Notes on the SX-Key Hardware

The SX-Key is made up of two sections connected by a thin coax cable. One end has a DB-9S connector and the other end has a 4 pin female connector with .1" pin spacing.

In the DB-9 connector backshell is are a 4.7K resistor and a 47k resistor. The shield of the coax connects to pin 5 of the DB-9. The center conductor of the coax connects to pin 2 of the DB-9. The 4.7K connects between pins 2 and 3 of the DB-9. The 47k connects from pin 3 to pin 5 of the DB-9. This is a standard serial connector pinout where pin 2 transmits data to the PC, pin 3 receives data from the PC and pin 5 is ground.

The other end of the cable is a circuit board about .4" wide by .9" long. The coax cable comes into one end of the board and the 4 pin programming connector hangs off the other end of the board.


	      -------------------------------------------------- -------------
	     |                                                  |             |
	     |  L4P   Y2  4 3                        C685       |             |
	     |            7 3                                   |    OSC1     |
	     |            K 1                                   |             | 
	     |                                                  |             |
	     |                                       D3         |             |
   coax	     |            D3                                    |    OSC2     |
    =========|======                 SX20AC/SS                  |             |
    	     |             331                          50.00   |             |
    	     |                                                  |    VDD      |
    	     |                                                  |             |
    	     |   ____                                           |             |
    	     |  / 22 \        489                               |    VSS      |
    	     | (  0G  )                                  A106   |             |
    	     |  \____/                                          |             |
    	      -------------------------------------------------  -------------
Marking Package Description Usage
L4P SOT-23 ??? ???
Y2 SOT-23 BZX84C12, 12 volt zener 12 volt supply regulator
47K 805 47K resistor ???
331 805 330 ohm resistor ???
D3 6 pin diode array? ???
331 805 330 ohm resistor ???
220G coil 22uh coil? +12 volt supply
489 SOT-23 FMMT489, NPN, 1 amp ???
SX20AC/SS SSO Scenix micro Command, Control, Communications
C685 1206 6.85uF cap +12 volt supply filter
D3 6 pin diode array? ???
50.00 3 contact Ceramic resonator 50MHz oscillator
A106 1206 10uF cap Power supply bypass

The SX-Key applies the +12 volts to the OSC1 of the SX for both reading and writing.


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Last updated April 20, 1998

Copyright 1998 Richard Ottosen

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