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Re: Plastic boxes for Prototype board and the CubSat sized prototype
by Bob Stricklin 26 Oct '23

26 Oct '23

Chris, Here are STL files. The 64kb file is the box for the prototype board you have. Let me know if you see any changes that need to be made. The think the SMA antenna landing places on the larger box will need to be changed. Bob On Oct 26, 2023, at 9:47 AM, Chris Thompson via pacsat-dev <pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev@amsat.org>> wrote: Bob, Very interesting. If you send over the STL files then I will try printing it here. It would be nice to have a box. 73 Chris On Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 10:21 Bob Stricklin via pacsat-dev <pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev@amsat.org>> wrote: All, As some of you know, I managed to break the USB connector off the prototype board while taking it to the AMSAT symposium. I have repaired it by cutting the end off a USB cable and soldering the leads on directly. It's a little kluge but working. To protect my connections and to protect the board a little I designed a box and that will be 3D printed. If this works out and you want one for your board I can pass along the info later. It will take about two weeks to get the box and check it out. There is an area provided for the USB connector. The connector on the PCB will come off without a lot of angular pulling force. Also designed a box for the larger CubeSat prototype. Attaching a copy of this too. I add two places to mount an SMA connector for antennas which may be a stiff piece of wire or connected to a remote antenna. I have order one of these to try out. This is a half baked idea and open for suggestions about how to improve on it. I have two covers one for each side so you can get access to parts for testing or changes. The cost for me to make all four parts is about $46 including shipping and handling. I use something called Craftcloud.com<http://craftcloud.com/>. Bob ----------------------------------------------------------- pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev@amsat.org> View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev-leave@amsat.org> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org<https://mailman.amsat.org/> ----------------------------------------------------------- pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev@amsat.org> View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org<mailto:pacsat-dev-leave@amsat.org> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org

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Update on PCB prototype
by Bob Stricklin 26 Oct '23

26 Oct '23

All, Regarding the prototype PCB that is being built, the assembly house did a 1X check on the parts vs the layout and came back with the attached list of issues. I have addressed these issues as stated under comments. The PCB was released to be manufactured. The lead-time is stated to be about 2 weeks. I also pushed a complete set of the design files to GitHub PacSat-Dev_Docs. All the parts needed are either in hand at the assembly house or they are on order (5 parts) with no issues on delivery known at this time. Jumper coax lines are also on order. I would expect it to take at least 2 weeks for the assembly folks to setup and assemble the PCBs once they are received. So we should see prototypes around the end of November or first part of December. Also attaching an assembly drawing I made with some details. The assemble house wanted a detailed assembly drawing so I made 3D cad views of several parts that were not already in KiCAD so they would show up in the 3D rendering of the PCB from and back. These are placed on the GitHub as STEP files. There is also an assembly drawing output from Kicad showing placement of the parts on the PCB to aid in assembly. I am documenting this so everyone knows what is going on and to maintain a full open source position. Bob

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Re: Plastic boxes for Prototype board and the CubSat sized prototype
by Chris Thompson 26 Oct '23

26 Oct '23

Bob, Very interesting. If you send over the STL files then I will try printing it here. It would be nice to have a box. 73 Chris On Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 10:21 Bob Stricklin via pacsat-dev < pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> wrote: > All, > > As some of you know, I managed to break the USB connector off the > prototype board while taking it to the AMSAT symposium. > I have repaired it by cutting the end off a USB cable and soldering the > leads on directly. It's a little kluge but working. > > To protect my connections and to protect the board a little I designed a > box and that will be 3D printed. If this works out > and you want one for your board I can pass along the info later. It will > take about two weeks to get the box and check it out. > There is an area provided for the USB connector. The connector on the PCB > will come off without a lot of angular pulling force. > > Also designed a box for the larger CubeSat prototype. Attaching a copy of > this too. I add two places to mount an SMA connector for antennas > which may be a stiff piece of wire or connected to a remote antenna. I > have order one of these to try out. This is a half baked idea and open for > suggestions about > how to improve on it. I have two covers one for each side so you can get > access to parts for testing or changes. > > The cost for me to make all four parts is about $46 including shipping and > handling. I use something called Craftcloud.com. > > Bob > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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Plastic boxes for Prototype board and the CubSat sized prototype
by Bob Stricklin 26 Oct '23

26 Oct '23

All, As some of you know, I managed to break the USB connector off the prototype board while taking it to the AMSAT symposium. I have repaired it by cutting the end off a USB cable and soldering the leads on directly. It's a little kluge but working. To protect my connections and to protect the board a little I designed a box and that will be 3D printed. If this works out and you want one for your board I can pass along the info later. It will take about two weeks to get the box and check it out. There is an area provided for the USB connector. The connector on the PCB will come off without a lot of angular pulling force. Also designed a box for the larger CubeSat prototype. Attaching a copy of this too. I add two places to mount an SMA connector for antennas which may be a stiff piece of wire or connected to a remote antenna. I have order one of these to try out. This is a half baked idea and open for suggestions about how to improve on it. I have two covers one for each side so you can get access to parts for testing or changes. The cost for me to make all four parts is about $46 including shipping and handling. I use something called Craftcloud.com<http://Craftcloud.com>. Bob

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Presentation - Congratulations
by Jim McCullers 21 Oct '23

21 Oct '23

Great presentation guys. Just got through looking at it. Great demo Chris and it worked! Far better than one I saw last night. Look forward to getting the review next Thursday and hopefully will be at next year's meeting. On an AX5043 note, I've made the first steps in restructuring the code to support four receivers and adding more capabilities to the AX5043. As in all things, the learning curve has requested it's penance. Next up will be the two receiver test on 144 and 70cm. For for the test the PacSat code has been disabled and the APRS decoder from the Raspberry PI version inserted so I can use my Kenwood HT to easily switch between bands. We could use a third AX5043 on the board for full PacSat testing but there's enough to do with the restructuring. Easy to switch back to PacSat when the restructure is complete. 73, Jim McCullers WA4CWI

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Re: In the hotel
by Chris Thompson 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

Thanks Mark, I'll consider that. 73 Chris On Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 08:55 Mark L. Hammond via pacsat-dev < pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Hi Chris! Glad to hear that you're here! We are meeting the Board now, > until noon or so. It's an open meeting, not closed as > originally announced. Welcome to join us. There is an AMSAT sign outside > our room. > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > AMSAT Director and Command Station > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 9:51 AM Chris Thompson via pacsat-dev < > pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> wrote: > >> I'm in the hotel if anyone would like to meet up and discuss or practice >> the presentation. I see we are on at 3.15pm today. >> >> Bill, we should make sure all the hardware works and discuss how/when we >> will set it up in the room. >> >> 73 >> Chris >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org >> View archives of this mailing list at >> https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org >> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at >> https://mailman.amsat.org >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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Re: In the hotel
by Mark L. Hammond 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

Hi Chris! Glad to hear that you're here! We are meeting the Board now, until noon or so. It's an open meeting, not closed as originally announced. Welcome to join us. There is an AMSAT sign outside our room. Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 9:51 AM Chris Thompson via pacsat-dev < pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org> wrote: > I'm in the hotel if anyone would like to meet up and discuss or practice > the presentation. I see we are on at 3.15pm today. > > Bill, we should make sure all the hardware works and discuss how/when we > will set it up in the room. > > 73 > Chris > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > pacsat-dev mailing list -- pacsat-dev(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/pacsat-dev@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-dev-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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In the hotel
by Chris Thompson 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

I'm in the hotel if anyone would like to meet up and discuss or practice the presentation. I see we are on at 3.15pm today. Bill, we should make sure all the hardware works and discuss how/when we will set it up in the room. 73 Chris

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Re: Power Point Slide for AMSAT Symposium
by Jim McCullers 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

Looks good Bob. Jim McCullers WA4CWI

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Power Point Slide for AMSAT Symposium
by Bob Stricklin 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

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