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4. Resources
Please see the kit page
http://www.qrp-labs.com/vfo
for information on latest updates and issues.
Please join the Yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qrplabs/
for new kit announcements, to
discuss any problems with the kit, enhancements you’ve made, or just to tell everyone how much fun
you’re having.
5. Version History
1
19-Jan-2016
Initial version, for firmware version s1.00
2
04-Apr-2016
Firmware version s1.01
– only change is to remove the 10MHz limit on IF offset
Clarification of operation without GPS, in the GPS settings description, top of page 7
3
11-Nov-2016
Firmware version s1.02
Add negative IF offset capability
Added a long list of new #-tags to display data from the GPS module, when the serial data line
is connected.
Added multiple scrolling customisable display feature, with configurable pause on each item
(Line 1 Pause, Line 2 Pause etc. parameters)
If the #RF tag is in the display (reference frequency) and GPS discipline is used, it is updated
every 1 second with the new value
Add the #HB tag to display the heartbeat in the display, which beats in time with the GPS 1pps
Changed “Cont. correction” parameter to “Corr. threshold”, it now allows recalculates the VFO
when the reference frequency has changed by the specified amount. Continuous correction
can be achieved by setting 0.
Improvement to the GPS discipline at power-
up. The calibration starts off in “fine” mode, only
moving to “coarse mode” if necessary after 10 seconds. This avoids a large frequency jump at
power up.
Extended display support to 2- or 4-rows, and 16, 20, 24 or 40 columns (defined via new
configuration parameters “LCD Rows” and “LCD Cols”)