[Elecraft] P3 product suggestion

[Jerry Moore]

I'd love to hear from Elecraft on this. It might be that the current hardware has reached its limits or they aren't sure how to support it. 
Based on the keyboard limitations I'd expect to require additional hardware just for the myriad driver software requirements. 
One thought I had was using a COTS (common off the shelf) microcontroller board (like the raspberry pi or such) as an interface board. The MC (microcontroller) could run open source linux to support the largest variety of drivers/keyboard setups while also providing robust I/O for the K3/P3 in addition to being able to be used as either just an interface or a complete station running logging, keyer, digitial modes..etc... which is basically what many of us currently do. 
What I've not looked into is interfacing the P3 with outputs from the MC to mimic the rotary dial functions. Depending on the P3 screen type it may even be possible to add an INPUT to the P3 to allow the P3 screen to display the MC console/screen. 

I don't have the time or gear to look at this further. It's just an idea that would require some re-engineering of the P3 potentially. Heck I could see adding the MC inside the P3 case directly. 
Just randome thoughts. 
Jer

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 product suggestion

I also would agree with this suggestion for a mouse function to the P3 for ease of QSY. The marker/dial and tap (push) button function on the P3 is OK for casual QSYing. But in a contest situation, especially CW, pointing and clicking on a signal would be much faster and I would think far more accurate. I know I would use this a lot. 
I thought I read another post earlier that from a firmware standpoint it would require some additional lines of firmware. If that's the case, sounds like a relatively quick enhancement? 
  
73 Gene, N9TF 

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"Jim Cox" jcox123 at bellsouth.net 

I fully agree, a mouse click qsy would be wonderful, been waiting for this for over a year now..  Jim K4JAF 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Dauer, Edward 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:58 AM 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Elecraft] P3 product suggestion 

I too would like to see a mouse click QSY, for reasons others have mentioned 
plus one.  It would be far faster, and it could be more accurate.  The knob 
on mine is cruder than the K3's own encoder, requiring a bit of fiddling to 
get it right on.  In addition, when I press the knob sometimes the whole P3 
moves backwards.  I suppose I could strap a brick on top, but a wireless 
mouse would look better. 

Ted, KN1CBR 


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