[McHUG] Success!!!

[Peter Morton]

Finished building the interface cables for the SI570 and fired 'er up.  It works!!  And, the frequency can be set using WinRad.  Simply right or left click on the LO frequency digits in the upper right corner of the WinRad display and the SI570 changes frequency accordingly (at 4x the LO displayed frequency).

Next step is to connect the SI570 to the SoftRock Lite.  I'll take a look at that later.  I need to decide what tests need to be run to characterize performance before and after.  I had trouble previously measuring sensitivity of the SoftRock Lite in an open environment.

I want to eventually package the two boards in a shielded box with antenna, DC power, I/Q audio, and control connectors.  Also, need to implement preselectors for desired bands and implement a means to switch them easily.  All the connectors and interfacing tend to dwarf the two little boards that are the heart of the system.

I noticed that Tony Parks uses the same PIC that is used for the PICAXE 08 to control the SI570 on his LITE-XTAL board.

-Pete