programming the Hilltopper Arduino chip
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Charles W. Powell
Is the spot on the board for a 6 pin header, behind the Si5351 board, for programming the Arduino chip? If so, how do I interface this with my Arduino board? It would be nice to be able to program the chip without prying it in and out. At this point, there are so many changes I'd like to try that I could be pulling that chip out 10 times in a day.
72, Chas - NK8O
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Dave Benson
Chas- Yes- that's it. From left to right Hillttopper Arduino J5 pin 1 ............. ground J5 pin 2 .............. (no connection) J5 pin 3 .............. 5V J5 pin 4 .............. D0 J5 pin 5 ...............D1 J5 pin 6 ...............Reset You need 5 male/female jumpers between the Hilltopper and the Arduino. Each socket position on the Arduino is labeled as shown above. Important: Remove the Arduino's ATmega328P (28-pin DIP) and set it aside. - Dave
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:42 AM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Is the spot on the board for a 6 pin header, behind the Si5351 board, for programming the Arduino chip? If so, how do I interface this with my Arduino board? It would be nice to be able to program the chip without prying it in and out. At this point, there are so many changes I'd like to try that I could be pulling that chip out 10 times in a day.
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Charles W. Powell
Thanks Dave. As it turns out, I have some extra chips for the Arduino but I think I misplaced the original. After all, space is, after all, the final frontier. Especially the space between my ears.
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I assume the radio should *not* be on for this operation? 72, Chas - NK8O
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Dave Benson
Chas- Radio Off during programming? It doesn't matter- I've done it both ways. 'Off' requires unplugging the 12V power cable. Easy to forget to plug it back in and wind up puzzled. - Dave
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:17 PM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Charles W. Powell
Programming changes to the Hilltopper display. Again, nothing very creative and mostly cosmetic, but I get by with a little help from my friends (Bernie, K6NAZ). Display now toggles RIT between off and on. Now I’m going to work on making all three radios, 40-30-20, perform uniformly.
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72, Chas - NK8O
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Dave Benson
Chas- What does the 's' stand for? I'd set mine up (on an old project) to display '+' or '-'. RIT ON with no offset was a special case- I blanked the symbol. - Dave
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 1:22 PM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Charles W. Powell
The ’s’ is the tuning step. That was in the original code from Lloyd, WA4EFS. I have the radio set for 500 Hz, 100 Hz, or 10 Hz tuning steps. The RIT of course follows the the same ∆f as the main dial. I think it’s possible to display the actual deviation of the RIT but that will require a little more research on my part - or arm twisting for help writing the code.
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72, Chas
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Charles W. Powell
As it turns out Dave, if you want to add Hz to the end of the line, the characters don’t all fit if you leave the ’s’. I just compiled the code for the HT-30 and there are too many characters for the line length. Lloyd didn’t have the Hz designation. One could also leave out the trailing ‘0’ in the display, since it doesn’t change. All window dressing nonetheless.
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Chas
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Dave Benson
Thanks, Chas!
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 2:05 PM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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WA4EFS
‘s’ for ‘step’ – The displays look very nice. Have you described the RIT implementation somewhere?
-Lloyd
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io [mailto:HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave Benson
Chas-
What does the 's' stand for?
I'd set mine up (on an old project) to display '+' or '-'. RIT ON with no offset was a special case- I blanked the symbol.
- Dave
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 1:22 PM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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WA4EFS
Oops. Guess I should read the manual—must have skipped that page. J
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io [mailto:HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io] On Behalf Of WA4EFS
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:23 PM To: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io Subject: Re: [HilltopperKit] programming the Hilltopper Arduino chip
‘s’ for ‘step’ – The displays look very nice. Have you described the RIT implementation somewhere?
-Lloyd
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io [mailto:HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave Benson
Chas-
What does the 's' stand for?
I'd set mine up (on an old project) to display '+' or '-'. RIT ON with no offset was a special case- I blanked the symbol.
- Dave
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 1:22 PM Charles W. Powell via Groups.Io <doctorcwp=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Charles W. Powell
I have to drive this evening but in the next day or so I will post the code with my modifications. I just finished the 20 meter code (had to install headers on the HT-20 board) and it seems to work as expected.
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72, Chas - NK8O
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Curt
Keep thinking about Kd1JV's open source code here: http://kd1jv.qrpradio.com/XMEGA/XMEGA.htm. Wondering if the code could be adapted to run a Hilltopper. I know there are some additional push buttons needed for all of the functions, but that is a fairly low hurdle. The notes say just load something called "FLIP" from Atmel site onto laptop and eventually load provided code through USB to controller. The provided code is Assembly language.
I built an ATS-3B years ago ( kick myself for selling it ) and the functionality with five momentary push buttons was breathtaking. I believe it was running this code. Besides the audible frequency it had a single digit display that displayed the frequency. And a multiple memory iambic keyer. Guess as is typical of some hams, am always thinking about modifying stuff. Curt KB5JO
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Hi Folks,
My HT20 is FB!! Special thanks to Dave - he is special! I would like to upload the new code (Arduino Uno here) and attach the LCD. However......! When I 'verify" the code (using the Arduino Create Online Editor), it gives me an error message - " no matching function for call to "Si5351::set_correction(long int&)' " Line 212," si5351.set_correction(FSCALE); " is highlighted in a faded pink Is this an issue? if I load it will it mess up the works?? Whats up here?? THANKS!!!!! Steve WB4OMM
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AG1P Ron
I was able to get it to compile using Arduino version 1.8.7 and the Si5351 version Etherkit_Si5351-2.0.1.zip from https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/etherkit-si5351
72 - Ron - AG1P
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OK Ron, help an old guy out! Can you tell how to do that – direct?? I’m new at this. Steve
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io <HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io> On Behalf Of AG1P Ron
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:07 PM To: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io Subject: Re: [HilltopperKit] programming the Hilltopper Arduino chip
I was able to get it to compile using Arduino version 1.8.7 and the Si5351 version Etherkit_Si5351-2.0.1.zip from https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/etherkit-si5351
72 - Ron - AG1P
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Never mind! I figured it out!!!! Steve
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io <HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Szabo
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 8:15 PM To: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io Subject: Re: [HilltopperKit] programming the Hilltopper Arduino chip
OK Ron, help an old guy out! Can you tell how to do that – direct?? I’m new at this. Steve
From: HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io <HilltopperKit@4SQRP.groups.io> On Behalf Of AG1P Ron
I was able to get it to compile using Arduino version 1.8.7 and the Si5351 version Etherkit_Si5351-2.0.1.zip from https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/etherkit-si5351
72 - Ron - AG1P
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Yes, I now have a newly programmed chip and a two-line display!
Kudos to all of you!!! NICE WORK! Steve WB4OMM
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Jim Pruitt
Steve,
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I am guessing from that error that you have the wrong Si5351 driver version. Newer versions than I think (do not quote me as this is from memory) has to be Etherkit's version 2.0.1 and it CAN'T be a newer version just like Ron pointed out. Which LCD version are you trying to use? Is it Lloyd WA4EFS version or was it a different one? Which band are you doing? 20 meters? If I can help just yell. Jim Pruitt WA7DUY
On 10/24/2019 5:15 PM, Steve Szabo
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Curt
I am astounded! Wanting to learn a little about the Arduino, I ordered an Arduno UNO R3 for $19 delivered. Downloaded the IDE and started to stumble through the process. Downloaded "blink" example, than Analog voltage readout, then blinking an LED at rate from a connected pot. Then downloaded the Hilltopper code from files and the recommended SI5351 version to the Arduino library. Compiled without incident.
I am light years from programming a controller to do something useful from scratch, despite having slung a lot of code of various flavors during my working life. But mostly wanted to be able to edit existing code to work differently. My original purpose was to convert a 20M Hilltopper controller to 17M. Dave kindly told me (and I have found) the constants that determine frequency. Now if 4States ever offers the 20M again I will be able to change the controller. If not, I may hack my 20M to 17M. Or maybe add a daughter board with necessary 17M LC components, add code to select between two bands by reading status of a jumper. Any word from 4State whether and when they may become available? Curt KB5JO
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