[Premium-Rx] Micro-Controller for McKay Dymek DR-333 - Who does use one?

[Cecil]

Sounds like what you are looking for is an Arduino based front panel for the 333…

I’m not sure there are enough 333’s out there for someone to have tackled this.

Cecil

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> On Jun 24, 2021, at 2:00 PM, hf_mobile --- via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> ERGO is a PC based software, as far as I understand. So this is not the way I want to make it.
> 
> Concerning RS232, there are RS232 converters available for the Arduino but one could use serial TTL directly from the Arduino if the 1488/1498 level converters inside the DR-333 are bypassed.
> 
> So, my question remains:
> 
> Who is using a micro controller like the Arduino for controlling the mcKay Dymek DR-333?
> 
> 73 Andy
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> Hi:
> 
> The way I read that web page the computer control is for the DR-333 by means of the  RS-232 port.  Not the DR-33
> https://prc68.com/I/DR33.shtml
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> -------- Original Message --------
>> Looks like someone has figured this out
>> 
>> http://ergo.fallows.ca/wp/radios/mckay-dymek-dr-333-little-known-gem/
>> 
>> 73 Jason
>> VE1PYE
>> 
>>>> On Jun 24, 2021, at 07:48, hf_mobile --- via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear List Members,
>>> 
>>> I own a McKay Dymek DR-333 receiver, collecting dust on the shelf.
>>> 
>>> I think about to use it again but not by controlling it by a PC but by a micro controller like an Arduino. It is my intention, to make a small remote control head with an LCD-display, a rotary encoder and a few push buttons.
>>> 
>>> Maybe I do not need to "reinvent the wheel" as somebody already does it this way.
>>> 
>>> Please tell me, how you do it, if you do not use a PC to control the DR-333.
>>> 
>>> 73 de Andy
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