I don't want to cause excessive topic drift here, but I really appreciate the various simple options that the KX3 provides. If I want to do digital, there is the IQ output. If I want to do ssb, there is mic input. If I want computer control or to update the firmware there is an RS232 input. I can use any or all of them as my needs at the moment dictate. Having the rs232 by the way enables me to use a microcontroller to control the radio. If the KX3 used USB there is no way that most people will be able to put together a microcontroller project to control their radio. Just about anyone can program for RS232, very few can deal with a USB stack. I will gladly deal with the cabling in exchange of the flexibility that it enables. Just one customer's pennies worth. Have a great night everyone.
On Thu, 2016-04-14 at 17:38 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Done. For most applications, a single USB cable to the radio (K3S, or a K3 > with a KIO3B module) is all that's required for combined computer data and > audio. > > We provide lots of other DC, audio, and digital I/O too, just in case you > need it. For example, we provide a second headphone jack, second mic jack, > and stereo speaker outputs on the back. Just in case. > > No way to get rid of the DC input jack, antenna jack, and ground screw, of > course. > > I suppose the keyer paddle could go to Bluetooth? > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Apr 14, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Barry Jablonski <bjablon...@att.net> wrote: > > > Hi Keith, > > > > I totally agree. In the software world it's called spaghetti code -- in > > the hardware world it's an octopus's garden. RS-232 is so 30 years old! > > All modern radios > > have one go's into and one go's out'a. Using standard modern protocols. > > Elecraft needs to join the modern world. > > > > Barry > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to crustac...@brig-elec.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
