Radioberry not working.

Victor Nekipelov

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Dec 9, 2024, 6:19:24 AM12/9/24

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Hello!

I purchased radioberry but I can't set it up. After installing the driver and pihpsdr on Raspberry pi, nothing is displayed on the waterfall. The S-meter shows -400 dBm. Maybe someone has faced a similar problem.

Wim Gmail

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Dec 9, 2024, 8:57:29 AM12/9/24

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Hi Victor.

Facing the same problem. Bad connection of the AD9866 chip on the PCB.

I has 2 Radioberry with same problem.

Try to re solder again. I send you a video from YouTube. And be sure that the input circuit is working. And every smd component is connected right to the PCB.

Hopes you find the problem.

Wim

PE1PWR

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Op 9 dec 2024, om 12:19, Victor Nekipelov <106...@gmail.com> schreef:

Victor Nekipelov

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Dec 9, 2024, 10:59:31 AM12/9/24

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Very strange situation. I can connect sdr-console to radioberry and it works but does not work with pihpsdr. I also have a Hermes-life 2 transceiver so pihpsdr easily connects and works with Hermes-life 2 but not with radioberry. By the way, if you run pihpsdr and then turn it off, you cannot connect to radioberry from the local network until rebooting

понедельник, 9 декабря 2024 г. в 16:57:29 UTC+3, Wim Gmail:

Andrew Lenton

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Dec 10, 2024, 10:26:05 AM12/10/24

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The Cheap poor quality RadioBerry boards made by certain Chinese manufacturers, have nearly killed this project!!

I have 3 non working boards!!!

The problem being faced is when starting off and trying to get it going and it does not work, you do not know if it is Pi version, software, both, or hardware!

We need to know where to get wiring hardware!!

73

Andrew

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On 9 Dec 2024, 13:57, at 13:57, Wim Gmail <wcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi Victor.
>Facing the same problem. Bad connection of the AD9866 chip on the PCB.
>I has 2 Radioberry with same problem.
>Try to re solder again. I send you a video from YouTube. And be sure
>that the input circuit is working. And every smd component is connected
>right to the PCB.
>Hopes you find the problem.
>Wim
>PE1PWR
>73
>⁣BlueMail voor Android downloaden
>

>Op 9 dec 2024 12:19, om 12:19, Victor Nekipelov <106...@gmail.com>

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>>Hello!
>>I purchased radioberry but I can't set it up. After installing the
>>driver
>>and pihpsdr on Raspberry pi, nothing is displayed on the waterfall.
>The
>>S-
>>meter shows -400 dBm. Maybe someone has faced a similar problem.
>>

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Wim Gmail

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Dec 10, 2024, 12:52:42 PM12/10/24

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That's correct Kurt. But whenever you want to repair the chip it's more difficult to wipe the chip of the PCB.

I have done this also. Give some pressure and solder the backside.

Wim

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Op 10 dec 2024, om 17:19, Kurt Brunner <brunne...@gmail.com> schreef:

There might be a quick fix for the faulty board. I seem to recall there might be an improper solder connection on the main chip. If you flip the board over, locate the hole on board that is in the center of the chip, apply some solder to create a mechanical connection to the chip. This may or may not work but it's worth a little research and effort.
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Victor Nekipelov

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Dec 11, 2024, 12:27:25 AM12/11/24

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Then why does the board work with remote programs (Thetis, Sdr-console) but does not work with raspberry pi (pihpsdr)??

вторник, 10 декабря 2024 г. в 20:52:42 UTC+3, Wim Gmail:

Paulh002

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Dec 11, 2024, 9:03:59 AM12/11/24

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Which driver are you using in pihpsdr? If you use SoapySDR drivers you should stop the radioberry firmware .

Op woensdag 11 december 2024 om 06:27:25 UTC+1 schreef Victor Nekipelov:

Victor Nekipelov

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Dec 12, 2024, 2:52:02 AM12/12/24

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The problem seems to have been solved. Finally it turned out to run pihpsdr. I took the advice from this discussion. https://groups.google.com/g/radioberry/c/EcNFE1jRJzk

среда, 11 декабря 2024 г. в 17:03:59 UTC+3, Paulh002:

Kurt Brunner

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Dec 13, 2024, 9:13:16 AM12/13/24

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There might be a quick fix for the faulty board. I seem to recall there might be an improper solder connection on the main chip. If you flip the board over, locate the hole on board that is in the center of the chip, apply some solder to create a mechanical connection to the chip. This may or may not work but it's worth a little research and effort.

73s

Kurt

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