Elecraft KX3 Schematics

March, 2013

This document contains the schematics for the Elecraft KX3 transceiver and its internal
options. The schematics are preceded by a block diagram for context.

The schematics are ordered as the basic KX3, then various options.

KX3 Block Diagram

KX3 RF Board
KX3 Control Panel
KXPD3 Paddle
KXAT3 ATU
KXFL3 Roofing Filter
KXBC3 Battery Charger and Real Time Clock
 KXBC3 Battery Charger +
W Burdick/L Johnson/R Heineck/R Friess +12V Ext
Clock (Option)
Rev: 29 March 2012
2 m (Option)

KX3-2M
2 meter 2 m Xvtr KXFL3
ANTENNA RD15HVF1 (Option) Voltage
Audio Regulators
Filters
5th Order/7th Order
ATU (Option) Elliptic LPF FST3257

KXAT3
Rx RF Rx AF
160 m to 6 m ATU CMOS CMOS Rx SP/PH
T/R Switch Preamp/ Preamp IQ ADC
ANTENNA (8L & 8C) + Switch Switch Mix DAC
160 m to 160 m to Attenuators and LPF
BCB Filter
6m 6m

RX IQ Out
DSP
Tx PA I2C from CP
LO Temp 2 megabyte SPKR
PWR/SWR BRIDGE 10 W Amp Temp
Sensor Si570 FLASH (ADSP- Amp
Sensor
L.O. 21479)

2x SGA7489 Driver
2x RD15HVF1 PA
Mic
Tx Tx AF Amp IQ DAC ADC
Mix (OPA4376) (PCM1773) (TLV320
AIC3105)
IO Drivers (SPI)

FST3253
SPI
RF BOARD

K RECEIVE TRANSMIT L.O. output is at the operating frequency.

E LCD Controller PC I/O
Y Tx & Rx
There is no “IF” frequency, the receiver and transmitter
are direct conversion on 160m – 6m.

All modulation and demodulation are performed by the RF Board I2C MCU
EEPROM
DSP. and SPI (18F87K22)

FP Controls

CP BOARD
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Quadrature LO 3V3

5VA L27
A

A
FB

3V3 C4
L26 0.1uF C1
0.1uF 16 9
Vdd QA C5 C164
7
FB U3 QB 0.1uF 10uF C3
6 0.1uF

5
C2 C9G NC7SZ125 C180 J4 10 QC 5
R81 QD
0.1uF 0.1uF C162 2 4 3
10uF QE 2
R5 QF
39 4

2
0.01uF 10k QG

1
13
R41A 11 QH 12
Not Installed R41B CLR QI
Not Installed 14
QJ 15

3
8 QK 1

4
U53 U1 Vss QL U2

Pr
Si570 NC7SB3257 U54 NC7SB3257 2 5
I2C_SCL D Q CLKc

10
6 5 1 74VHC4040 1 5
7 Vdd nXVTR_CLK_EN Vcc B1 B1 Vcc 14
I2C_SDA 8 SDA

Pr
4 4 3 3 4 3 6 12 9
SCL CLK A B0 B0 A Q D Q

Cl
C122A
GND 2 3 2 6 6 2
100pF

3
C122B OE GND Gnd S S Gnd U52A 11 8

1
100pF Q 7 CLKs

Cl
74LVC74

13
R1AA
10
R1AB LOW_CLK U52B
B

B
10 Thermal Coupling

2
3V3
4 3
3R V+ Vo
5 2
C9B Gnd Gnd
R2 12V
0.01uF

1
U4 220 J6
12V LM20 ATU / XVTR
1
Temperature 2
3
C105 C178
Sensor LO_TEMP 4
1uF 5 MISO
6 ADC
CT 7 MOSI
GPIO 0.1uF 0.1uF 8 Dig I/O
J5 C177 9 SCK
10 nCS
1

1
2 TXI C57B
0.1uF MISOB 100pF

4
3
4 TXQ
5 MOSIB C57A C56B C56A
6 TXDACREF R95 100pF 100pF 100pF
7 4.7 SCKB
8
9 RXI L19 3V3 nCS1B RX-15dB_RF
C

C
10
11 RXQ R91
CP AF R73
12 RFC C134 nRX-15dB_AF
Interface 13 3.3k GPIO
14 VFWD C133 1uF C185 499
15 1uF 5V3 nISO_AMP_ON J1
470uF C58 3
16 VREFL 0.1uF U10 2
17 MCP23S17 PREAMP_ON 4
18 9 21 1
19 Vdd GPA0 22 ISO_AMP_HI
20 11 GPA1 23 CL C1H SW4
21 12 CS GPA2 24 KXFL3_SEL 0.01uF 1000pF
22 13 SCK GPA3 25 ACC2
23 14 SI GPA4 26 nKXFL3_WIDE Q5
24 SO GPA5 27 2N7002
25 PATEMP 20 GPA6 28
26 RF1 (SPARE)
19 INTA GPA7 1
27 CP_SPARE1 18 INTB GPB0 2
28 RESET GPB1 3 RF2
29 CP_SPARE3 (ADC) 17 GPB2 4 RELAY_COM
30 16 A2 GPB3 5
15 A1 GPB4 6 LOW_CLK
A0 GPB5 7
10 GPB6 8 nXVTR_CLK_EN 5VA
Vss GPB7 CE
TX_HI_DRV 5VA
Chassis U60 0.1uF
U7
LT6230 LT6230
PA_LO_Z
D

D
6

6
U67 3 3
P1 5V3 PA_ON AUX_RXI + AUX_RXQ +
MIC5235 1 AF 1
1 5 4 4
Vin Out - -
R93 5VA

5
3 0.1uF

2
En 7.32k BPF160 U59
C59 NC7SZ14

5
2 4 C171
C170
Gnd Ref
4.7uF
BPF80_160 2 4 AF AF
1uF BPF40_60
R94 U11 R70 R72 R8 R9

3
2.20k MCP23S17
9 21 BPF20_30
5V3 Vdd GPA0 22 49.9 2.20k 49.9 2.20k
11 GPA1 23 BPF15_17 CF R71A
12 CS GPA2 24 C149 C148 4 1
U20 13 SCK GPA3 25 BPF10_12 100uF 100uF
C150
LE80C 14 SI GPA4 26 C1E
10uF 1k
8 1 SO GPA5 27 BPF6 820pF 820pF
I/Q Out
12V Vin Out 8VA 20 GPA6 28
BPF_BYPASS AF AF
5 19 INTA GPA7 1 C151 R71B 3 J2
C67 7 Inh 2 C68 18 INTB GPB0 2 3 2 2
1uF 6 GND GND 3 10uF RESET GPB1 3 LPF160 4
Gnd GND 17 GPB2 4 1k 1
LPF80 10uF
R77 16 A2 GPB3 5
15 A1 GPB4 6 SW3
A0 GPB5 7 LPF40_60
100 10 GPB6 8
L31 Vss GPB7 LPF20_30 AF
U55
E

E
R78
MC78L05A
12VA 3 1 LPF15_17
RFC 22 In Out 5VA
LPF10_12 Elecraft, Inc. Copyright (C) 2012
G

C163 C161
C158 C159
0.1uF 1uF
2

100uF 47uF C157 LPF6 R92 R. Heineck

0.1uF
AUX_EN Title Rev
3.3k KX3 RF Board - Interface D
AF Date: July 18, 2012 Sheet 1 of 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3V3
Isolation Preamp (0 dB / 10dB)
FB
L28 15 dB RF Attenuator
LN RF Preamp (20 dB)
REA REB 8VA
10k 10k
R1BB R37 1 4 3 2 U47
A

A
3 2 PE4283
PREAMP_ON C132
RX-15dB_RF U45 C131 1 6
L29 0.1uF C1R
2.7k 47k R44

1
R1BA 22uH 1uF AD8099
C128 499 10uF 2 5 mixer_in

7
0.01uF C126 2.7k R109 U40 C1C 1
1uF CN C1B
0.01uF 73.2k PE4283 0.1uF 3 4
0.1uF RD
C129 C125 3 2 C1D

4
R47 10k RF
4 - 6
2 3 +
U39 560 0.1uF 0.1uF 5 R42 5 49.9 0.1uF
PE4283 C127 1 158 8
6 1 DIS
6

4
Q4 C124 R84
5 2 0.1uF 49.9
RX_IN NE46134 0.1uF Q3
R36 2N7002
4 3
R49 24
R45 R1
2.2 U37 U41 C1Q
130 499
6 1 PE4283 PE4283 C123 3.3pF
R46 1 6 6 1 U46
3.3k PE4283
5 2
2 5 5 2 0.1uF 6 1
4 3 R48
C130 3 4 4 3 5 2
68
U36 0.1uF R35 R83
PE4283 4 3
ISO_AMP_HI nISO_AMP_ON
130 47k
B

B
R34 R99
73.2 C169 73.2k
0.01uF R43
47k

CZ
R67C R67D 0.01uF R110
12VA 73.2k
22k 22k
6 3 4 5

5VA
C153
10uF 12VA
C172

2
5VA L30 C1M
0.1uF
22uF R80B C140

6
U51 AF U57 0.1uF
4.7k
FB 74CBT3257 LE U58B AF DG449 R56C
16

C154

3
RX_I RQ 22k U8B

8
C9 CK 3 4 5 AD8599 4
+ V+ OPA2209
0.1uF 0.1uF 7 2 C146

3
R59 AF

8
2 470uH 24 6 1 5 C141
10uF - + R50
8 7
C

C
R74 RXI

4
7 499 6

4
CJ 165 V- 3 10uF -
6 7 6 10uF 365
Gnd

4
5600pF R56D
5 22k R51 C135
C1K C1G C139 0.01uF
R3 499

5
1000pF 100uF AF
C152 AF 2.20k 4700 pF
10 9 R6 KXFL3_SEL
402
11 AF 6800pF AF
LF R57 AF
C145
C6 R69 R68
13 12
0.1uF 130
14 470uH 340 1.43k J3
47uF C138 5VA
1 0.1uF
1
15 CLKc 2
OE R67B 3
R67A
12VA 4
22k
8

22k nKXFL3_WIDE 5 R55

T3 7 2 1 8 910 1 8 R58
4 12VA 6 KXFL3 Vcc 5
7 910
2
mixer_in 3 R75 8 OPTION 6
10k 9 7
3V3 10 4 3

1
C1N 11 R54 C137 Gnd
5 22uF U58A 130 100uF C147
AF
R80A
AD8599
I2C_SDA 12
U9 100uF
U50 4.7k
D

D
R79 74CBT3257 LD C8 I2C_SCL FSA1259A
16

1 CD

4
RT AF AF
3.3k 3 4 RX_Q 3 AF
6 + 1
CM AF
C160 C1J 2 470uH 24 2
10uF - 4700 pF nRX-15dB_AF
0.1uF 220uF 220uF R76 5VA
C7 165 12VA C173 R1C
6 7
5600pF 0.1uF

7
5 U56 2.20k
C156 DG449 R56B
AF C1L 22k
100uF CH 4 C136 R52
10 9 1000pF 2 V+ C144 -

2
R7 R60 2
1 1
RXQ
402 +
11 AF 6800pF 8 3 365
U8A 10uF
7 499

1
LG V- 3 10uF R53 C184
C155 R66 R65 6 OPA2209
13 12 Gnd R56A 499 0.01uF
22k
14 470uH 340 1.43k KXFL3_SEL

8
47uF
C1F 5VA AF
1
15 CLKs 0.1uF
OE AF
AF
Diplexer Post Amp (20 dB / 5 dB)
8

AF
Quadrature Mixer
LN AF Amp (15 dB)
E

E
1 8
Vcc 5
2
AUX_RXQ 6
7 AUX_RXI Elecraft, Inc. Copyright (C) 2012
4 3
Gnd
R.Heineck, B.Friess
U6
FSA1259A Title Rev
AF
KX3 RF Board - RX D
AUX_EN Sheet
Date: July 18, 2012 2 of 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

U49A
OPA4376
3 RNB
+ 1 3 2
2
- 100
RL
A

A
2.20k
RK
U49B 2.20k CQ
5VA CP
5 RNA 0.01uF
C143 + 7 4 1 0.1uF
R64
6
TXI - 100 U48
2.20k FST3253 C174
not installed RJ
3 16 T2
4 1B4 Vcc
2.20k 5VA 5 1B3 7 0.1uF 1 6
CG 6 1B2 1A TX_DRV
0.1uF 1B1 14
10 S0 2 CLKs (sh 5)
C165
11 2B1 S1
0.0027uF U49D 12 2B2 9 CLKc
13 2B3 2A 3 4
AF 2B4

4
12 RMA 1 R61
TXDACREF + 14 4 1 8 OE1 15
13 Gnd OE2
- 100 39

11
CR
0.01uF
3R

AF
R63
B

B
TX Quadrature Modulator
2.20k
RG
2.20k
U49C
10 RMB
C142 + 8 3 2
R62
9
TXQ -
100 3V3
not installed 2.20k
RH

2.20k C115
0.1uF 3V3
I2C_SCL 2 14 U28
U42
12V 3 SCL Vdd LM20 R29
C166 LP2985-3.3 I2C_SDA SDA 4 3
0.0027uF 1 5 5 B B 10 C107 V+ Vo PATEMP
Vin Out 0.1uF 5 2 220
3 6 9 Gnd Gnd C9F

4
C113 En C114 0.1uF
RPA C1A

1
1uF 4.7uF
10k 0.01uF 2 4 7 A A 8
Gnd Ref C116 C1T
1 0.1uF 1 11 0.1uF
13 A0 WP
C

C
U27
6 3 12 A1 4 Thermally coupled to Q6 & Q7
FDC6330L A2 Vss
4 2 U44
12PA_ON
MCP4661
5 1 12V
PA_ON
2

R28
C104 RPB R25 10k C179
0.01uF C167
10k 3.3k 1uF
C117 470uF
3

0.1uF
R40 R96 R31 R97 PA_LO_Z

8
C111 200 200 200 200
0.1uF 1W 1W 1W 1W C66
0.01uF K1
C121
0.1uF R38

1
100 RELAY_COM
L25 L23
22uH 22uH C1P
8VA Q6 68pF
R26A R26B U43
4 1 2 3 SGA7489 L24
RD15HVF1 FB T6

4
10k 10k C112 RV C120
CC
1 3

2,7
0.1uF
10 C119 C51
D

D
0.1uF 0.1uF R39
2

C103 C110 3,6

T1 Not Installed K1 PA_OUT

3
0.1uF
R24 100
3

2
0.1uF C118 0.1uF (sh 5)
10k

4,5
C69 U26 L22 0.1uF T5
6

3 ADA4860-1 0.12uH
R32

5
PA_IN + R30
1
4

4
U29
(sh 5) 0.1uF 4 SGA7489
- 10 100
R27
5

C109 C108 T4
2

49.9 3R RU
C9D C9E 1 3 C106
36pF 36pF TX-TP1 0.1uF
RC 0.1uF 10 0.1uF
2

499 C1U
C102
RA 0.1uF Q7 68pF
3V3
249 RD15HVF1
RB PA Driver R33
499 100
C70 TX Preamp
0.1uF 6 1
0dB / 6dB
5 2
R85
C9C 10W PA
0.1uF
E

E
4 3
TX_HI_DRV
47k U21
PE4283 Elecraft, Inc.
R98
Copyright (C) 2012
C168
73.2k 0.01uF R.Heineck, B.Friess
Title Rev
KX3 RF Board - TX D
Date: July 18, 2012 Sheet 3 of 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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L21

15uH
C95 C96 C97 C98
U32 LC L20 U35
3V3 750pF 1300pF 1300pF 750pF 3V3
PE4283 4.7uH 4.7uH PE4283
RX 6 1 1 6 RX
A

A
5 2 U33 U34 2 5
BPF_A R86 PE4283 PE4283 R87
BPF_B
4 3 3 3 CA C99 3 4
3.3k C94 150pF 3.3k
C93 4 4 1000pF
TX 150pF 1000pF R88 R89 TX
2 2
5 5
1 10k 10k 1
R22 6 6
BPF160
47k
3V3
R107 CB
73.2k 0.01uF 160m_80m

R21
C84
BPF80_160 100pF R108
C100
47k 0.01uF
U24 73.2k
3V3 U25 3V3
PE4283 PE4283
L14
6 1 1 6

5 2 0.75uH 2 5

4 3 C83 C85 3 4
1200pF L13 L15 1200pF
B

B
1.0uH 1.0uH
R19
BPF40_60 C87 R105
47k 60m_40m 0.01uF 73.2k

C90 C88
U31 56pF 1100pF U30
3V3 PE4283 3V3
LB L16 PE4283
6 1 1 6

5 2 0.27uH 0.39uH 2 5

4 3 L18 LA 3 4
C91 0.62uH L17 C89 0.39uH
R20 680pF 82nH 2200pF

BPF20_30 C101 R106

47k 30m_20m 0.01uF 73.2k

C81
C

C
U23 30pF U22
3V3 PE4283 PE4283 3V3
L11
6 1 1 6

5 2 0.22uH 2 5

4 3 C82 L12 C80 3 4

620pF 0.15uH L10 620pF
R18 0.15uH

BPF15_17 C86 R104

47k 17m_15m 0.01uF 73.2k

C76
U18 18pF U19
3V3 3V3
PE4283 PE4283
L8
6 1 1 6

5 2 0.18uH 2 5

4 3 C75 L7 C77 3 4
470pF 0.10uH L9 470pF
R17 0.10uH
6 1 1 6
D

D
BPF10_12 C79 R103
47k 5 2 12m_10m 2 5 0.01uF 73.2k

4 3 U61 U62 3 4
PE4283 PE4283 3V3

C73 Opt. 6m LNA

3V3 C9A C92 C60
U17 12pF U16 0.1uF 0.1uF 0.1uF
3V3 3V
PE4283 PE4283
L5
6 1 1 6
0.10uH O I
5 2 2 5
C74 En G
4 3 3 4
300pF L6 L4 C72
39nH 39nH 300pF
6 1 1 6
C78 R102
5 2 2 5 0.01uF 73.2k
6m
4 3 U63 U64 3 4
U12 PE4283 PE4283 U13
3V3 PE4283 3V3
PE4283
E

E
6 1 1 6
R16
5 2 2 5
BPF6 C71
4 3 47k R90 3 4 0.01uF Elecraft, Inc. Copyright (C) 2012
BPF Bypass 3.3k
R15 B. Friess, R.Heineck
BPF_BYPASS Title Rev
47k R101 KX3 RF Board - Bandpass Filters D
73.2k
Date: July 18, 2012 Sheet 4 of 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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C55 C44
A

A
36pF 13pF
LPF-A LPF-B

5
L34 L35
3 6
K2A K2B
0.23uH 0.29uH

7
U65 U66 C54 C43 C45
PE4283 3V3
PE4283 62pF 150pF 75pF
1 6 6 1
RX_IN C50 C48
2 5 5 2 10 / 12 m 6.8pF 18pF
C64
3 4 0.1uF 4 3 1.8 MHz HPF

4
D3 RFTP C40 C11
C63 MA4P7102F C53 3 22pF 47pF L32 L33
K3A T7 J7
1 6 6 1
1 Antenna
2 5 5 2 0.16uH 0.13uH 2 or ATU

5
2
BPF_A BPF_B 1000pF 0.1uF C175 L36 L37 3
L48 L3 L1 D2 22pF 4
3 4 4 3 6 C52 C49 C47 GDT1
3.9uH 3.9uH 100uH S1MB K3B 68pF 22pF
0pF
0.40uH 0.33uH
TX_DRV U38 U15 PA_OUT L49

7
PE4283 PE4283
0.33uH C41 C12 C10 6m
68pF 220pF 100pF
B

B
Q1 L2
2N7002
PA_IN 100uH
Q2 R23 15 / 17 m R10
ZVN4525
3R R14 220 49.9
C65 C36 C14
150 2W
C62 0.1uF 180pF 43pF T8
0.01uF
R13
3V3

5
L38 L39 L40 49.9
12PA_ON

5
3 6
K4A K4B
2 4
0.66uH 0.34uH 0.53uH
C1V

7
U14 10pF

4
C61 C38 C37 C15 C13
NC7SZ125
0.47uF 180pF 270pF 240pF 150pF
D1B D1A
BAS70

1
20 / 30 m
C46 C183

1
C33 C17 1uF 1uF
220pF 62pF R11B R11A
100 100
C

C
4

4
L41 L42 L43
R12A R12B
3 6 4 1 2 3
K5A K5B
1.4uH 0.91uH 1.2uH 100k 100k
K8

7
8 1 C34 C19
LPF6 C32 620pF 560pF C16 C181 C182
390pF 330pF
CX
0.01uF 0.01uF
0.01uF
40 / 60 m

VFWD
VREFL
K2
8 1
LPF10_12
C29 C21
C42 CY
0.01uF 0.01uF 300pF 100pF

5
L44 L45
K3 3 6
K6A K6B
8 1
LPF15_17 1.5uH 2.0uH

7
C39 C31 C30 C20
0.01uF 360pF 1000pF 470pF
D

D
K4 80 m
8 1
LPF20_30
C27 C24
C35 CW 560pF 180pF
0.01uF 0.01uF

5
K5 L46 L47
8 1 3 6
LPF40_60 K7A K7B
3.2uH 3.9uH
C18

7
0.01uF C28 C22 C25
750pF 2000pF 1000pF
K6
8 1 160 m
LPF80
C23
0.01uF
5

4
K7 6 3
K8B K8A
8 1
LPF160 RELAY_COM
E

E
R100
7

2
Spacer for battery holder C26 CU RLY_COM
AF
0.01uF 0.01uF
Elecraft, Inc. Copyright (C) 2012
Bypass for 6m
AF
Title Rev
KX3 RF Board - LPF & T/R D
Date: July 18, 2012 Sheet 5 of 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Sheet 2 Sheet 5 Sheet 4 Sheet 7 Sheet 3

D RXI MISO LEDTX D
RXI RXQ RXI MISO MOSI MISO LEDTX LEDDELTA LEDTX
RXQ RXQ MOSI SCK MOSI LEDDELTA LEDOFS LEDDELTA
SCK nCS0 SCK LEDOFS LEDB LEDOFS
nCS0 nCS0 LEDB VLEDBRT LEDB
TXI VLEDBRT VLEDBRT
TXI TXQ TXI SCAN[105..100]
TXQ TXDACREF TXQ SCAN[105..100] SCAN[105..100]
TXDACREF TXDACREF BOOTSPI VLCDBKLT
BOOTSPI BOOTSPI VLCDBKLT VLCDBKLT1 VLCDBKLT
MICAUD VLCDBKLT1 VLCDBKLT1
MICAUD MICAUD SPDMICA
HPLOUT SPDMICA SPDMICB SPDMICB
HPLOUT HPROUT HPLOUT SPDMICB SPDMICA
HPROUT HPROUT SYNC3V3 GAINA
SYNC3V3 GAINA GAINB GAINA
AFGND GAINB GAINB
AFGND AFGND SDA1 nRST OFSBA
SDA1 SCL1 SDA1 nRST OFSBA OFSBB OFSBA
SCL1 SCL1 OFSBB OFSBB
SELOA
DSP SELOA SELOA
nRST nRST SELOB
nRST nRST SELOB SELOB
SPKRLVL SPKRLVL MAINENCA
C SPKRLVL DSPDATA DSPDATA SPKRLVL MAINENCA MAINENCB MAINENCA C
DSPDATA DSPBUSY DSPBUSY DSPDATA MAINENCB MAINENCB
DSPBUSY DSPBUSY ENCEN
ENCEN ENCEN
IFAUDIO
nDASHALT ATA nPWRB
nDASHALT nDOTALT nDASHALT ATA BMA ATA nPWRB nPWRA
nDOTALT nDASH nDOTALT BMA BMA nPWRA
nDASH nDOT nDASH
nDOT nDOT CONTROLS
HPDET
HPDET VPTTUPDN HPDET Sheet 6
VPTTUPDN VPTTUPDN VCONTRAST
TXD VCONTRAST SCL0 VCONTRAST
TXD RXD TXD SDA0 SCL0
RXD RXD SDA0
SDA0
SDA0 SDA0 LCD
SCL0
SCL0 SCL0
MOSIB
MOSIB MISOB MOSIB
MISOB SCKB MISOB
SCKB nCS1B SCKB
nCS1B I2CEN nCS1B
I2CEN I2CEN
B B
VSI570
VSI570 VPATEMP VSI570
VPATEMP VPATEMP
ISENSE
ISENSE VFWD ISENSE
VFWD VRFL VFWD
VRFL VRFL
3T
3T 3R 3T
3R 3R
SPARE1
SPARE1 SPARE1
SPARE3
SPARE3 SPARE3
nPWRHOLD
nPWRHOLD nPWRSW nPWRHOLD
nPWRSW VBCR nPWRSW
VBCR VBCR

MCU
nPWRA
nPWRA nPWRB
nPWRB
Sheet 8
CONNECTORS
A A
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D5 R44 4.70K
12V 1 3
J5 R43 220R J3

3
HPROUT R87 10R 3 MMBD914 3
HPROUT 3V3D
Q2
HPDET R79 10.0K 4 TXD 1 2N7002K 4
HPDET TXD
HPLOUT R86 10R 2 2
HPLOUT
1 1

2
R29 R26 220R
D R25 D
PHONES 10.0K PC
R85 10.0K CN6 10.0K
1 2 1 TAB1 RXD
RXD

1
GND 3 Q1 CN1 CN2
3 4 MMBT3904
1

3
3R 1000 pF 1000 pF
3R
0.01 uF D3

2
J8 C111 0.1 uF 2 TAB2
MMBD914 1
MICAUD R114 220R GND
MICAUD VPTTUPDN 1 3T
R115 220R
VPTTUPDN 2 3T

1
3 C130 0.1 uF
4
MIC TXI
TXI
R110 330R
3V3D
J9 C110 0.1 uF
CN12 0.01 uF
nDASHALT R100 220R 1 TXQ
nDASHALT 2 3 4 TXQ
P2
nDOTALT R105 220R 3 C119 0.1 uF
nDOTALT 4 1 2 12V 1
C11 2
PADDLE
C
RXI R84 402R 3 C

+
J4 RXI 4
nDASH R62 220R 10 uF/16V C118 N.P. 5
nDASH 3 6
C7 AFGND 7
4 AFGND 8
nDOT R47 220R 2 RXQ R77 402R

+
nDOT RXQ 9
1 10
10 uF/16V C109 N.P.
11
12
3

KEY
CN8 CN5 R74 100R 13
U17 14
0.01 uF 0.01 uF SCL0 R70 100K 15
SCL0 2 1A 1B 6 3V3D 16
R59 100K
4

SDA0 17
SDA0 3 2A 2B 5 3V3D 18
FB1 BEAD R75 100R
J1 nCS1B R83 220R 19
D6 nCS1B
I2CEN 20
1 I2CEN 1 OE1 VCC 8 3V3D 21
SCKB R94 220R
2 SCKB 22
CMS04 + + 7 4
3 C27 C107 OE2 GND MISOB R99 220R 23
0.1 uF MISOB 24
0.1 uF C9 C6 NC7WB3125
9-15VDC 47 uF/25V 47 uF/25V Q9 25
FDS6375 R106 0.05R MOSIB R82 220R 26
B MOSIB B
12VUNSW SPARE1 27
3 8 12V SPARE1 28
2 7 29
P4 P3 1 6 C127 1 uF
U21 + 30
5
1 2 1 4 5 VFWD CON30
BATTSPARE VS+ VS- VFWD
3 4 2 R117 C123 3 C4
BATT- 4.70K 0.047 uF Iout 47 uF/25V C108 0.1 uF
5 6 3
4

4 2 + 3 4
3V3D SCL0 GND VRFL
5 CN13
SDA0 VRFL
BATTERY 6 ZXCT1010 C10 1 2 100 pF
Pin 3= KEY 7 47 uF/25V C129 0.1 uF
VBCR
8 ISENSE 3 4
9 TXDACREF CN7
TXDACREF
10 R108 1 2 100 pF
D10 4.70K C117 1 uF
R111 C122
CMS04 KXBC3 1.00K 0.01 uF VSI570
VSI570
Pin 9 = KEY C106 100 pF
C116 1 uF
R109 C128 100 pF
R113 R112 VPATEMP
nPWRHOLD VPATEMP
10.0K 10.0K
nPWRHOLD
C115 1 uF
A 4.70K D9 Q7 nPWRSW A
nPWRSW
2

1 VPTTUPDN 3 1 6 SPARE3
nPWRA SPARE3
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3

nPWRB
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SCAN[105..100]
SCAN[105..100]
R81 R80 R90 R89 R96
3V3D
3V3D

1.00K 1.00K 1.00K 1.00K 1.00K

3V3D

D R95 R78 D
S1 S2 S3
10.0K 10.0K

BAND+ MODE A/B Z2 GAIN

R88 SCAN100 2 1 GAINA
COM A GAINB GAINA
10.0K 3
B SCAN100 GAINB
D7 S4 S5 S6 5 4
SWCOM SW
BMA 1 3 6 MTG1 MTG2 7

BAND- DATA A>B

2 SCAN101
nPWRA

BAT54C S7 S8 S9
Z3 HILO
R116 FREQ ENT RIT XIT 2 1 SELOA
SCAN102 COM A SELOB SELOA
10.0K 3
B SCAN101 SELOB
5 SWCOM SW 4
S10 S13 S14 6 7
MTG1 MTG2

MSG PRE ATTN

SCAN103
C C
D8 S11 S15 S16
Z4 SPDMIC
ATA 1 3
2 1 SPDMICA
COM A SPDMICB SPDMICA
ATU TUNE APF SPOT 3 SPDMICB
SCAN104 B SCAN102
nPWRB 2 5 SWCOM SW 4
6 MTG1 MTG2 7
S12 S17 S18 3V3D
BAT54C
R91 10.0K
XMIT CMP DLY R72 10.0K
SCAN105

S19 S20 Z5 OFSB

2 1 OFSBA
COM A OFSBB OFSBA
B 3 OFSBB
RATE DISP 5 4 SCAN103
SWCOM SW
6 MTG1 MTG2 7

5VD LEDB 3V3D

RP2
LEDOFS SPDMICB
B 1 5 B
2

SPDMICA 2
LEDDELTA MAINENCA
Z1 3
LCD BACKLIGHT LEDTX 4
6 JP1
2

2
MAINENCB 7 ENCPWR
LED3 LED4 LED1 LED2 SELOA 8
SELOB 9 10
1

TX DELTA OFS B

1
2
3
RED YEL GRN GRN
10K
J6 5VD 3V3D
1

1
R58 R63
10R 47R 1 R69 4.70K MAINENCA
Q3 2 MAINENCA
R93 R73 R104 R103 R57 R56 R55 R54 3 R68 4.70K MAINENCB
6 4 MAINENCB
100R 2.20K 0R0 1.50K 100R 2.20K 100R 2.20K
VLCDBKLT Q5
VLCDBKLT 2 1
3 6 VFOA
C103
VLCDBKLT1 5 4 2 1 0.1 uF
VLCDBKLT1

3
3
PMGD780SN Q6
5 4 ENCEN 1 2N7002K
ENCEN
A A
Q4

2
PMGD780SN
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3V3D 3V3D
U3 U4
U2C MOSI
MOSI 2 1B1 1A 4 5 Din VCC 8
D SPIMOSI SPIMOSI D
19 DPI_P01/SPI_MOSI 3 1B2 2 Dout
SPIMISO 20 MISO 5 7 1
SPICLK DPI_P02/SPI_MISO MISO SPIMISO 2B1 2A CS
21 6 6 C15
SYNC3V3 DPI_P03/SPI_CLK nCS0 2B2 CLK 0.1 uF
SYNC3V3 24 DPI_P04/SPI_DS nCS0 11 3B1 3A 9 7 HOLD
SPInCS 23 SPInCS 10 3 4
MOSI DPI_P05/SPI_FLG0 SCK 3B2 WP VSS
25 DPI_P06/SPI_FLG1 SCK 14 4B1 4A 12
MISO 28 SPICLK 13
DPI_P07/SPI_FLG2 4B2 M25PX16
SCK 27 1 BOOTSPI
DPI_P08/SPI_FLG3 S BOOTSPI
30 DPI_P09/UART_TXD 5VD 16 VCC
31 DPI_P10/UART_RXD 8 GND OE 15
SDA1 R125 1.00K SDADSP 32
SDA1 SCL1 SCLDSP DPI_P11/TWI_DAT
R126 1.00K 33 C14
SCL1 nCS0 DPI_P12/TWI_CLK
34 0.1 uF FST3257
DPI_P13/TIMER0
36 DPI_P14/TIMER1
C140 100 pF
3V3D
C141 100 pF ADSP-21479

R10
3V3D 4.70K
MOSI R20 10.0K U5
3V3D Place one but NOT both resistors.
MISO R21 10.0K 2 1 nRST
SCK VDD RST nRST
R3 10.0K HI = 294 MHz default Clk.
C 3V3D C
nCS0 R22 10.0K 3 VSS
LO = 147 MHz default Clk.
SPIMOSI R8 10.0K MCP120D
SPIMISO R6 10.0K R34 N.P.
SPICLK R9 10.0K
SPInCS R7 10.0K R35 0R0

SCLDSP R13 10.0K

SDADSP R23 10.0K
U2B
10 96 R50 22.0R TCK
CLK_CFG0 TCK TDI
2 CLK_CFG1 TDI 95
92 R49 22.0R TDO
TDO TMS
3V3D 3 BOOT_CFG0 TMS 99
6 90 TRST
C86 BOOT_CFG1 TRST
12 91 R48 22.0R nEMU
CLKIN EMU
15 pF R46 Y2

C67 1.0M 18.432 MHz R66 4.70K

R33 470R 13 XTAL
B B
15 pF
77 FLAG0
80 FLAG1
81 FLAG2 THD_P 70
82 FLAG3 THD_M 69

nRST 98 RESET
17 RESETOUT/RUNRSTIN

ADSP-21479

P1 NOTE: nRST=0 then 1, BOOTSPI=1: SPI MASTER BOOT from Flash

1 2 nEMU nRST=0, BOOTSPI=0: Load SPI Flash from MCU
3 4
R67 4.70K 5 6 TMS
3V3D TCK
7 8
9 10 TRST
A 11 12 TDI A
13 14 TDO
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U12
1 15 ADCSCK
RXI VinL SCKI ADCDOUT
DOUT 12
10 ADCLRCK C142 near U22
LRCK ADCBCK C142
From IQ Detector 3 VrefL BCK 11
LPF near U1 1000 pF
FMT0 17 U22
R121 N.P. R36 C113 R92 22R J7
RXQ 2 VinR FMT1 18
19 SPLIN 5 14
MODE0 IN+ OUT+ 1
MODE1 20 2
D R122 N.P. 2.20K 0.47 uF D
4 VrefR 7 VC
16 4 17 SPKR
OSR C49 VP OUT-
BYPAS 8
9 R98 0.1 uF
5VA TEST nRST SPKRLVL
PDWN 7 SPKRLVL 6 SGND NC 1
NC 2
5 14 0V to MUTE 10.0K R120 13 3
VCC VDD 3V3D NC NC
4.70K 16 8
C125 NC NC
18 NC NC 9
10 uF/10V 19 10
C88 C72 C73 C69 C68 C87 R97 NC NC
20 NC NC 11
2700 pF Film 2700 pF Film 10 uF FIlm 10 uF Film 10 uF/10V 6 13 10 uF/10V 15 12
AGND DGND 12V PGND NC
+ C124 TDA7056A
PCM1803 22R 0.1 uF
C8
U19 680 uF/25V
5VA
N.C tied to copper pours (thermal).
To IQ Modulator R71 8.20K 9 16 ADCSCK
VoutL SCKI DACDIN
DIN 2
U18A 1 ADCLRCK
TLC2272A R52 8.20K LRCK ADCBCK
8 VoutR BCK 3 SPKR AMP to "STAR" GND.
8

R51 100R 3 TXDACREF R76 15

+ TXDACREF TXDACREF FMT
1 R64 7 13
C TXI VCOM DEMP C
- 2 U2D
4.70K 10
C5 1.00K C95 AIN DACDIN
AMIX 14 43 DAI_P01/SP0_DA
10 uF/10V ADCDOUT 44
4

C99 3V3A nRSTDAC ADCBCK DAI_P02/SP0_DB

4 35
+

N.P. 240 pF PDWN ADCLRCK DAI_P03/SP0_CLK

57 DAI_P04/SP0_FS
11 12 DBG1 49
VCC2 VCC1 3V3A DBG0 DAI_P05/SP1_DA
48 DAI_P06/SP1_DB
R60 15.0K C104 ADCSCK 41
MCLK DAI_P07/SP1_CLK
5VA 56 DAI_P08/SP1_FS
2400 pF DBG2 50
C94 U18B C101 C96 DBG3 DAI_P09/SP2_DA
6 AGND2 AGND1 5 51 DAI_P10/SP2_DB
TLC2272A 10 uF/10V 0.1 uF DIN 65 DAI_P11/SP3_DA
8

R61 0.1 uF DOUT 63

100R TXDACREF PCM1773 BCLK DAI_P12/SP3_DB
+ 5 40 DAI_P13/SP2_CLKI/SP3_CLK
7 R65 WCLK 58
TXQ DAI_P14/SP2_FSI/SP3_FS
6 nRSTDAC 62
- DAI_P15/SP4_DA
C105 61
C3 1.00K DSPBUSY DAI_P16/SP4_DB
DSPBUSY 60 DAI_P17/SP5_DA
2400 pF DSPDATA 59
4

U1 DSPDATA DAI_P18/SP5_DB
C100 42
+

N.P. 240 pF MCLK DAI_P19/SP4_CLKI/SP5_CLK

10 MIC1L/LINE1L MCLK 1 54 DAI_P20/SP4_FSI/SP5_FS
11 2 BCLK
MIC1R/LINE1R BCLK WCLK
B
WCLK 3 B
R53 15.0K 12 4 DIN ADSP-21479
MIC2L/LINE2L DIN DOUT
13 MIC2R/LINE2R DOUT 5

Mic/Phones/Speaker C42 0.1 uF 14 MIC3L/LINE3L/MICDET SCL1 LED5 LED R1

16 MIC3R/LINE3R SCL 8 SCL1
9 SDA1 1 2 DBG0 DBG0 TP1
SDA SDA1
R24 2.20K 15
MICAUD MICBIAS DBG1
1.00K TP2
C2 L1 100 uH 19 31 nRST LED6 LED R4
HPLOUT SPLIN HPLOUT RESET nRST DBG1 DBG2
100 uF/6.3V 20 1 2 TP3
+

HPLCOM
C1 L3 100 uH 23 1.00K DBG3 TP4
HPROUT HPROUT
100 uF/6.3V 22
+

HPRCOM
LPF near U1
27 LED7 LED R5
AFGND C48 C56 LEFT_LOP DBG2
AFGND 28 LEFT_LOM 1 2
0.1 uF 0.1 uF
29 1.00K NOTE: The PCM1803A and PCM1773 are configured in slave mode,
R124 RIGHT_LOP LED8 LED R12
30 RIGHT_LOM
1 2 DBG3 I2S format.
N.P.
3V3A 18 DRVDD
24 7 1.00K
DRVDD IOVDD 3V3D
25 AVDD DVDD 32 1V8D Do Not Install
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DRVSS DVSS
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U8 SEG[1..60] DS1
39 50 SEG30 SEG1 5
SCL0 SCL S0 SEG31 COM[1..4] SEG2 SEG1
SDA0 38 SDA S1 51 6 SEG2
52 SEG29 SEG3 7
D S2 SEG28 SEG4 SEG3 D
47 SA0 S3 53 8 SEG4
54 SEG27 SEG5 9
S4 SEG26 SEG6 SEG5
44 A0 S5 55 10 SEG6
45 56 SEG25 SEG7 11
A1 S6 SEG24 SEG8 SEG7
46 A2 S7 57 12 SEG8
58 SEG23 SEG9 13
S8 SEG47 SEG10 SEG9
S9 59 14 SEG10
60 SEG46 SEG11 15
S10 SEG33 SEG12 SEG11
S11 61 16 SEG12
62 SEG32 SEG13 17
S12 SEG34 SEG14 SEG13
S13 63 18 SEG14
64 SEG35 SEG15 19
S14 SEG36 SEG16 SEG15
S15 65 20 SEG16
66 SEG40 SEG17 21
S16 SEG39 SEG18 SEG17
S17 67 22 SEG18
68 SEG37 SEG19 23
S18 SEG45 SEG20 SEG19
S19 69 24 SEG20
70 SEG38 SEG21 25
S20 SEG44 SEG22 SEG21
S21 71 26 SEG22
72 SEG43 SEG23 27
S22 SEG42 SEG24 SEG23
S23 73 28 SEG24
74 SEG41 SEG25 29
S24 SEG48 SEG26 SEG25
S25 75 30 SEG26
76 SEG49 SEG27 31
C S26 SEG50 SEG28 SEG27 C
40 CLK S27 77 32 SEG28
78 SEG51 SEG29 33
S28 SEG52 SEG30 SEG29
S29 79 34 SEG30
80 SEG53 SEG31 35
S30 SEG54 SEG32 SEG31
S31 1 36 SEG32
2 SEG55 SEG33 37
S32 SEG56 SEG34 SEG33
43 OSC S33 3 38 SEG34
4 SEG57 SEG35 39
S34 SEG58 SEG36 SEG35
S35 5 40 SEG36
6 SEG59 SEG37 41
S36 SEG60 SEG38 SEG37
S37 7 42 SEG38
42 8 SEG21 SEG39 43
SYNC S38 SEG22 SEG40 SEG39
S39 9 44 SEG40
10 SEG20 SEG41 45
S40 SEG19 SEG42 SEG41
S41 11 46 SEG42
12 SEG18 SEG43 47
S42 SEG17 SEG44 SEG43
S43 13 48 SEG44
14 SEG16 SEG45 49
6V S44 SEG15 SEG46 SEG45
S45 15 50 SEG46
16 SEG14 SEG47 51
S46 SEG13 SEG48 SEG47
S47 17 52 SEG48
18 SEG12 SEG49 53
S48 SEG49
5

19 SEG11 SEG50 54
R30 S49 SEG10 SEG51 SEG50
B U9 20 55 B
S50 SEG7 SEG52 SEG51
VCONTRAST 2 4 49 VLCD S51 21 56 SEG52
22 SEG9 SEG53 57
S52 SEG8 SEG54 SEG53
74AHCT1G04 23 58
1.00K C36 S53 SEG6 SEG55 SEG54
S54 24 59 SEG55
25 SEG5 SEG56 60
3

10 uF/10V S55 SEG4 SEG57 SEG56

S56 26 61 SEG57
27 SEG3 SEG58 62
S57 SEG2 SEG59 SEG58
S58 28 63 SEG59
41 29 SEG1 SEG60 64
3V3D VDD S59 SEG60
30 COM3
C28 BP0 COM4 COM1
BP1 31 1 COM4
0.1 uF 32 COM2 COM2 2
BP2 COM1 COM3 COM3
48 VSS BP3 33 3 COM2
COM4 4 COM1
PCF85134
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ADC ground reference

U10 for offset algorithm. SCAN[105..100]
VPTTUPDN R27 SCAN[105..100] 3V3D
1.00K 1 80 R19 0R0
nDOTALT RH2/A18/AN22 RH1/A17/AN21 nSPIEN RP1
nDOTALT 2 RH3/A19/AN23 RH0/A16/AN20 79
DSPDATA 3 78 LEDDELTA SCL0 R127 10.0K 1 5
DSPDATA DSPBUSY RE1/P2C/WR/AD9 RE2/CS/AD10/CCP10 ANT16MHZEN LEDDELTA
DSPBUSY 4 RE0/P2D/RD/AD8 RE3/AD11/CCP9 77 2
SPKRLVL 5 76 ENCEN HPDET 3
SPKRLVL OFSBA RG0/ECCP3 RE4/AD12/CCP8 LEDB ENCEN VPTTUPDN
OFSBA 6 RG1/TX2/CK2/AN19 RE5/AD13/CCP7 75 LEDB VPTTUPDN 4
OFSBB 7 74 LEDOFS nDOT 6
OFSBB VCONTRAST RG2/RX2/DT2/AN18 RE6/AD14/CCP6 SPARE1 LEDOFS nDOT nDASH
VCONTRAST 8 RG3/CCP4/AN17 RE7/CCP2/AD15 73 SPARE1 nDASH 7
D MCLR LEDTX SDA0 R128 10.0K D
9 MCLR/RG5 RD0/PSP0/AD0 72 LEDTX 8
VLCDBKLT 10 71 9 10
VLCDBKLT RG4/CCP5/AN16 VDD 3V3D
11 70 C97 C98
VSS VSS nCS1 1000 pF 1000 pF
12 VDDcore/Vcap RD1/PSP1/AD1 69
VLCDBKLT1 13 68 I2CEN 10K
VLCDBKLT1 VSI570 RF7/AN5/SS1 RD2/PSP2/AD2 nCS0 I2CEN
VSI570 14 RF6/AN11 RD3/PSP3/AD3 67 nCS0
C51 VPATEMP 15 66 nCSEEP
0.1 uF VPATEMP ISENSE RF5/AN10/CVref RD4/PSP4/AD4/SDO2 SDA0
ISENSE 16 RF4/AN9 RD5/PSP5/AD5/SDI1/SDA2 65 SDA0
HPDET 17 64 SCL0 3R 3 4
HPDET VBCR RF3/AN8 RD6/PSP6/AD6/SCK2/SCL2 BOOTSPI SCL0 3V3D
18 63 CN3
VBCR V12MON RF2/AN7/C1OUT RD7/PSP7/AD7/SS2 BOOTSPI 3T
19 62 MAINENCA 1 2 0.01 uF
SCAN105 RH7/CCP6/AN15 RJ0/ALE MAINENCA
20 61 MAINENCB R101 10.0K
VRFL RH6/AN14 RJ1/OE SPDMICA MAINENCB nDASHALT MOSI
21 60 C31 100 pF
VRFL VFWD RH5/AN13 RJ2/WRL SPDMICB SPDMICA
VFWD 22 RH4/AN12 RJ3/WRH 59 SPDMICB
SPARE3 23 58 nDASHALT R102 10.0K MISO C16 100 pF
SPARE3 RF1/AN6/C2OUT RB0/INT0 nDASHALT nDOTALT
L5 47 uH 24 57 R28 470R nDOT
ENVREG RB1/INT1 R31 470R nDASH SCK C30 100 pF
3V3D 25 AVDD RB2/INT2 56
26 55 3R
SCAN103 AVSS RB3/INT3/ECCP2 3T 3R RXD
L5 and C75 are N.P. 27 RA3/AN3/VREF+ RB4/KBI0 54 3T 3 4
SCAN102 28 53 nPWRHOLD CN4
SCAN101 RA2/AN2/VREF- RB5/KBI1 nPWRHOLD TXD
C75 29 52 PGC 1 2 1000 pF
10 uF/10V SCAN100 RA1/AN1 RB6/KBI2/PGC R32 330R Y1
30 RA0/AN0 VSS 51
31 VSS OSC2/CLK0/RA6 50
C 3V3D 32 VDD OSC1/CLKI 49 C
SCAN104 33 48 16 MHz
nRST RA5/AN4/LVDIN VDD 3V3D RP3
34 47 PGD
nRST ATA RA4/TOCKI RB7/KBI3/PGD SCAN103
35 46 MOSI 1 5
ATA BMA RC1/T1OSI/ECCP2 RC5/SDO1 MOSI SCAN101
36 45 MISO 2
BMA TXD RC0/T1OSO/T13CKI RC4/SDI1/SDA1 MISO
37 44 R40 22.0R SCK C37 C62 SCAN104 3
TXD RXD RC6/TX1/CK1 RC3/SCK1/SCL1 SCK SCAN105
38 43 VLEDBRT 33 pF 33 pF 4
RXD SELOA RC7/RX1/DT1 RC2/ECCP1 VLEDBRT SCAN100
39 42 GAINA 6
SELOA SELOB RJ4/BA0 RJ7/UB GAINA SCAN102
40 41 GAINB 7
SELOB RJ5/CE RJ6/LB GAINB
8
PIC18F87K22 9 10
C135
4.7 pF N.I.
100K
TESTOSC2 TESTOSC1 U23
1 5 SCAN101 3 4
RF1 RFC CN11
3 RF2 SCAN103 1 2 1000 pF
ANT16MHZEN 4 R123
V1
3V3D 6 V2 GND 2
47.0K N.I. SCAN105 3 4
12V 3V3D CN10
PE4283 N.I.
SCAN104 1 2 1000 pF

B
3V3D B
R45 R2 SCAN102 3 4
CN9
47.0K 10.0K

5
SCAN100 1 2 1000 pF
3V3D U15
V12MON U6 MISOB MISO
MISOB 2 4
MOSI 5 8
MISO SI VCC nSPIEN
2 1 NC7SZ125
R42 SCK SO
6 SCK
nCSEEP 1 C13

3
10.0K CS 0.1 uF
3V3D 7 HOLD
3 WP VSS 4
C61 3V3D
0.1 uF U16
25LC512
MOSI 2 3 MOSIB
1A 1B MOSIB
1 1OE
3V3D
nCS1 5 6 nCS1B C52 C29 C76
2A 2B nCS1B 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
4 0.1 uF
2OE
R18 SCK 9 8 SCKB
3A 3B SCKB
10 3OE
47.0K
J2 12 11
A D1 4A 4B A
13 4OE
BAT54 PGD R14 120R 1
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PGC R16 120R 3 L Johnson
nPWRSW R11 120R 4
nPWRSW 74AHCT125
MCLR R17 120R 5 C91 Title
6 0.1 uF KX3 Control Panel: MCU

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Date: Monday, June 18, 2012 Sheet 7 of 8

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8-16V in, 3.3V out, 82%, 1A 3-4V in, 1.2V out, 70%, 1.0A

L8 U13 L6 U11 L2 6.2 uH R41 0.025R

12V 7 VIN SWITCH 8 5 VIN SW 1 1V2D
15 uH + 100 uH 4 Normally shunted.
C70 EN R37 10.0K
C132 C89 0.1 uF D4 R39 10.0K 2 3 Use to monitor
D 330 uF/25V 1 uF B130 GND FB D
5 ON/OFF
11.2K = 1.3V DSP core
LM2831YMF
SYNC3V3 3 SYNC FEEDBACK 4 D2
10.0K = 1.2V current. C133
R38
C131 10.0K B130 8.25K = 1.1V 100 uF/6.3V
100 pF R119 C50 C58
1.00K 6 1 C90 C44 0.1 uF 22 uF/6.3V
GND CB C59 C71 22 uF/6.3V
LM2671M-3.3 0.01 uF 22 uF/6.3V 22 uF/6.3V "Single Point" Ground

"Single Point" Ground

3V3D
L7

3V3D
15 uH
C134
C 12V 5VA 3V3A C
C102
U25 100 uF/6.3V 100 uF/6.3V C25 C24 C19 C38
U24
3 1 1 5 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
VI VO VIN OUT
3
GND

Enable
2 GND Bypass 4
C136 LM78L05 C137 C139
0.1 uF 10 uF/10V 10 uF/10V 3V3D
2

LP2985-33
C138
0.01 uF

C92 C80 C82 C93 C47 C17 C66

0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
12V 5VD
U20 3V3D 1V2D
U2A
3 VI VO 1
4 1
GND

VDDext VDDint 1V2D

14 VDDext VDDint 5
26 VDDext VDDint 11
C121 LM78L05 C112 46 15
0.1 uF 100 uF/6.3V VDDext VDDint
53 16
2

VDDext VDDint C23 C22 C20 C18 C39 C45 C63 C35
86 VDDext VDDint 18
93 22 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
VDDext VDDint
B
VDDint 29 B
71 VDDthd VDDint 37
VDDint 38
12V U14 6V 39
VDDint 1V2D
VDDint 45
8 IN OUT 1 8 NC VDDint 47
9 NC VDDint 52
2 COM VDDint 55
3 64 C81 C79 C83 C85 C55 C46 C40 C65 C54
C74 COM C60 VDDint 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
6 COM VDDint 66
0.1 uF 7 1 uF 83 67
COM TAIL1 STNDO1 GND/MLBCLK VDDint
84 GND/MLBDAT VDDint 72
TAIL2 STNDO2 85 73
LM78L06 TAIL3 STNDO3 GND/MLBDO VDDint
87 GND/MLBSIG VDDint 74
TAIL4 STNDO4 89 75 1V2D
TAIL5 STNDO5 GND/MLBSO VDDint
VDDint 76
3V3D 1V8D TAIL6 78
U7 TAIL7 FIDCL2 VDDint
VDDint 79
1 5 TAIL8 FIDCL1 7 88 C41 C78 C84 C53 C64 C21
VIN OUT GND VDDint 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF 0.1 uF
3 ON 68 GND VDDint 94
TP5 97
TP6 VDDint
2 GND BYP 4 101 GND (PAD) VDDint 100
TP7
MIC5265-1.8YD5 TP9 ADSP-21479
A C34 C26 TP8 A
0.1 uF 10 uF/10V
DSP requires +1.2 and +3.3 only. Elecraft, Inc. Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012.
L Johnson

Title
KX3 Control Panel: Power

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B 2010110101 G

Date: Monday, June 18, 2012 Sheet 8 of 8

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D D

J1
CON2 1
RIGHT 1
2
CON1 3
1 4
C LEFT C
KX3

HOL1
GND

HOL2
GND

HOL3
GND

B B

A A

Title
KXPD3

Size Document Number Rev

A 2011090701 A

Date: Friday, March 02, 2012 Sheet 1 of 1

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C2
Not Installed

RF

L1 L2 L7 L8 L5 L6 L3 L4
A

A
J1
7 5

6
1
P1
0.06uH 4uH 8uH 1uH 2uH 0.25uH 0.5uH 2 Antenna
2 4 0.12uH
6 C1
KX3-2M P?

3
5 K19 Not Installed
4 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 7

6
3
RF Board P7 2
RF 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2
1

3
K1 K2 K7 K8 K5 K6 K3 K4

RF

P2
1 U1
2 MC78L05A
RF Board P6 3 12V 3 1 Hi Z / Lo Z 7 5

6
4 In Out 5V
& MISO 5
G
2 4
KX3-2M P? 6

5
3
MOSI 7 C4 2
4.7uF K9A K10 K9B
8 3 6
SCK 9
nCS 10
CAP_COM
5

7
R1
AM BCB
22
AM BCB C12 C13
C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C14 C15 C16 C17
4

0.033uF 10pF 18pF 39pF 82pF 82pF 82pF 330pF 680pF 680pF 680pF 5600pF
B

B
C19B C19A
C18A C18B 470pF 470pF
1

K11 K12 K13 K14 K15 K16 K17 K18

4
470pF 470pF
4

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

2
C20
0.1uF
5V L_63n RF

L_125n
9 21 L_250n
Vdd GPA0 22
nCS 11 GPA1 23 L_500n
5V 5V
SCK 12 CS GPA2 24 C21 C22
MOSI 13 SCK GPA3 25 LO_L_DRV 0.1uF 0.1uF
MISO 14 SI GPA4 26
SO GPA5 27 HI_L_DRV RLY_COM1 RLY_COM2 RLY_COM3 RLY_COM4
GPA6

20

20
20 28 ATU ID=0 (RC1) (RC2) (RC3) (RC4)
19 INTA GPA7 1 2 18 17 3 2 18 17 3
18 INTB GPB0 2 C_10p 4 16 15 5 4 16 15 5
RESET GPB1 3 LO_L_DRV 6 14 HI_L_DRV 13 7 LO_C_DRV 6 14 HI_C_DRV 13 7
17 GPB2 4 C_20p 8 12 11 9 8 12 11 9
16 A2 GPB3 5 1 19 1 19
5V 15 A1 GPB4 6 C_40p OE1 OE2
U4A
OE1 OE2
A0 GPB5 7 U3A U3B U4B

10

10
GPB6 C_80p 74AC244 74AC244
10 8 74AC244 74AC244
Vss GPB7
U2
LO_C_DRV
C

C
MCP23S17 HI_C_DRV
I/O-C: 0x2 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1
L_63n L_1u C_10p C_160p
K1 K5 K11 K15
C23 C24 C25 C26
0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF

C27 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1
0.1uF L_125n L_2u C_20p C_320p
5V K2 K6 K12 K16
C28 C29 C30 C31
0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF

9 21
Vdd GPA0 22 L_1u
11 GPA1 23 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1
12 CS GPA2 24 L_2u L_250n L_4u C_40p C_640p
13 SCK GPA3 25 K3 K7 K13 K17
14 SI GPA4 26 L_4u C32 C33 C34 C35
SO GPA5 27 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF
20 GPA6 28 L_8u
19 INTA GPA7 1
18 INTB GPB0 2
RESET GPB1 3 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1
17 GPB2 4 BCB_BPF L_500n L_8u C_80p C_1280p
16 A2 GPB3 5 K4 K8 K14 K18
5V 15 A1 GPB4 6 ANT_HI_Z C36 C42 C37 C38 C39
A0 GPB5 7 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF
10 GPB6 8 XVTR
Vss GPB7
C_160p
U5
8 1 8 1 8 1
C_320p BCB_BPF ANT_HI_Z XVTR
D

D
MCP23S17
I/O-D: 0x3 K9 K10 K19
C_640p C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C40
0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF 0.01uF
C_1280p

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Title Rev
KXAT3 - 20W Antenna Tuner A
Date: March 15, 2012 Sheet 1 of 1
1 2 3 4 5
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C1

0.47uF U1A
A

A
ADA4075-2
R1 R2
I_IN 3 R3
+ 1
C2
680 680 2
0.1% 0.1% - 510
0.47uF 0.1% C3

U2A 0.1uF
U2B
ADG1611 ADG1611
R5 R6 R4
3 2 15 14 R7 330
510
330 1 16 330
0.1% 0.1%

Vdd
13
C4
22uF
12V
nKXFL3_WIDE
B

B
I_OUT

12V

C5 C6
J1 22uF 0.1uF
1
2
3
4
5 nKXFL3_WIDE
6
7 C7
8 0.01uF
C

C
9
10
11
12 C8
0.1uF

4 Q_OUT
3 Vdd
SDA 5
1 WP
SCL 2
Vss C9
U3
24LC16
0.47uF 12V
U1B
ADA4075-2
R8 R9

8
Q_IN 5 R10
+
D

D
C10 7
680 680 6
0.1% 0.1% - 510
0.47uF C11

4
0.1%
U2D U2C 0.1uF
ADG1611 ADG1611
R11 R12
6 7 10 11
330 8 9 330 R13
0.1% 0.1% R14 330
Gnd

Vss
5

510

C12
22uF
nKXFL3_WIDE
E

E
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R. Heineck
Title Rev
KXFL3 RX Filter Option A
Date: January 4, 2012 Sheet 1 of 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Pin 9 = KEY
J2
1 12VUNSW
D TP4 D
2
3 VBATT- PAD
4 3V3
5 SCL
6 SDA
7 AUXCTRL R7 R1 R6
8 nPWRON
910K 910K 910K
9
10

KX3CP

1
RT1
R11 10K R5 R4 U2
C6 C3 100K@25C C5 7 1

R12 10K
0.01 uF 100K 0.01 uF t 100K 0.01 uF 8
IN
IN
OUT
OUT 2

2
SENSE C2 R9 R8 R10
6 SHDN
C9 15 pF 4
C1 GND 10 uF X5R 12R 12R 20R
9 GND GND 5
10 uF X5R
C8 15 pF U3
C LT1965EDD C
9 2 Y2
SOSCI/RB4 RA0/AN0 8.0 MHz
RA1/AN1 3
7 C10 15 pF
Y1 OSC1/AN4/RA2
OSC2/AN5/RA3 8
32.768 kHz RB14/RTCC/AN10 17
C7 15 pF 16 TP5
RB13/AN11 RTCC
10 SOSCO RB12/AN12 15

Q1
13 SDA/RB9 RX/RB2 6
12 SCL/RB8 TX/RB7 11 6
R2
D1 1 14 2 1
220K MCLR RA6
1 3 5 PGC1/RB1 RB15 18 3
4 PGD1/RB0
BAT54 5 4
20 VDD VSS 19
R16 1K PMGD780SN
U1 PIC24F16KA101
1 R17 100R
Vin
NC 3

B 2 C11 B
GND C4 0.03 F
LM385M3-2.5 10 uF X5R

R15 100R

TP1
PAD R13 100R
MTG1 FID1

1
TP2 J1 #2 CSK
PAD D2
1 YELLOW
2 MTG2 FID2
3 #4 CSK
4
R3 47K 5

2
6 MTG3
#4 CSK

ICD TP3
GND
R14 N.I.
A A

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Title
KXBC3: KX3 BCR/RTC/RETAINER

Size Document Number Rev

B 2011082391 XG

Date: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 Sheet 1 of 1

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