[Paparazzi-devel] Another PPM decode chip to add to the list...

[Bernard Davison]

Hi All,

I bought a cheap chinese receiver the other day in the hope that it  
would be usable with paparazzi. as it turns out i received the wrong  
frequency so it's no good in Australia anyway but took a look at the  
guts of it...
It's a 72 MHz TurBORIX which is sold by an eBay seller for about $AU30.

Anyway on looking up the specs for the chips in it it turns out that  
it's not using the BU4015 family of chip.
Instead it's using a VHC164 chip (Spec sheet: 
http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/31919/TOSHIBA/TC74VHC164F.html)

Looking at the spec sheet for the VHC164 and the BU4015 it seems to me  
that receivers that use the VHC164 would be just as usable with  
Paparazzi.
Unfortunately I don't have a radio that I could test it with but I do  
have a receiver that I'm willing to donate to someone who can and will  
post the details on the wiki.

Cheers,
Bernie.