers/PWM
8:20 How to create the right Frequency using Prescaler/Period
9:58 The Timer Calculator program
11:42 Programming a tone
14:08 The LEDs
17:15 Setting up the Buttons
22:58 Using the Bounce2 debounce code
25:38 Code Explanation - State Machine
28:20 Code Explanation - Class Structure
Bill of Materials
- STM32411 Black Pill (or Blue Pill STM32F401)
- LM386
- 4 x LEDs red, green, blue, yellow
- 4 x Push button switch
- 50k Pot
- 4 x 2N3904
- 4 x 220 ohm
- 4 x 3.3k ohm
- 100 uF, 22uF, 220uF
- 2 x .1 uF
- 7805 5V Regulator
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxcPWusnIAg
This is going to be a series of videos with me building this old school kit.
PCB from http://farcircuits.net
Document from http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/96hb1789.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94XyVl1kDBo
I had hoped to get all the receiver circuitry done but this video was running a bit long so I stopped after installing the relays and testing the band pass filters
Here's the magnis forum (thanks again to N8VET)
https://groups.io/g/TheVeteranSDR/topics
0:00 Intro and plan of attack
2:17 USB update and correction
3:10 Controlling the LO frequency with HDSDR
4:20 Installing Q1 and Q2 for Transmit and Band change control
5:46 Relays K1, K2 and K4 installed
6:05 Relays tested
7:16 Checking continuity for K2 and K4
8:27 Checking the bandpass relay K1
8:57 Building the band pass filters for 20 and 40m
10:02 Bandpass filters built
11:59 Bandpass filter installed and testing setup
12:32 Observing the output of the 20 and 40m bandpass filters on the spectrum analyzer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMK3L9dE1U
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
I thought I do a video showing show experiments I have been doing for a 5W push pull style amplifier at 14 Mhz.
Charlie Morris has a great video explaining the math here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtyabG69d4g&t=1503s
The push/pull style amplifier is based on the Ensemble RXTX power amplifier described here
http://www.wb5rvz.org/ensemble_rxtx/10_pa
The ltspice circuit is on my github repo
https://github.com/thaaraak/ltspice
Note that the original ensemble amplifier sets the bias of the mosfets using a reference circuit which I did include in the ltspice model - but I used a simple 5V regulator in mine.
Here's the site that I used for the lowpass filter
https://rf-tools.com/lc-filter/
and the Toroid calculator is here
https://toroids.info/T37-6.php
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efGYnsF4bDU