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26/06/16  Installing an AS5600 magnetic encoder on a KR-500.
26/06/05  Grandson Zion's CQ
26/06/04  Replacing the potentiometer on the KR-500 elevation rotator
26/06/03 Making a Repeater Controller Pert4
26/06/01   Weather Monitor software
26/05/31   Weather Monitor
26/05/21   JTDX Auto Run BUGFIX
26/05/17  Repair of satellite antenna system
26/05/13  Repair of Alinco DR130
26/05/07  Making a Repeater Controller Pert3
26/05/03  Indonesian satellite friend YC8RPK
26/04/26  DXCC200 achieved
26/04/23  Communication via ISS voice repeater
26/04/20  WSJT-X Auto Run Ver0.1.5
26/04/19  Got an Alinco DR-130
26/04/15  Clublog Charts
26/04/10  Regarding POC transceivers
26/04/08  Using KENWOOD AT-300 with YAESU radio
26/03/17  How to establish a radio club in the Philippines
26/03/10  KENWOOD AT-300 with YAESU radio
26/02/27  Philippine NTC Amateur Radio License Examination Question Bank
26/02/20  Package received from JK1SNS
26/02/18  Temporary License Renewal
26/02/14  Satellite Tracking Software SatTrack
26/02/05  Making a Repeater Controller Pert2
26/02/02  CQ on satellite IO-86
26/01/27  Shack & Repeater Controller
26/01/16  Making a Repeater Controller
26/01/16  Making aRotator Interface PCB
26/01/10  Satellite antenna installation
26/01/08 WSJT-X Remote Operation
26/01/07 JTDX Remote Operation
26/01/04  log_reciver_Ver2.6.6
26/01/04  Tailscale VPN software for JTDX_Remote

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Replaced the potentiometer of the KR-500 elevation rotator with an AS5600 magnetic encoder (2026/06/16)
Continuing from June 4th.
The potentiometers made in China have thin windings, and the winding is rough in places.
After consulting with ChatGPT
The AS5600 magnetic encoder angle sensor and the ESP32-C3 CPU module can be used as a substitute for a potentiometer.

Please refer to the June 4th entry for the previous section.
I ordered the circuit boards from JLCPCB on June 5th and they were shipped to me via EMS.
I received it at the post office today.

The postal service in the Philippines does not deliver EMS (Express Mail Service).
It's a bizarre system where you have to go to the post office to pick it up and pay a fee of 118 pesos ($2.2).

The circuit board is small, measuring 410mm x 550mm.
From left to right: ESP32-C3, ASM1117 3-terminal regulator, and below that, MCP6002 op-amp.
The circuit board in the photo above is the pre-correction version; this pattern has been corrected.
R3. Do not install a resistor
R2. jumper
R4. jumper
R5. jumper

I debugged the ESC32-C3 program using a breadboard.
I was troubled by the output voltage hunting, swinging wildly from 0V to 3.3V.

in the endThe DIR terminal must be connected to GND.I finally figured that out yesterday and completed the debugging.
 
After debugging was complete, I fixed the magnet to the broken potentiometer with epoxy resin.
An AS5600 magnetic encoder was attached to the KR-500 elevation rotator.
I placed the circuit board I made into a waterproof box.
I attached a waterproof box to the KR-500.
 
 I have three more circuit boards.
I will sell it to anyone who wants it for a fee.

We can handle both circuit boards and finished products.
Software and KiCAD board information will be released at a later date.

du9@ji1fgx.com
June 5, 2026.   June 16, 2026.