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I eventually found an ideal enclosure for my portsdown.
The enclosure holds the PI4, pluto, knucker board, minitiouner and a small audio amp.


Wayne VK5BI

hello dear OM,
Do you have the references for this box?
where to buy it?

thank you for your reply
73s from F1FCO, Pierre.

It is a Hammond enclosure, their p/n is 1456PK4WHBU.
In Australia they were available from both element14 and RS components, however
at that time they both had long lead times on orders for them. I purchased mine
from Digikey.

Regards

Wayne VK5BI

thank you Wayne,
73s from F1FCO

Hi Wayne,

I am curious, can you point me in the direction of how to configure the PI4, Pluto (or Lime), knucker board, minitiouner (or Pico). I’ve seen lots of either / or but not both.

As you can tell, I am a novice to this.

Thanks,

Neil.

Hi Neil

You should not connect both the Knucker and MiniTiouner (or Pico Tuner) to the Portsdown at the same time. There is currently a USB conflct between the 2, so just connect the USB lead for the one that you want to use.

You can connect both simultaneously to a Ryde.

73

Dave, G8GKQ

Hi Neil,

i built up a crude and simple 2 way usb switch. The chip and the adaptor board for it are both available from Farnell. I think my cost
was about $6 aussie for the two. It is not pretty but it works, just a toggle switch switching one pin of the chip between high and low.
The only additional part was the 78L05 regulator. A warning though the chip is only about 3mm square and has 10 pins.

Regards

Wayne