[amsat-bb] Re: USB G5500 controller

[Wayne Estes]

Les W4WSCO wrote:

Now that the piggyback is no longer available from NLSA (Nova) for
the Labjack what is available that uses a USB interface?

Wayne replies:

It's very easy to build your own "piggback" adapter.  The SatPC32 web 
site shows how easy it is to build your own:

U12 piggback schematic:  http://www.dk1tb.de/lj_piggyback.JPG
U3 piggback schematic:  http://www.dk1tb.de/lj_piggyback_u3.JPG
Photo of DK1TB's homebrew U3 "piggyback" built on a perfboard: 
http://www.dk1tb.de/u3upiggyback.JPG

By the way, the new Labjack U3 is $30 cheaper than the now-discontinued 
U12.  The latest version of SatPC32 supports the U3.

Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik