{"id":6030,"date":"2009-10-30T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T11:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/blog\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:11:25","slug":"new-microham-usb-interface-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/new-equipment\/new-microham-usb-interface-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"New MicroHAM USB Interface III"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/l_u3_front_panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6031\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"l_u3_front_panel\" alt=\"l_u3_front_panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/l_u3_front_panel-555x184.jpg\" width=\"555\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>These USB Interfaces provide a solution to the lack of available Serial (COM) ports on laptop and newer desktop computers for controlling your radio.The <strong>USB interface III<\/strong> includes full optical isolation of all control signals (radio control, CW,\u00a0 PTT and Squelch) and <strong>built-in USB soundcard <\/strong>with <strong>front panel<\/strong> level controls for transmit via your transceiver&#8217;s Accessory audio input and the constant level (pre-volume control) audio output.<em>micro<\/em>HAM USB Interfaces have built-in hardware support for your radio &#8211; you no longer need additional level converters like CT-62, IF-232, FIF-232, CT-17.\u00a0\u00a0 USB Interface III includes support for CW keying (DTR) and PTT (RTS) as well as a detector\/driver for pseudo-FSK and QSK CW on the soundcard&#8217;s right audio channel for use with FLDIGI on any platform. USB Interface III uses same cable as USB Interface II or DIGI KEYER.<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.microham.com\/contents\/media\/usbiii_block.jpg\" width=\"555\" height=\"398\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 610px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"1\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\" height=\"16\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\" height=\"16\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #c00000; font-size: x-small;\">Just one USB port<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #c00000; font-size: x-small;\"> for audio and Control <\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Complete &#8220;Computer &lt;-&gt; Radio&#8221; electrical isolation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; bidirectional transformer isolation between sound card and radio<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; <strong>ALL <\/strong>digital signals: Radio Control, CW, PTT, FSK, and Squelch,<br \/>\noptically isolated from USB port<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"494\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Standard Sound Device &#8211; no custom drivers: <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> The USB Sound Device is an industry standard device recognized by<br \/>\nWindows, Macintosh OS 10 and LINUX. There are no custom device<br \/>\ndrivers to install and no compatibility problems with your applications.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"494\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Ultra low noise: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; The sound circuits are designed with special attention to low noise <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Receive noise floor is better than -90 dBm (typical) in 600 Ohms. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; 87 dB (typical) dynamic range rivals that of professional products.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0Special circuit design maintains full dynamic range and low noise floor<br \/>\nwith all radios &#8211; both high level and low level outputs. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"494\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Independent transmit and receive clock <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; Transmit clock: 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; Receive clock: 8000, 11025, 16000, 22050, 32000, 44100, 48000 Hz<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; sampling rates are native: no up\/down conversion or &#8220;rounding&#8221; errors<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Right channel audio detector and FSK\/CW driver <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">FSK output for FDIGI &#8220;pseudo-FSK&#8221; mode <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">Provides a &#8220;hard keyed&#8221; CW output for software that generates<br \/>\nonly audio (sidetone) CW<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #008000; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Support for all radio control standards (CI-V, FIF-232, IF-232, RS-232)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; fully supports Icom, Kenwood, Ten Tec, Yaesu and other radios<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; no separate level converter required<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Squelch input for signaling to computer<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; two inputs, one is active low, second is active high <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; ideal for Echolink and remote interfacing applications <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800080; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>No external power adapter for most transceivers<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; Computer part is powered from USB<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; Radio <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">interface<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">is powered from transceiver or transceiver power supply<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Strong immunity to RFI <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; integrated chokes and filters for best RFI immunity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; advanced shielding and circuit design for RFI product suppression<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #c00000; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Quick change connectors<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; USB <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">&#8211; Radio &#8211; DB15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>LEDs for easy visual feedback of CAT, CW, PTT, SQL<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"> \u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Metal\/Aluminum case, powder coated and silk screened<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"23\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\">\u2022 <\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"523\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Free software upgrades via the internet <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microham.com\/index1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These USB Interfaces provide a solution to the lack of available Serial (COM) ports on laptop and newer desktop computers for controlling your radio.The USB interface III includes full optical isolation of all control signals (radio control, CW,\u00a0 PTT and Squelch) and built-in USB soundcard with front panel level controls for transmit via your transceiver&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[195,203,304],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-equipment","tag-ham-radio","tag-hamradio","tag-new-equipment-2","category-8","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cqdx.ru\/ham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}