Gateware 20191013 Released

Steve Haynal

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Oct 14, 2019, 1:04:56 AM10/14/19

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Hi Group,

Gateware 20191013 has been released to testing. https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/tree/master/gateware/bitfiles/testing/20191013

20191013 Release

This version identifies as revision 68. Changes in this version are listed below.

**TX FIFO statistics are sent to the host PC. See the wiki protocol page.

**UART frequency data compatible with the H50 is sent on DB1 pin 3. Thanks to Taka for this RTL.

**A 6 receiver receive only hl2b5up gateware is included.

**Regular releases for the beta2 (hl2b2) and smaller FPGA hl2b5upce15 will not be made. These are available upon request if needed.

73,

Steve

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Naidu B N A M

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Oct 15, 2019, 12:00:42 PM10/15/19

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Hi Steve,

I programmed my HL2b5 with Gateware 20191013 using SparkSDR and running with PowerSDR. It seems all are going well.

73

VU2ZAZ, Naidu

Steve Haynal

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Oct 16, 2019, 12:04:13 AM10/16/19

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Hi Naidu,

Thanks for the update. I have switched to SparkSDR instead of the openhpsdr tool for all my updates now.

73,

Steve

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Erik Icket

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Oct 16, 2019, 5:23:34 AM10/16/19

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Hi Steve,

I installed your latest gateware 20191013 (rev 68) and tried out the 6 receivers (via SparkSDR) each attached to a WSJTX instance.

Grabbed 140 countries and +180K messages over a 24 hour period for which you may find a summary here :

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtBGol2-BnqRhdkkSfUEc8HdJc6Ftw?e=ODTxjj

Impressive and very stable. I understand there is no TX available but observed that the PTT still functions in the gateware.

So maybe there is hope for TX support next to the 6 receivers or more TX code can be thrown out ?

Thanks for this lovely project and 73's from Belgium

Erik

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Daniel Estévez

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Oct 16, 2019, 9:53:03 AM10/16/19

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El 14/10/19 a las 7:04, Steve Haynal escribió:

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update.

I'm running an hl2b2, and while I am keeping up with the firmware
updates you publish, I guess that I will be able to build my own with
Quartus (in the past this has been as easy as selecting the hl2b2 from a
drop down list). Probably there are very few hl2b2's out there, so your
decision makes sense.

73,

Dani EA4GPZ.

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Steve Haynal

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Oct 17, 2019, 12:39:06 AM10/17/19

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Hi Dani,

Glad to hear your beta2 is still running! I have mine too so still build gateware for it. I just don't want to take up the space on github. You can build your own or send me a note and I can send the latest. I thought you also liked to disable the watchdog timer?

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Steve

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Daniel Estévez

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Oct 19, 2019, 9:28:55 AM10/19/19

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El 17/10/19 a las 6:39, Steve Haynal escribió:

> Hi Dani,
>
> Glad to hear your beta2 is still running! I have mine too so still build
> gateware for it. I just don't want to take up the space on github. You
> can build your own or send me a note and I can send the latest. I
> thought you also liked to disable the watchdog timer?

For some of the experiments I did the HL2 stopped transmitting if the
watchdog timer was running. I don't remember the exact cause of the
problem, but I guess it boiled down to the fact that some of these
experiments involved just sniffing traffic from the radio, so the radio
was started with Quisk for example, but then it was only netcat running.

In any case, for normal use I use the regular firmware, and I now know
how to build my own with the watchdog disable should I need it.

73,

Dani.

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Paul Marbourg

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Oct 19, 2019, 12:42:54 PM10/19/19

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Hello group,
Yesterday I upgraded my HL2b8 to the latest gateware for a build 8 using the N2ADR filter boards on a 64 bit Win10 laptop using the latest Sparkradio SW over direct ethernet connection.
It went flawlessly.
The gateware runs fine on Spark and PowerSDR. But when using Quisk in CW mode, the TX mode hangs and does not return to receive mode when done keying. Quisk works just fine running digital modes (FT8) with respect to RX/TX switching.
This was not an issue with the gateware version factory-installed by MakerFabs for the build 8 run.
I hope reporting this bug is helpful.
73
Paul WN7T

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Steve Haynal

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Oct 20, 2019, 12:54:59 AM10/20/19

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for the report. I will see if I can replicate it tomorrow. If so, I will fix it in the next testing release. You can also file bugs on github:

https://github.com/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/issues

73,

Steve

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