This Morserino32 kit arrived yesterday, and I’m hoping to build it tonight. If you’re not familiar with this little beauty, here is a list of the features:
- Hardware
- ESP32 Microcontroller w/ WiFi, Bluetooth & LoRa
- OLED Display (128 x 64 pixels, monochrome)
- 1 status line
- 3 line text screen with 15 line buffer (you can scroll back)
- Comes with a pair of capacitive touch paddles
- User interface through one Rotary Encoder and one Push Button switch
- Connections for:
- Transceiver
- Audio in (for Morse decoder) and Line-out (for things like iCW etc)
- Headphone output
- Capacitive touch paddles (which are included)
- External Paddle or Straight Key (Straight Key currently for Decoder mode only)
- Power supply:
- LiPo battery (standard batter as used in quadcopters etc.) 600 – 1200 mAh recommended
- USB Power for charging (Micro USB Connector)
- Deep sleep function (including automatic time out)
- Battery switch to disconnect battery completely
- Firmware Update through WiFi
- CW Keyer
- Speed variable with encoder (5-50 wpm)
- Built-in capacitive touch paddles or external paddles
- Polarity of paddle can be changed (dots on left or right paddle)
- Iambic A, B and Ultimatic mode
- Iambic B parameters (timing) configurable, independently for dots and dashes
- Pitch control
- Output volume control
- Optional ACS (Automatic Character Spacing)
- CW Trainer (Code generator)
- Speed variable with encoder (5-50 wpm)
- Generates random character groups, call signs, common CW abbreviations incl. Q-Groups, common English words
- Select which characters to be output (Koch method, or combination of alpha, numerals, interpunction, pro signs)
- Define length of words to be output
- Increase inter-character space (like Farnsworth method)
- Increase inter-word space
- Optional: output each word twice
- Can also play text files in Morse Code, these can be uploaded through WiFi
- Files can contain ASCII text and pro-signs
- Words in files can also be played randomly
- CW Echo Trainer (Challenge / Response)
- Morserino-32 prompts you with a word in CW, and you have to respond by repeating it with the paddle
- Large variety of words, as in the CW Trainer
- Ideal for learning to read Morse code in your head!
- CW Decoder (from straight key) or with audio input
- Check and improve the quality of your straight key fist by using the decoder
- Decode Morse code received by a shortwave receiver
- CW Transceiver
- Using LoRa (Long Range WiFi) in the 432 MHz ISM Band!
- Great for learning how to conduct QSOs in CW
- Ideal for group learning or learning with a teacher / mentor
- You can also use Morserino-32 for iCW (CW over Internet using the Mumble protocol)
I’m anxious to see how well the capacitive touch paddles work and to play around with the various training modes.
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