John, Are you going to start a project or a kit for sale.? Here we can't get those parts and the ones we get are old and vy expensive. So that's why I ask.
Regards On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:30 PM, John H. Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks very much, Ross, I'll let you know :-) The MC9S08SH8CPJ 20 pin > DIP chips which I ordered yesterday from Mouser are on the FEDEX truck > for delivery today. So I am concentrating on getting the New controller > built for Sat. The main advantage of the MC9S08SH8CPJ is that it is a 5 > volt part and will directly interface with the LCD and Keyboard. This > will make an excellent "Terminal" as in H19, ADM3, VT100, etc, with both > RS-232 and IIC interfaces. I have been waiting for this chip. Most of > the S08 chips are 3.3 volts. If I get the new controller built in time, > I will try the WB6DHW Si570 board and Softrock LITE combo again. I'm > really waiting for the SR-LX 8.1 or whatever I'm getting :-) At least > the controller is functioning very well. Today I added two more user > settable parameters in addition to startup Frequency F0 and offset. They > are the startup memory address and the startup digit (1,10,100, or > memory address digit ) :-) I also sped up the memory initialization of > holding in the encoder for 5 seconds during power up, by only zeroing > out the non-zero memories. It takes 5ms to do a write so it was taking > .005 x 8192 = 40.96 seconds. It will still take that long to initialize > the very first time. But of course I forgot I have ordered the 24AA32A > EEPROMs which will provide only 1024 memories or 5.12 seconds to clear > :-) Talk about minutia or detail, yuk :-) > > Thanks again for your offer of help. > > R. wrote: > > John, > > I've got some two-inch-wide copper foil tape if you > > need any. It's been a while since I've used it, but I > > think the adhesive is supposed to be either conductive > > or else high-temp. If it's the latter, it can be > > soldered, if it's the former, it might not even need > > soldering. > > 73, > > Ross > > > > --- "John H. Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <k5jhf%40sbcglobal.net>> > wrote: > > > > -- > Regards, > John > > ========================================================= > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <k5jhf%40sbcglobal.net> > photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k5jhf/sets/ > videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=k5jhf > files: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > web page: http://www.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > call sign: K5JHF > ========================================================= > > > -- Jose Bonanca (CT1aos)
