SUCCESS! I got the R Pi Pico to interface with QUISK and directly Control the Frequency of the MHST!

With a huge Tip of the Cap to KI3P, Oliver, from the Vienna Wireless Society who wrote the software to have the Si5351 talk to QUISK and interface with a SDR Radio!  Needless to say, I was inspired by the work of the Vienna Wireless Societies Maker Program. Thank you, guys, for making something very possible.

We now have the frequency of the MHST being controlled by QUISK. This is HUGE!!!!!!!!!

Pi Pico Controller

Proof of Life

Right now, it's just working on Receive and the code needs some work for transmitting. Once I get that fixed, I will be happy to share my work.

HUGE caution here, you need more than a passing skill at software installation and the ability to troubleshoot. I have only been successful getting this to work on Windows 10 but the Linux R Pi5 has not worked for me.

VWS Shows up on the Windows 10 List
Serial Port com21

The Windows / Linux Problem. Despite the very same process the VWS SDR does not show up on the same list when using the Raspberry Pi Linux form. I have a machine with Linux Mint20, and it does show up on that drop down. Any clues?

The default in the VWS software is Com5. After several hours of nothing happening a dim light bulb said you need to change the com port. When I loaded the software on the Pi Pico, it told me the RP2040 com port was Com 21. That worked!

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Them that know can make it go.

73's

Pete N6QW