K3NG Rotator Controller Project Boxing
Adam shows you how he crams his 5.0″ Nextion touch screen and custom K3NG rotator controller board inside an $8 box.
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Yaesu G-5500 K3NG Rotator Controller Board
A Yaesu G-5500 (etc) rotator controller project based on Anthony Good’s popular K3NG rotator controller.
This project features a Teensy 3.2 microcontroller and Nextion Enhanced HMI user interface.
• Az analogue potentiometer input
• El analogue potentiometer input
• Four NO push-button switch inputs with pull-ups available
• Teensy … Read more...
K3NG Rotator Controller Project Update Jan 7
Nextion firmware V2021-01-07-01 update for K3NG Rotator Controller
New:
Screen Saver Dim To percentage value is user definable on Config page.
Was previously hard-coded to 5%.
Can now be set 0 – 50%.
Fix (5.0″ issue only):
Wrong default font for navigation buttons (Clock & Grid) being set for virgin… Read more...
Nextion for K3NG Rotator Controller Update
VK4GHZ Nextion for K3NG Rotator Controller now gets a version for the NX8048K050 5.0″ Enhanced touchscreen.
The 5.0″ screen is nice!
Below are some comparison shots along side a familiar 3.5″ Nextion.
(5.0″ screen still has protective layer on top of screen, so tends to look dull)
NX8048K035 V2021-01-06-01… Read more...
K3NG Rotator Controller Project Update Jan 6
Nextion firmware V2021-01-06-01 update for K3NG Rotator Controller
New:
Rotator Protocol added to Features page
GPS icon added & GPS ‘Wait’ on Features Page if GPS enabled but waiting for fix
Fix:
Toggle center button removed – Arduino code doesn’t appear to process Yaesu
commands from Nextion. Never make assumptions!… Read more...
K3NG Rotator Controller Project Update Jan 2
Nextion firmware V2021-01-01-01 update for K3NG Rotator Controller
New:
5.0″ version
Preset tags colour & font can now be changed
User Defined Buttons now have name tags
Initialize EEPROM button added
Toggle Center button added
Clock time now displayed on Features page
Fix:
Satellite title bar character length extended by … Read more...
K3NG Rotator Controller Project Update Dec 17
Updated 15/04/2021 – insertion point revised for v2021-04-07-01 ino file
Project Update December 2020
VK4GHZ Nextion for K3NG Rotator Controller firmware v 2020-12-17-01 update brings “User Defined Function” buttons for those wanting to experiment with triggering their own custom code.
Buttons on new Nextion page “User Defined Functions” will … Read more...
Universal K3NG Rotator Controller System
Update 11-Feb-2021:
• NX8048K035 5.0″ Firmware Update
A universal rotator controller project based on Anthony Good’s popular K3NG rotator controller.
This project features a Teensy 3.2 microcontroller and Nextion Enhanced HMI with custom user interface.
• Yaesu G-800DXA (and G-1000-DXA, G-2800-DXA) azimuth rotator control
• Yaesu G-800DXA (and … Read more...
Nextion for K3NG Rotator Controller Videos
A series of videos demonstrating the VK4GHZ Nextion for K3NG Rotator Controller
Part 1 – Basic Az system
Part 1 looks at a basic azimuth-only system and introduces you to some of the functionality offered.
Part 2 – Elevation
Part 2 introduced elevation functionality and adds a decimal … Read more...
Eltek Flatpack2 Interface Board Considerations
How to interface your Eltek Flatpack2 to the outside world?
To prevent re-inventing the wheel, several options already exist and looking on ebay.com.au we find;
One thing we discover is, ebay cannot count to five properly!
A subtle change in search terms can reveal alternatives, such as the … Read more...
Nextion and audio – some PSU tips
Extra consideration is required with power supply design if you intend to use a Nextion HMI in a project with audio
Low level noise was being generated by a Nextion (and therefore a TJC) display when the display brightness was reduced down from 100%.
This noise was traveling back down … Read more...
K3NG Rotator Controller Nextion Development
It’s not everyday you come across a project from somebody else that is well documented, relatively easy to pick up and work with, and, has the ability to customise it to your hearts content!
The K3NG rotator controller is one such project. Ideal for anyone wanting to interface their rotators/positioners … Read more...
Degrees Symbol for K3NG Rotator Controller Nextion – 2
The K3NG rotator controller is extremely well supported by the author, Anthony Good, K3NG.
Since the last bug report, one issue, easily overlooked by those not entirely familiar with the Nextion display, has been identified that can easily cause grief,
Along with creating fonts with iso-8859-1 encoding, make sure when … Read more...
12-bit ADC Resolution for K3NG Rotator Controller
The K3NG Rotator Controller project is aimed towards Arduino Mega 2560 or similar hardware.
Standard ADC resolution on many of the Arduino boards is 10-bit, however the Arduino Due, Zero, and MKR family and Teensy 3.x family have 12-bit ADCs.
So if you’re running this hardware, why not make use … Read more...
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