Month: June 2016
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Assembling and testing the tracker lab model
The picture above shows the PCB for the Arctic Tracker with most parts mounted. It was straightforward to solder the parts on the board, except the Teensy. It can be tricky since it need to have 37 pins soldered on it first, and these should either be soldered onto the PCB either directly or a…
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The quest for open software for the ADF4351
It seems the ADF4350/ADF4351 is a versatile little RF synthesizer, ranging from low VHF to well into the microwave spectrum. The are quite a few articles describing projects using the ADF4350 or ADF4351, and a few that publish firmware files for diverse MCUs that can control the synthesizer, but no I haven’t been able to locate…