[GreenKeys] Volpe board help...

Mon Sep 17 18:52:47 EDT 2018

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:48:16PM +0000, Barnett, Andy wrote:
> Hey sorry to ask a totally dumb question but what is the Volpe board? Googling did not come to my rescue... Some sort of teletype interface?  Loop to rs232? Curious 😀

It's this: http://heepy.net/index.php/USB-teletype

It was an interface i made a couple of years ago that looks like a USB serial port to a 
computer, and like another teletype machine to a tty loop. Mostly a response to modern
computers not having serial ports. 

> 
> > On Sep 17, 2018, at 6:43 PM, "epvgk at limpoc.com" <epvgk at limpoc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 06:27:41PM -0400, Ralph Irish wrote:
> >> Maybe it is time to take some kind of poll and see if it might be worthwhile for Eric Volpe
> >> to make another run of his products.  They are  NOT  something that one would logically
> >> consider making a half dozen of.  If the count got up into the 'several dozen range', or a
> >> bit over 50, he might consider another run of the items.
> >>
> >> I would take a pair of them or even two pairs to help the count grow.  I would also be willing
> >> to pay in advance and  NOT  sit, tapping my foot until they arrive.  Such an activity needs
> >> time, and whatever that timeframe is would be the waiting time for all.
> >>
> >> How about it, Eric?  How many tentative and certain orders would it take for you to 'tool up'
> >> again and make another run?
> >>
> >> Thanks, by the way, for the last run.  I got a pair of the items then.
> >>
> >> Ralph - W8ROI
> >>
> >
> >
> > Hey,
> > Yeah, I'm sorry about not being very active in organizing another run of these. I don't think
> > it would be a huge undertaking, and I doubt any of the parts have gone out of production
> > since the first run, it would just need a bit of work that I'm not that likely to get to in a
> > reasonable time span.
> >
> > If anyone else has done small scale mfg/assembly stuff and wants to take it on partially or
> > entirely, I'd be happy to help as much as I can though. Eagle files, BOMs, etc are freely
> > available to whoever wants them.  I think it'd involve:
> >
> > 1. pick a board/assembly house. The guys I had do it last time were fine (myropcb.com) and
> > reasonably priced.
> >
> > 2. go over the BOM and make sure all the parts or at least the non-passives are still in prod
> > and can be gotten in the necessary quantity without a long lead time
> >
> > 3. get the board house quotes for fab and assembly (ie, they'll want to supply passive parts,
> > other stuff will need to get supplied to them from digikey or whatever)
> >
> > 4. shell out the $2500 or whatever it costs to have the boards made and assembled.
> >
> > 5. receive, flash program, test finished boards, take orders, collect money, ship boards
> > to everyone. I used square.com for orders and it worked well except for their annoying
> > non-support of non-USA buyers, which sucks.
> >
> > eric
> >
> >
> >> -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
> >>
> >>> On Sep 17, 2018, at 5:30 PM, E. wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>> Was wondering if there was anyone out there who could help me build a Volpe board ;o ?  I’m ok with simple circuits, but bad with complex :/ (and don’t want to fry my teletype ;p ).  Over the past four to five months, I’ve been trusting the building of the board to a local, young ham - the wunderboy, as I call him ;p … really good at circuits.  I bought him a bunch of tools, clean boards, acid, etc… he etched three boards (he’s hoping that he measured everything out right), has a part list, but that’s all the further he’s ever got ;o … he just started college and - I admit, even though it’s a volunteer job - he has admitted himself that he’s been procrastinating.  I would really like it to get done - so that I can finally hook it up to my computer, communicate on it with Jordan Spencer Cunningham and maybe someday even receive NWS bulletins over it, but for now ;o ...
> >>>
> >>> Anywho, I’m itching to grab the boards from him and try to find someone else who can complete it.  I’m thinking about looking locally first with some other hams, but if all else fails, would anyone here be willing to lend a hand ;o ?  I’d pay for all the components to be shipped, along with any additional fees that one would like.  Been a little frustrated with the progress thus far - partially due to my shortcomings, but hope that someday the job can get done :) .  Please contact me directly if it’s a possibility ^_^ ~
> >>>
> >>> Thanks much in advance ^^ !!!~
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