[hpsdr] Mercury Problem

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi Stephen, 

RRR, understood.  Well, I happen to have my Atlas-based system out and working with it so I’d be happy to help you with comparative checks between my Mercury board and yours if you wish.  

We could use direct email instead of the reflector to work together on it.  

Do you have operating voltage on your 122.88 MHz osc module?  

73,  Joe K5SO

On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:

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> I've already done the visual inspection and things look good to me. That
> doesn't mean they look good to the electrons :-)
> 
> --
> Stephen West-Fisher
> N4IK
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Martin K5SO [mailto:k5so at valornet.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 7:32 PM
> To: Stephen West-Fisher
> Cc: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Mercury Problem
> 
> Hi Stephen, 
> 
> As with any hardware troubleshooting effort the first step in sorting out a
> trouble on a freshly built board is to verify by measurement with a
> voltmeter that all of the supply voltages on the board are present and
> correct.  If they are, then a very careful examination of the pins on the
> chips (especially the FPGA) using a magnifying glass is in order; it's SO
> easy to create shorted pins when soldering the components on the board,
> especially on the FPGA. 
> 
> If you have already completed these steps then you can begin a detailed
> troubleshooting of the board functionality.  
> 
> 73,  Joe K5SO
> 
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Joe Martin K5SO wrote:
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>> Hi Stephen,
>> 
>> As you probably know, the diagnostic LEDs on Mercury are arranged as
> follows; these will have the following "normal" powered-up indication before
> any PC program is run; that is, after a fresh power up of the Mercury board
> before any PC program is run: 
>> 
>> D3 = DONE_LED = ON
>> D4 = DEBUG_LED7 = OFF
>> D5 = DEBUG_LED6 = OFF
>> D6 = DEBUG_LED5 = ON
>> D7 = DEBUG_LED4 = ON
>> D8 = DEBUG _LED3 = FLASHING
>> D9 = DEBUG_LED2 = FLASHING
>> D10 = DEBUG_LED1 = OFF
>> D11 = DEBUG_LED0 = OFF
>> 
>> If your clock is bad (or, for example, if jumper JP9 is missing or there
> is no jumper on CLKSEL) then only D3 = DONE_LED will be ON; all the others I
> mentioned will be OFF. 
>> 
>> 73,  Joe K5SO
>> 
>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:
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>>> Now that I have the ADC oriented correctly, it's time to move on.
>>> According to the LEDs, the code is loaded but not running - would 
>>> that point me in the direction of a bad clock?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Stephen West-Fisher
>>> N4IK
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>>> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Stephen 
>>> West-Fisher
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 4:23 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Mercury Problem
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>>> I have found that the ADC is 90 degrees off, mine has marks on two 
>>> corners but under a magnifying glass it's obvious I picked the wrong 
>>> one. I didn't even see the other.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Stephen West-Fisher
>>> N4IK
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>>> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Stephen 
>>> West-Fisher
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:11 PM
>>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>>> Subject: [hpsdr] Mercury Problem
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>>> I've just finished building Mercury, and while I didn't expect it to 
>>> work right off I don't know where to start the troubleshooting.
>>> 
>>> I loaded V3.2 firmware with no errors.
>>> I uninstalled my old PowerSDR and installed 2Rx v2.2.9 even though I 
>>> have only the one Mercury.
>>> When I hit the power button with Mercury selected in setup PowerSDR 
>>> locks up. If I de-select Mercury it runs fine.
>>> 
>>> I recall some discussion recently about software/firmware version 
>>> issues but I cannot find it searching the list or on the openhpsdr 
>>> site. Could someone point me to some current documentation about it?
>>> 
>>> While I didn't really expect the board to work first time, I did not 
>>> expect it to lock up PoswerSDR, just to not work. Could this be from 
>>> a hardware issue? If so, where should I start looking for errors on the
> board?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Stephen West-Fisher
>>> N4IK
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