~{MCLR}

+3V3 +3V3

GND
PGD
PGC
+3V3

L3 KON4 L4 C11 C12 C13

L2 XO1 C7

4
3
2
1
F.B. F.B. 100u/6,3V 10u 10u
F.B. 100n
20,000 MHz
4 3 R11 R14
VDD OUT
270 270
C5

1
T3

2
100n R12 R15
2 1 2 C8
Vc GND BC857
270 1

3
*** C22 10u C10 4k7 T4

2
TP1 R16
10k 100n 10u BC857
R1 +3V3 1
C2 C4 4k7
Input VFO (VCO) T5

2
270 C6 C9 R17
100n
+12V BC857

17
40
28
22p

7
100n 1
Hi-Z 0,1..80 MHz 4k7
R3 100n T6

2
VDD
VDD
AVDD

VCAP
VCC R18
19 21 BC857
KON1 R7 RA0 RB0
1
C1 IC1A 20 22
15k 470 RA1 RB1 4k7
IC1C T7

2
100n R2 1 30 23 R19
RA2 RB2
1 T1 R6 R8 3 10 R9 31 24 BC857
f_VFO RA3 RB3
1 1,65V * 2 8 34 33 JP4 1
BFP196 RA4 RB4 DH JP4
100 R5 IC2 JP3 4k7 T8

2
3 9 41 R20
GND 27k ** 1k 1k RB5
74AC132 JP2

3
4 D1 D2 33 13 42 BC857
JP4 RA7 RB6
5 74AC132 32 43 JP1 1
14V +12V T2 COF RA8 RB7
1 4k7

3
6 35 44
R4 BFP196 RA9 RB8 R21
2 x LL4148

2
7 C15 C3 12 1
GND RA10 RB9 R22
8 470 8
f_BFO 10u 100n RB10 R23
9 25 9
GND L1 RC0 RB11 R24
10 26 10
RC1 RB12 R25
11 2u2 27 11
RC2 RB13 R26
12 36 14
RC3 RB14 R27
13 37 15
RC4 RB15 R28
14 R31 38
COF C26 RC5
15 +3V3 2 18
DHS 270 RC6 ~{MCLR}
16 C28 3
+12V RC7
17 4 R29
+5V RC8
18 5 4k7

AVSS
GND R33 100n RC9

VSS
VSS
VSS

10
11
12
13
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
100n R37
C25 15k 470 R30

DIG1
a
DIG2
DIG3

DIG4
DIG5
DIG6
d

f
b

c
g
dp
C14

16

39
29
IC1B
3

6
R32 T9 10k
R36 R38 IC1D 5 R39 100n
1 BFP196 1,65V * 13 6
100 R35
2

100n 11 4
27k ** 1k 1k PIC32MX150F128D-TQFP +3V3
3

33 12 KON5
Input BFO T10 74AC132
1 74AC132 3 + 3 dig. 7-seg. 0,28" CA LED
R34 BFP196
2

Hi-Z 0,1..12 MHz C27

470 VCC
100n
L5
2u2 T3 .. T8: alternative part ISS-55 (P-channel MOSFET)

R21 .. R28: 330 to 680 Ohm will match most modern

+3V3 +3V3 7 seg. 3 digit LED display units.
DZ1 IC3
LD1117/3V3
L6 10V The brightness can also be reduced to 50%,
3 2 C21 L7 25% or 12,5% by setting the jumpers JP2,
VI VO
GND

F.B. 100n F.B. JP3 or both.

C16 C17 C18 C19 C20
VCC
1

100n 100u 100u

100n 100n
L9 16V 6,3V

14
F.B.
* Adjust to 1,65V (+/- 0,1V) for optimal sensitivity.

VCC
IC1E

** 27 .. 33k is fine for most applications. When more precise adjustment is required,
74AC132
start with 30k or 33k and try to bring the voltage at the collector of T2 and T10

GND
+3V3
D3 COF as close as possible to 1,65V by adding resistors in parallel. Try adding 470k
LL4148 R43 and adjust the value as necessary.
3

10k

7
R42 T12
10k 1 *** TP1 install only if XO1 = VCTCXO type
L8 BC847
2

F.B. T11 C24 D4

2

R41
BC857 100n LL4148
1
10k
3

C23 Dual input frequency counter, release ver. 2.1

100n DH

TS-820(S) aftermarket 6 dig. 7 seg. LED freqency counter

S56AL, October 2022