[Ground-station] AX5043 Availability

Fri Oct 12 04:21:18 PDT 2018

I know it may not be a reliable indicator, but I want to believe it... the AX5043 is showing back in stock in February. I also expect we’ll be able to buy small quantities again once reels are available.

In the meantime, I have a small stock of the AX5043 part. If you need a few (<= 5) I might be able to help a team or two. I should have brought some with me to Microwave Update, but didn’t think about it. I’ll certainly bring some to AMSAT Symposium.
Jb

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> On Oct 12, 2018, at 3:24 AM, Glenn LeBrasseur via Ground-Station <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
> 
> Hey Zach,
> 
> Yes, all our work is open source and can be found at <https://github.com/oresat>. At this time we only have test code for the AX5043 in the oresat-firmware repo, and block diagrams in oresat-c3-rf. Schematics in Eagle are coming soon.
> 
> We have looked at Jonathan's code to some greater extent, as well as work done by Richard Meadows, M0SBU at <https://github.com/richardeoin/ax>  and Zach Metzinger at Libre Space Foundation (https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/pqws/pqws-main-sw). So far we have just written some test routines on our own that run on ChibiOS that sits on top of a STM32F446.  They confirm 100 kb/s HDLC packets in both directions, and we also have AX.25 in G3RUH format for telemetry beacons going now in our early tests. So much more to do. I would be willing to discuss our plans further and would love your critique.
> 
> And yes, we just learned about the availability issue of the AX5043, and it really stresses us out. We have a few demo boards we may need to harvest from if that becomes a real issue. Yikes!
> 
> - Glenn, KJ7SU
> 
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 6:13 PM Zach Leffke <zleffke at vt.edu> wrote:
>> I'd be interested to see the design /code for SC rig with the AX5043 chip.  I have similar goals of implementing various radios (balloons, satellite, etc.) using this device (the PSK and HDLC features make it enticing).  Are there plans for posting any of the code or schematics for this?  I know Jonathan Brandenburg has done a lot in this area already (https://github.com/BrandenburgTech/DigitalTxRxRPi), but more public code sounds good to me!
>> 
>> My biggest concern at the moment with these chips is that individuals are not available on Mouser or Digikey,  Mouser has reels of 3000 available and the product is marked EOL.  Other documentation suggest this is just a 'hiccup' as they transition from one manufacturing house to another, but its hard to get started playing with these if 1) i can't get my hands on small quantities and 2) not confident yet that they will be readily available in small quantities long term...............I hunted around and couldn't find a similar device with all the same features.......so I'm hoping the new stuff shows up on Mouser/Digikey soon.....
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -Zach, KJ4QLP
>> 
>> Research Associate
>> Aerospace Systems Lab
>> Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
>> Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
>> Work Phone: 540-231-4174
>> Cell Phone: 540-808-6305
>>> On 10/11/2018 3:57 PM, Glenn LeBrasseur wrote:
>>> Michelle,
>>> 
>>> It would be great to be able to see a copy of this years proceedings. Thanks so much for that.
>>> 
>>> We were told to scout around for other people who are using L-Band as an uplink from Earth to LEO. Dr. Campbell said we might want find a friend of his named Jeff Kruth from Morehead University, or Al Ward who is doing work with LNA's. Essentially we are using L-Band on our OreSat CubeSat-0 for the uplink. We are building a down-converter for the SC side and using the OnSemi  AX5043 chip as the IF receiver.
>>> 
>>> Anything or anyone's contact information you find in this area would be most sincerely appreciated.
>>> 
>>> - Glenn
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:02 AM Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> What can we do to help out? What sorts of things and potential contacts can we try and get going for you? 
>>>> 
>>>> I'll get a copy of the proceedings to you at the very least. 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 19:52 Glenn LeBrasseur <glenn.lebrasseur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I am so jealous because sadly I cannot make it. I was told by Dr. Rick Campbell, KK7B that I really should be there this year because it would give our CubeSat communications team some better insight into some of the microwave work we are                     planning to endeavor. Just not enough time!
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Glenn, KJ7SU
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 7:29 PM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>>>>>> Wonderful! See you there. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -mdt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:55 Zach Leffke via Ground-Station <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hey! I'm on my way out the door to start the drive to MUD (VA to OH)!  This will be my first time going, so definitely interested to hear about all the good stuff going on!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Also, FYI, I'm getting pretty heavily involved in SigMF with a  couple of students on an RF Machine Learning program......so definitely interested to talk with other folks on this topic, this project seems to be picking up steam.......
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Zach
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Research Associate
>>>>>>> Aerospace Systems Lab
>>>>>>> Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
>>>>>>> Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
>>>>>>> Work Phone: 540-231-4174
>>>>>>> Cell Phone: 540-808-6305
>>>>>>> On 10/10/2018 1:30 PM, Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station wrote:
>>>>>>>> Several of us will be at Microwave Update this weekend (http://microwaveupdate.org/) in Dayton, OH. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm bringing 122GHz gear, including the Silicon Radar Easy dev boards and some 3D printed experimental dishes and subreflectors. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If you're there, find us! Plenty to talk about including SatNOGS microwave expansion, the future of metadata with SigMF, new GOES weather satellite kits and software, 10GHz LNB-on-a-Stick work, and more. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Michelle W5NYV
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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