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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I too was thinking about making a board. Perhaps we should
compare notes?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Harry KC4RPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces@hamvoip.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Dave Miller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 10, 2015 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ARM Allstar<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [arm-allstar] Market for pre-soldered usb fobs????<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have designed both a Cape for BBB and a board for the RP!2
that has a CM119 on it along with a few other goodies. They are not as cheap as
a $3 dongle but have some good features and should have decent performance. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have to do some final testing but the BBB is Rev 2 so it
should work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If they is any interest I and try to get to testing them
soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I can make them available as a bare PCB or assembled based
on interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>All parts except CM119 are available from Digikey if I
recall.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If there is any interest I am happy to share some boards or
prebuilt with a few people for testing. My interest seems to be more in
designing and building the boards then testing them fully ;-) Please send
me emails directly.<br>
Dave<br>
VE7HR/ VE7PKE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:00 AM, David McGough <<a
href="mailto:kb4fxc@inttek.net" target="_blank">kb4fxc@inttek.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Hi Everyone,<br>
<br>
I hear varying comments from hams about not being able to solder the COS<br>
and PTT signal wires to the CM108 chips in the low-cost fobs.<br>
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Personally, I find the soldering easy to do, it's mostly about technique<br>
used and having a good quality soldering station--but, I've also done<br>
-lots- of surface mount assembly work in a previous life.<br>
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It's worth noting that once you've built a perhaps three fobs from $3<br>
adapters, you've saved enough money over purchasing pre-built URI's, etc.,<br>
to buy a quality temperature-controlled soldering station (I use a Weller<br>
WESD51).<br>
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So, I'll ask the question: is there a market for pre-soldered fobs? I'm<br>
not talking a completed interface, just the COS and PTT wires attached,<br>
like seen in this photo:<br>
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<a href="http://hamvoip.org/photos/P1040026.JPG" target="_blank">http://hamvoip.org/photos/P1040026.JPG</a><br>
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BTW, I'm NOT trying to get into business! But, just wondering....<br>
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73, David KB4FXC<br>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2015, Pierre Martel wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for the info.<br>
><br>
> He already destroyed 4 fob and the New one he got are all blob not
the<br>
> chips.<br>
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> Too bad it wont work with i/o<br>
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