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TinyGate - User's manual and assembly instructions

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USB COM-Ports:

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Chip: FTDI FT232RL

Multi-Standard: CAT, FIF-232 (5V TTL), IF-232 (5V TTL), Inverted (for

Elecraft, only for TinyGate board revision B). Max. guaranteed serial

baudrate: 19200 baud

Interface power:

external powered from the transceiver / internal powered from the USB

(internal powered works only without galvanic isolation)

PTT output: reed relay driven from RTS, max. 100V/0,5A

CW/FSK output: optoisolated open collector driven from DTR or TXD,

max. 50V/50mA

Squelch input: optoisolated logic high or low to activate CTS, 4-20VDC

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Radio connector (RJ45):

Available signals: RX Audio, TX Audio (MIC), PTT, CW/FSK, COR, CAT/Lo-

gic Supply 8-15VDC

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Page 1: ...TinyGate USB Digimode Interface Instructions for Assembly and user s manual Last change 19 07 2017...

Page 2: ...al by some analog and or digital means without the written consent of the copyright holder is forbidden As a result any unauthorised use of the content below is the full and exclusive responsibility o...

Page 3: ...C735 IC736 IC737 IC738 IC746PRO IC756PROIII IC761 IC765 IC775 IC781 IC820 IC821 IC910 IC970 IC7400 IC7600 IC7700 IC7800 29 Yaesu FT100D FT817 FT857 FT897 31 Yaesu FT1000 MARK V FT1000 FT990 33 Yaesu F...

Page 4: ...TT CW FSK outputs 49 SQL COR Input 52 Test Initial operation 55 Windows XP 56 Windows 7 59 Windows 10 61 Linux Ubuntu 63 MacOS X 66 Examples of configurations for digital modes applications 69 Ham Rad...

Page 5: ...SB port a sound card interface a CAT CI V interface and a PTT SQL CW FSK with a galvanic isolation between the transceiver and the PC with transformers and optocouplers The TinyGate Interface can be u...

Page 6: ...ial harm caused by these errors or in experience The guarantee applies exclusively to the individual parts on the condition that these are assembled correctly and not to the assembled product The afor...

Page 7: ...the rod has cooled down properly Do not solder on live circuits Carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual In case of any doubt concerning the procedures to be followed seek technical...

Page 8: ...pported by the following operating systems Windows XP Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Macintosh OS X and LINUX 2 PTT SQL CW FSK interface Squelch COR input positive or negative logic for Echolink and r...

Page 9: ...ICOM IC7400 transceiver Leds for USB Audio device PTT and CAT RXD TXD activity All communication software which support a standard sound card and a serial port for the PTT can work with the TinyGate D...

Page 10: ...nclude isola tion transformer Second harmonic 70 dB typical Total harmonic distortion THD 0 06 typical D A Sampling rates 44 1 48 kS s Audio Input Input impedance 600 AC coupled max input level 3Vpp M...

Page 11: ...ower external powered from the transceiver internal powered from the USB internal powered works only without galvanic isolation PTT output reed relay driven from RTS max 100V 0 5A CW FSK output optois...

Page 12: ...on top to prevent any parts that may fall from bouncing to the ground Keep the necessary tools within arm s reach Use a soldering iron whose tip is in good condition Eventually change it as a prevent...

Page 13: ...ion operations One should not use fluxing agents or soldering pastes since modern soldering irons have a core that upon melting carries out the same function as the soldering paste Soldering operation...

Page 14: ...ch or with tin remover elec trical or pump The parts should be removed only when the soldering alloy has been correctly removed and without exerting too much force in the extrac tion If the component...

Page 15: ...nt in the kit Once the components have been identified it is necessary to proceed to the local isation of their assembly position The operation is considerably simplified by the presence of the white...

Page 16: ...ck stereo 3 5mm X3 C RCA connector insert the part completely until the 6 white plugs are inserted entirely in the printed circuit X1 D RJ45 socket with LED X2 E 16 pin jumper socket JP1 F Reed Relays...

Page 17: ...inyGate User s manual and assembly instructions G Dual LED Red Green This led block should be aligned with the edge of the printed circuit DZ1 H I Potentiometers 10kOhm with dial knobs R2 R3 P a g e 1...

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Page 19: ...h different pinout pitch If you find in the kit a relay type SIP 1A05 it should be connected in three round holes and in one oval For the relays of type MEDER MS05 1A87 75LHR are supposed to use 4 ova...

Page 20: ...TinyGate User s manual and assembly instructions View of the full assembled board P a g e 20...

Page 21: ...ox There is also available an enclosure kit for the TinyGate cut to fit the TinyGate board and two panels which are already perforated The two panels front and back panel are thus ready to be complete...

Page 22: ...ient to in sert it in the aluminium edging using the second base guide as a seat for the board The board is slightly longer than the aluminium box but this is neces sary to allow you to block in a sta...

Page 23: ...input or output if there is not a necessity to use it as CW FSK output This is the case in where not all signals SPK MIC and PTT are available on a single connector but where for example the receiver...

Page 24: ...ive or negative lo gic CW FSK Output CW or else FSK max 50VDC 50mA It is a transistor output from a optocoupler If necessary you may connect this output with a 1 5kOhm resistor to 5V Pull Up through t...

Page 25: ...ssary in cases where not all signals SPK MIC and PTT are available on a single connector but where for example the receiver audio output signal is present on a separate socket For this reason remove c...

Page 26: ...o remove one of these cutting the cable near the connector Certain transceivers have a RJ45 type microphone connector in this case the cable with two RJ45 may become useful The transceiver should be c...

Page 27: ...in a fixed way from the board via the RJ45 X2 socket As previously described the signals present on the JP1 may be freely assigned to each pin of this connector In any case it is advised to connect at...

Page 28: ...le towards some transceivers In any case errors are not excluded and so there should be considered as examples and only as guidelines for the cables assembly and not as guaranteeing the proper functio...

Page 29: ...IC738 IC746PRO IC756PROIII IC761 IC765 IC775 IC781 IC820 IC821 IC910 IC970 IC7400 IC7600 IC7700 IC7800 The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 ACC1 X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the sign...

Page 30: ...TinyGate User s manual and assembly instructions JP1 Jumpers example for the cable described above P a g e 30...

Page 31: ...er X2 Pin Bridge on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on the DATA Rear panel view 1 GND GND 2 MIC DATA IN 3 GND GND 4 PTT PTT 5 6 SPK DATA OUT 1200 7 COR SQL SQL 8 PWR only necessary for a galva...

Page 32: ...e transceiver GND CAT CI V Interface mode solder bridge setting SJ10 solder bridge SJ10 on the position 2 3 FIF232 IF232 mode We suggest to use the internal USB supply for the CAT interface to avoid t...

Page 33: ...pins for the transceiver cable X2 PACKET Transceiver X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on the PACKET rear panel view 1 GND 2 2 MIC 1 3 GND 2 4 PTT 3 5 6 SPK 4 7 COR SQL 5 8 PW...

Page 34: ...inyGate Pinout of the CAT cable for FT990 and FT1000D Pin CAT X3 input Description PIN on the CAT socket 1 TXD 3 SERIAL IN 2 RXD 2 SERIAL OUT 3 GND Ground of the transceiver 1 GND CAT CI V Interface m...

Page 35: ...Transceiver MIC and AF OUT Pin X2 Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire colour of CAT5 FTP cable Pin on the MIC front panel view AF OUT socket rear panel view 1 GND 7 2 MIC 8 3 GND Ground ring 4 PTT...

Page 36: ...T840 Pin CAT X3 connector Description PIN on the CAT socket Notes 1 TXD 3 SERIAL IN Add a 150 Ohm resistor between pin 3 and pin 1 2 RXD 2 SERIAL OUT 3 GND Ground of the transceiver 1 GND CAT Serial b...

Page 37: ...s Yaesu FT2000 FT920 The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 PACKET Transceiver X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on the PACKET rear panel view 1 GND 2 2 MIC 1 3 G...

Page 38: ...25E Kenwood TS480 TM255 TM455 TM G707 TM V7 TM D700x The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 transceiver RTTY PKT DATA X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on RTTY PK...

Page 39: ...0 TS590 TS680 TS690 TS850 TS870S TS940 S TS950S TS990 TS2000 X The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 ACC Transceiver X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on ACC rea...

Page 40: ...and assembly instructions Kenwood R1000 The assignation of pins for the receiver cable X2 RECORD X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on RECORD front panel view 1 2 3 GND 3 4 5 6...

Page 41: ...wood TS50S The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 MIC Transceiver X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on MIC front panel view 1 GND 7 2 MIC 1 3 GND 8 4 PTT 2 5 6 SP...

Page 42: ...0 IC7200 IC7300 IC7410 IC9100 The assignation of pins for the transceiver cable X2 ACC Transceiver X2 Pin Jumpers on JP1 towards the signals Wire Colour Pin on ACC rear panel view 1 GND 2 2 MIC 11 3 G...

Page 43: ...X3 allows a direct connection with a ICOM transceiver which support the CI V with the help of a simple audio cable with two 3 5mm Jack plugs stereo or mono The CAT CI V interface may be configured in...

Page 44: ...n 1 CI V RXD TXD 2 3 GND Ground of the transceiver 2 FIF 232 IF 232 mode This mode provides two separate signals for RXD and TXD and is essentially a serial port with TTL levels 0 5V FIF 232 IF 232 si...

Page 45: ...tting SJ10 Pos SJ10 CAT Interface Mode 1 2 CI V default 2 3 FIF232 IF232 Elecraft All of the solder bridges are on the bottom side of the board to simplify access to these For the pre set subtle coppe...

Page 46: ...to connect the CAT interface to a Elecraft Transceiver models K2 K3 KX2 KX3 This option is only available since the TinyGate board revision B and can be set through the SJ14 solder bridge as follows...

Page 47: ...wide range of transceivers To ensure the galvanic isolation of the CAT CI V port an external power supply is necessary 8 15VDC This may for example be directly take from the transceiver See also Conn...

Page 48: ...ply of the CAT CI V Port 2 Internal The electrical supply to the CAT CI V port is internally taken from the USB port of the TinyGate CAUTION Due to a common ground it is not possible to have a galvani...

Page 49: ...elay manually they may do so on the SJ3 solder bridge Note that the red LED PTT on the front panel is illuminated when the PTT relay K1 is switched on CW FSK The CW FSK output is driven by the DTR con...

Page 50: ...structions CW FSK control line setting SJ12 Pos SJ12 CW FSK line of control Mode 1 2 DTR CW Mode default 2 3 TXD FSK mode CW FSK Pull up resistor SJ11 Pos SJ11 CW FSK pull up resistor 1 5k open disabl...

Page 51: ...s manual and assembly instructions CW FSK Pull up and SQL COR negative logic supply source SJ8 Pos SJ8 Supply source for CW FSK pull up and negative logic SQL COR 1 2 Internal USB 2 3 external defaul...

Page 52: ...th a 2k resistor with positive or negative logic defined by SJ6 and SJ13 With SJ8 see also Pull Up resistor for the CW FSK output you can set the supply source internal or external in the case of nega...

Page 53: ...OR entry logic 1 2 2 3 positive default 2 3 1 2 negative The CAT CI V port and the SQL COR input use a common ground defined with the SJ9 bridge as a result they should both be supplied from the same...

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Page 55: ...find a detailed description for numerous operating systems on the site for the installation guide Important note The enclosure is connected to the ground of the USB Port and as a result to the ground...

Page 56: ...system has installed the drivers these messages shall disappear Now the device management A quick way of opening the device management is by going on Start Control Panel System Hardware Device managem...

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Page 58: ...nual and assembly instructions It is useful to note that the progressive numbering of the two serial ports COMx depends on the PC and operating system so it is possible that this should differ from PC...

Page 59: ...e following messages appear Once the installation of the drivers is complete these windows may be closed Now the device management A fast way of opening the device manager is going on Start and insert...

Page 60: ...d all of the drivers have loaded then this should result in the following devices in the device manager It is useful to note that the progressive numbering of the two serial ports COMx depends on the...

Page 61: ...following messages appear Once the installation of the drivers is complete these windows may be closed Now the device management A fast way of opening the device manager is going on Start and insertin...

Page 62: ...d all of the drivers have loaded then this should result in the following devices in the device manager It is useful to note that the progressive numbering of the two serial ports COMx depends on the...

Page 63: ...TinyGate User s manual and assembly instructions Linux Ubuntu If you connect TinyGate to the PC you will find the following CM108 audio devices on on the sound setting panel P a g e 63...

Page 64: ...ational Ltd FT232 serial UART IC Bus 002 Device 059 ID 0d8c 013C C Media Electronics Inc CM108 Audio Controller Bus 002 Device 060 ID 0403 6001 Technology Devices Future In ternational Ltd FT232 seria...

Page 65: ...PadEC ThinkPad EC ThinkPad Console Audio Control ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30 fw unknown In this case we see the device n 2 C Media Electronics Inc USB PnP Sound Device as the sound c...

Page 66: ...te User s manual and assembly instructions MacOS X If the TinyGate is correctly recognised and all of the drivers have loaded then this should result in the following devices in the System Report P a...

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Page 68: ...rtant note You have to set the Format to 44100Hz for the TinyGate Sound device inside Audio MIDI Setup This setting must be repeated one time on each USB port on your MAC So if you change the USB port...

Page 69: ...d differ from PC to PC Example Let us suppose that once the TinyGate is connected to a USB port of the PC we have the following serial ports available USB Serial Port COM6 USB Serial Port COM7 Now we...

Page 70: ...ansceiver and after having launched it the serial port to be tried is selected and you click on Connect In our case we will turn to and try the COM6 If after having clicked Connect the green light ill...

Page 71: ...Ds on the TRANSCEIVER X2 socket indicate when the CAT CI V serial port has transmitted or received data If for example we try to transmit data on the CAT port without having connected any transceiver...

Page 72: ...nge of software applications for digital modes Below are illustrated configuration examples for some popular software in amateur radio focused on the aspects linked to the parameters of the TinyGate h...

Page 73: ...instructions Then the serial port for the PTT should be chosen in the PTT sub menu The relay of the PTT Relay is controlled by default from the control line RTS of the serial port for the PTT CW See...

Page 74: ...the Keyer input of the transceiver they should choose the same serial port used for the PPT in the submenu Modes IDs but using the DTR control line The CW output is preset to be controlled by the DTR...

Page 75: ...l panel of the operating system Unfortunately the term AGC for the preamplifier is not really self explanatory In any case it is advisable to deactivate the preamplifier first and controlling the audi...

Page 76: ...hose who wish to listen the audio signal coming from the transceiver through the speakers of the predefined system or other audio outputs of the PC may do so by activating the audio input of the TinyG...

Page 77: ...window selecting RX at the bottom the Signal Level vertical bar is displayed with the actual audio signal level coming from the transceiver Selecting TX on the other hand there is displayed the output...

Page 78: ...ntiometer In any case it should be noted that these two regulators are placed in series This signifies for example if you define the output level in the software as 0 you will not manage to obtain any...

Page 79: ...on the aspects linked to the parameters of the TinyGate hardware In the Settings of the File the audio interface should be chosen Audio IN input and Audio Out output of the TinyGate audio interface as...

Page 80: ...cussing on the aspects linked to the parameters of the TinyGate hardware In the Audio of the Devices the audio interface should be chosen Capture input and Playback output of the TinyGate audio inter...

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