[Amps] W8ZR Autotune Amplifier Progress Report

[Aleksandar Petkovic]

There's always another way but Jim's mission was to make it possible for 
Joe Ham to build it with his soldering iron, resin core solder and not 
have to use anything stronger than a pair of reading glasses.

73, Alek. VK6APK

On 20/12/2020 6:12 am, Paul Christensen wrote:
>> "The PX32A is a sophisticated device containing eight fully independent
> 32-bit microprocessors that share 31 read/write IO ports and a common memory
> for storing variables.
>
> Jim, what amplifier functions are being divided across the eight independent
> microcontrollers?  For example, does one exclusively manage the T/R
> function?  Perhaps another is dedicated to monitor power supply parameters,
> etc.?
>
> My 8877 amp uses an Arduino Mega 2560 but I cram the code for all functions
> into one loop.  To make this work with one microcontroller, delay commands
> are invoked by comparing time registers. The main loop never stops running
> at full speed no matter what delays are present.
>
> Within the constraints of memory, it's possible to load unrelated programs
> into the same microcontroller.
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
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