Thanks, Sarma. As the last paragraph of my original poststated, I will be working on the Minima Main Board next. Eventually, the construction guide will cover the entire Minima transceiver. 73, Mac AE5PH On 03/21/2014 02:40 AM, Mvs Sarma wrote:
congrats Mac, it is quite encouraging. Incidentally i could not locate the pages meant for the main board, if you have made one such guide. thanks for the nice job to guide members. all the best Mac !On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Mac A. Cody <maccody@xxxxxxx <mailto:maccody@xxxxxxx>>wrote:All, I have finally completed an update to my Minima construction guide and released it as Revision 2. It now completely coversconstruction and testing of the Digi Board. I have also put together several ZIP files containing Arduino sketches used to test the Digi Board. These sketches are referenced in the construction guide. I have also embedded a couple of YouTube videos demonstrating the sketches testing the I/O and the Si570. Everything can be found on my Minima All-Band, SSB QRP transceiver web page located at: https://sites.google.com/site/ae5phradionotebook/minima_main_page Hopefully you will find the construction guide and sketches useful and find the videos entertaining and not too annoying. As before, feedback for improving the construction guide and the sketches is welcome. I will be cleaning up the sketch for testing the Si570, as I resolve code issues I have discovered. Now, I am on to fabricating a PC board, collecting more parts, and starting construction of the Minima Main Board. I will, along the way, expand the content of the construction guide with assembly and testing steps for the Main Board. I hope to release more updates to the construction guide when possible. I hope to use the Digi Board to assist in testing the Main Board, so additional sketches will be created. 73, Mac AE5PH -- Regards Sarma