WD8BXS
alter Hase
 Offline
Posts: 286
|
 |
Strange behavior
« on: 08. March 2021, 15:53:46 »
|
|
I have an OV140 board here I am working on, and the bias voltage pin 8 on 30 pin header is working backward.
High voltage at low bias setting in menu, and low voltage as it goes upward.
Any ideas?
TNX,
Chuck WD8BXS
|
|
 Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #1 on: 11. March 2021, 01:56:40 »
|
|
Can anyone help????
|
|
Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
DB4PLE
positron
Urgestein
Offline
Posts: 1278
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #2 on: 11. March 2021, 11:46:17 »
|
|
Hi Chuck,
have you checked the DAC output from UI board to RF board: I assume this still goes in the correct direction (higher bias value, higher voltage).
If so, it is strange indeed but is somewhere in the "analog" part of the bias generation. And then I can't really help. If, however, the bias control voltage from STM itself does weird things, I may be the right person to look into this.
73
Danilo
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
SP3OSJ
Guest
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #3 on: 11. March 2021, 17:44:35 »
|
|
Hi
Check connection of pin 8 (30pin) <-> pin 41 (STM)
Check if there is no connection between pin 40<-> pin 41 (STM)
Check if there is no connection between pin 42<-> pin 41 (STM)
73
Artur
|
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #4 on: 12. March 2021, 14:39:28 »
|
|
Thanks , I will check this out later today!
Chuck
|
|
Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #5 on: 12. March 2021, 16:59:39 »
|
|
Hi Danilo,
The DAC is working backward!
When bias setting is o, DAC is 2.4 volts.
When bias is 100, DAC is .4 volts
Thanks,
Chuck
|
|
Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
DB4PLE
positron
Urgestein
Offline
Posts: 1278
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #6 on: 12. March 2021, 17:11:42 »
|
|
Ok,
very interesting!
Now I would like to learn which firmware version is loaded and if it was loaded from the "official" download archive run by Andreas (https://www.amateurfunk-sulingen.de/uhsdr/firmware-latest/).
Honestly, I cannot explain why the software does this suddenly backwards, but if this is an official firmware build, we can easily check if it does the same thing on other machines. Then we have to fix the software. If it only happens on the particular machine, it is most likely a hardware issue, but probably closer to the UI / MCU side of things than to the actual RF board circuit. E.g. it is worthwhile to follow Arturs suggestion to check the surroundings of the DAC pin on the MCU and follow the path of the DAC signal to the pin header.
73
Danilo
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
SP3OSJ
Guest
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #7 on: 12. March 2021, 19:34:11 »
|
|
These are simple faults to diagnose:
Look screen:
|
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #8 on: 13. March 2021, 11:49:56 »
|
|
Good Morning,
Here is what I have.
I am unclear about the difference in F7 or H7!
Maybe I used the wrong one??
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #9 on: 13. March 2021, 11:50:26 »
|
|
MCU
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
DB4PLE
positron
Urgestein
Offline
Posts: 1278
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #10 on: 13. March 2021, 12:14:49 »
|
|
Hi Chuck,
please update to 2.12.0 before doing any further search for hardware issues. See link in my last message or go straight here: https://www.amateurfunk-sulingen.de/uhsdr/firmware-latest/OVI40/F7/
We fixed serious issue with the release 12.2.0. It was specific to the STM32F7xx processor firmware builds (i.e. it was not affecting STM32H7xx or STM32F4). This issue may cause strange behavior as it produces random content in some areas of the memory, so we cannot really say what it does on an individual TRX and it could be that what you are seeing is caused by this. So give it a try. This issue was present in all STM32F7 firmware we ever released. Only 2.12.0 solves this.
73
Danilo
|
| « Last Edit: 13. March 2021, 12:15:31 by DB4PLE » |
Logged
|
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #11 on: 13. March 2021, 12:42:38 »
|
|
OK, Thanks,
I will get to it a little later today!
TNX Chuck
|
|
Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
WD8BXS
alter Hase
Offline
Posts: 286
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #12 on: 13. March 2021, 14:48:06 »
|
|
I have just updated to the new firmware.
I still have the same result, DAC still working backwards.
I am still unclear about the difference of F7 or H7.
I used F7 on this one.
Thanks,
Chuck
|
|
Logged
|
Thanks,
De WD8BXS vy 73
|
|
|
DB4PLE
positron
Urgestein
Offline
Posts: 1278
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #13 on: 13. March 2021, 14:58:06 »
|
|
Hi Chuck,
STM32F7xx and STM32H7xx (or F7 / H7 for short) are different processor families from ST Microelectronic. They are very similar (e.g. have the same pinout, that's why the OVI40 UI runs with both) but they are not identical. Firmware for H7 does not work on F7 and vice versa, hence we have 2 different binaries.
I will look into the DAC issue.
73
Danilo
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
DB4PLE
positron
Urgestein
Offline
Posts: 1278
|
|
Re:Strange behavior
« Reply #14 on: 13. March 2021, 15:34:30 »
|
|
Hi Chuck,
what is the Bias DAC output if RX is active (normally there should be 0V at the DAC pin).
73
Danilo
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Author
