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QRP Labs - QCX firmware upgrade with Raspberry Pi

Using a Raspberry Pi board as AVR programmer to update the QRP Labs QCX transceiver's firmware. The power draw from the QCX to the RPi seemed a bit too much, so I did not use the RPi 5v output.


Photo of older version firmware.

Requirements

Configure raspbian

  • Enable spi in /boot/config.txt and reboot:
    dtparam=spi=on
  • Install avrdude:
    sudo apt install avrdude

Wiring

Raspberry Pi
=========================================
            (Right board edge)
                   |
               1 oo|2
               3 oo|4
               5 oo|6
               7 oo|8
               9 oo|10
              11 oo|12
              13 oo|14
              15 oo|16
              17 oo|18
BCM 10 MOSI - 19 oo|20
BCM  9 MISO - 21 oo|22 BCM 25 RESET
BCM 11 SCLK - 23 oo|24
        GND - 25 oo|26
<snip>




QCX
=========================================

(left board edge)
      | V -
      | V +
      |
  GND | o o RESET
 MOSI | o o SCK
   5V | o o MISO

Programming

  • Check connection:
    sudo avrdude -p atmega328p -c linuxspi -P /dev/spidev0.0 -v -b19200
  • Program latest firmware:
    sudo avrdude -p atmega328p -c linuxspi -P /dev/spidev0.0 -v -b19200 -U flash:w:T1.04.hex
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