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Re: PACSAT Components in My Possession
by Rich Gopstein 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

I believe the license allowed for the code to be ported to another processor if you were talking to an ax5043. The language was ambiguous, but I believe that was the intent. Rich On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:02 PM Jonathan Brandenburg via pacsat < pacsat(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Brandenburg <jbrandenburg(a)amsat.org> > To: pacsat(a)amsat.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:02:11 -0500 > Subject: [pacsat] Re: PACSAT Components in My Possession > On 10/25/2022 10:50 AM, JIm McCullers wrote: > > Do you have any files from Ax-RadioLab you used on the original board? > > I've installed the IDE but yet to have time to play with it > > I probably do have the files I originally used to investigate the AX5043 > radio. I believe they're in a virtual machine I just stumbled across > last week. I didn't post those to the repository because I used them > only as a supplement for the documentation and didn't use them to > specifically implement the software in > https://github.com/BrandenburgTech/DigitalTxRxRPi. > > I recall an interesting license restriction when using the output of > Ax-RadioLab... I believe the generated software cannot be ported to > another processor. Thus, I used the output of Ax-RadioLab only as a > supplement to documentation and didn't port the generated software. > > Jonathan > > -- > Jonathan, KF5IDY > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Brandenburg via pacsat <pacsat(a)amsat.org> > To: pacsat(a)amsat.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:02:11 -0500 > Subject: [pacsat] Re: PACSAT Components in My Possession > ----------------------------------------------- > pacsat mailing list -- pacsat(a)amsat.org > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to pacsat-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org >

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Re: PACSAT Components in My Possession
by Jonathan Brandenburg 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

On 10/25/2022 10:50 AM, JIm McCullers wrote: > Do you have any files from Ax-RadioLab you used on the original board? > I've installed the IDE but yet to have time to play with it I probably do have the files I originally used to investigate the AX5043 radio. I believe they're in a virtual machine I just stumbled across last week. I didn't post those to the repository because I used them only as a supplement for the documentation and didn't use them to specifically implement the software in https://github.com/BrandenburgTech/DigitalTxRxRPi. I recall an interesting license restriction when using the output of Ax-RadioLab... I believe the generated software cannot be ported to another processor. Thus, I used the output of Ax-RadioLab only as a supplement to documentation and didn't port the generated software. Jonathan -- Jonathan, KF5IDY

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PACSAT Components in My Possession
by Jonathan Brandenburg 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

Howdy! I confirmed the package I received this past week was the 10 x Launchpad boards That means I have the following: * 10 x TMS570 Launchpad boards * 250 x AX5043 chips * 2 x Raspberry Pi Radio Board V1.3 stencils Do I need to provide these to anybody local or remote? On the way are still: * 9 x Raspberry Pi Radio Board V1.3 PCBs -- Jonathan, KF5IDY

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AMSAT Symposium?
by Rich Gopstein 20 Oct '22

20 Oct '22

Just curious who else will be attending. I'm flying out later tonight. It would be nice to meet up at some point. Rich, KD2CQ

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Launchpads
by Jonathan Brandenburg (KF5IDY) 20 Oct '22

20 Oct '22

Kari (my wife) tells me 10 Launchpads arrived yesterday. Hooray! I’ve also ordered some AX5043 PCBs and a couple solder stencils. Along with the previously received AX5043 chips that should be getting us well on our way to development environments. Jonathan Sent from my iPhone

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GOLF-ASCENT-FOX+ Eng Coord Session CANX
by Eric Skoog 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

As I mentioned at tonight's session, we will NOT hold a meeting next Wednesday as several principal team members will be attending the AMSAT Space Symposium. Consequently, our next Eng Coord Session will be on 26 October. eric (K1TVV)

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Re: Pacsat conops
by Burns Fisher (AMSAT) 11 Oct '22

11 Oct '22

Brilliant. After saying it should be on the pacsat list, I did not put it there. I have now. 73, Burns Fisher, WB1FJ *AMSAT(R) Engineering -- Flight Software* On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 5:12 PM Bob Stricklin <bstrick(a)n5brg.com> wrote: > The original PACSAT software was written by Chris Jackson ZL2TPO/G7UPN. > > The open source package was written by Chris Thompson, AC2CZ. I just > downloaded his package on GitHub and noticed he made changes in it 8 days > ago. > > I think people have been working with AC2CZ software on Pacsat. > > Bob > > On Oct 9, 2022, at 2:44 PM, Burns Fisher (AMSAT) <wb1fj(a)fisher.cc> wrote: > > This all needs to be on the PACSAT list, especially so Chris will see it > and so we are openly sharing the info. Unless there is different > FalconSat-3 ground software, Chris wrote it as a variant of FoxTelem, and > it is totally open source. I don't know of any FalconSat-3 software that > we sell, unless that was sometime ago. > 73, > > Burns Fisher, WB1FJ > *AMSAT(R) Engineering -- Flight Software* > > 73, > > Burns Fisher, WB1FJ > *AMSAT(R) Engineering -- Flight Software* > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 3:35 PM Bob Stricklin <bstrick(a)n5brg.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Includes some minor changes in wording a spelling change and comments on >> PACSAT protocol. >> >> I have found some of the info on FalconSat on the web but maybe this >> needs more understanding. >> >> Probably will make enough changes in the software of PACSAT that the >> ground station software needs to be different. >> I think early on AMSAT was controlling the ground station software for >> some revenue. Will need to decide if it is open source or still controlled. >> >> Bob >> >> >> > On Oct 9, 2022, at 11:38 AM, Bill <bill(a)brconnect.com> wrote: >> > >> > My project objectives are simple: >> > >> > Phase I - build something simple, using existing and proven bbs >> protocols. Have it available ASAP for the next launch opportunity. >> > >> > Phase II - build it better....... >> > >> > Here is my conops so far. Thanks for helping me author it. Either edit >> this doc and redistribute, or send changes and additions to me and I will >> incorporate them... >> > >> > Lets try and meet using GoToMeeting next Thursday. >> > >> > Thanks for helping me. My skin cancer surgery was simple and provided >> a complete cure, but the follow-on plastic surgery to repair things is >> extensive. >> > ( 2.5 hrs in surgery. 2nd surgery in a few weeks....) >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > >> > <PacsatConOps2.odt> >> >> >

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AX5043 Stock
by Jonathan Brandenburg 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Hello, I received our order of 250 x AX5043 chips today. Jonathan -- Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY

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FreeRTOS and other questions
by JIm McCullers 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

This is primarily intended for Burns, Rich and possibly Eric Trying to get a head start on the OS. 1. What version of FreeRTOS is being used in GOLF? 2. Compiled objects or heap allocated objects (or variables)? 3. Interrupts or polling? In the GOLF-Tee design docs the most recent version of the RT-IHU is version 1.1. Is that the latest version or is that one of the files Eric mentioned needed updating? In any case what is the proper way to extract a copy of the Kicad files. I want to open them for review. Looking at SVN, I see only a checkout process. I'm not interested in checking it out and adding to the checked out links as I have no intention of updating the files. Thanks Jim McCullers WA4CWI

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ConOps
by Bill Reed 08 Oct '22

08 Oct '22

I started writing the pacsat conops document ( high level description of the scope of the project ), but since I had two surgeries this past week I am moving kind of slow. I would suggest that other ideas that might be appropriate for the conops ( VARA, BPSK, ???? ) be included. Please volunteer to help. I will share my rough draft that is 50% complete. Bill

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