I wanted to build a GPSDO using the Brooks Shera design since I read the
QST article. I asked him in Jan 2009 about his source code, because I
wanted to change the PIC to a more modern one and add some
functionality, and his response was that he already had changed it to a
16F876A and added a lot of improvements to the released code such as PC
control of many parameters using a COM port and in his opinion it was
better for me to order a pre-programmed PIC from him than trying to
reinvent the wheel.
I did it and also he was kind enough to provide me with all the
hard-to-obtain parts.
My chip has this last version (402NE is mentioned in the doc, but this
is from 2007 and there is a later version), but probably it has the
fuses set to avoid extracting the code. Maybe somebody has the hex or
the source of this improved version, in the documentation it is
mentioned that Bob Leichner (WO6W) collaborated with Brooks in this
version so he can be a source of more info.
Brooks also made a PC program for controlling the GPSDO and plotting its
performance (EFC, ADEV, etc.). The program can be downloaded from:
https://sites.google.com/site/bshera02/software
and
https://sites.google.com/site/bshera02/software2
(you need both downloads).
I also have a description of the serial port commands accepted by the
device.
I have all parts and the PCB stored because I got a Trimble GPSDO, but I
think this is the right time to assemble it, at least as a tribute to
Brooks.
If anybody wants the files, just ask.
Best regards,
Ignacio EB4APL
On 24/03/2013 19:31, Chris Albertson wrote:
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Stephen Tompsett (G8LYB)
<[email protected]> wrote:
Here's a copy of the source package (that claims to be for version 1.28)
that he sent me when I enquired about it many years ago.
That's great. It needs to be some how linked to an archive of his
article. No better memorial to an engineer than to have is work
preserved in a public place. I read the assembly source code. I'm
not a PIC expert but I've been doing software for 25+ years I and see
that it is well written and easy to understand. Some day I'll
transliterate this to run on a TI launchpad and will have to credit
the author.
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