John Miles, KE5FX

This page is under perpetual construction. It serves as an online lab notebook, describing a number of original hardware and software projects I've undertaken over the past several years.

If you have bug reports on my pages, or feedback in general, please feel free to use the email address above.

• An Open-Source GPIB Toolkit for Win32 Updated 14-Nov-09
  • 7470: An Intelligent HP-GL/2 Plotter Emulator
  • PN: User-Friendly Phase Noise Measurement for Spectrum Analyzers
  • SSM: Real-Time Spectrum Surveillance
  • TI: Time-Interval Analysis (Beta)
  • PROLOGIX: Configuration Utility and Instrument Terminal for Prologix GPIB-USB Adapters
  • FAQ

• Lady Heather - Win32 port of Mark Sims's disciplining monitor for the Trimble Thunderbolt Updated 8-May-09: version 2.00 release
• Notes on Common-Emitter Transformer Feedback Amplifiers
• Amplifier Residual Phase Noise Measurements
• Notes on MicroSource MSS252-791-002 Synthesizer Modules
• Cesium-Beam Tube Bench Tests
• Notes on Trimble Thunderbolt Performance and Modifications
• Power Supply Baseband Noise Measurements
• Service Notes for the Tektronix 49x/275x Spectrum Analyzers (500KB .PDF, 20 pages)
• Notes on Low-Noise Regenerative Dividers
• Notes on HP 11848A / 3048A GPIB Programming
• An Experimental X-Band Synthesizer for Amateur DSN Applications
• A Simple Harmonic Generator for VHF-Microwave Applications
• Equinox: A Remotely-Controlled DC-1 GHz Communications Receiver and Trunk-Tracking Scanner Client updated 12-Nov-08
• A Versatile Hybrid Synthesizer for UHF/Microwave Projects
• CRT Restoration for the (Brave) Experimenter
• Build the "CRT Saver" for your Tektronix 49x/275x Spectrum Analyzers
• Notes on Stellex YIG Synthesizer Performance and Control
• Phase-Noise Measurement with Microwave "Brick" Sources
• Hybrid Synthesizer Optimization for Spectrum Analyzer Design
• A Homebrew Tracking Generator for the HP 8566A/B Spectrum Analyzers
• A Homebrew Tracking Generator for the Tektronix 49x/275x Spectrum Analyzers Updated 9-Sep-09
• Composite Noise Measurements of a Phase-Locked 10 GHz Gunn Source
• An Open-Source Control Utility for the Rockwell-Collins 95S-1 Receiver
• An Experimental Microwave Data Link for 10-Megabit Ethernet
• Designing The Low-Cost Mobile PC: Platforms, Power, and Control
• Assembling a Mobile MP3 Player From Standard PC Hardware
• A Portable PC-Based RGB Image Capture System
• A 1.5 Million-Volt Tesla Coil

• Global Hotkeys for iTunes
• GLTrace, a versatile diagnostic resource for Win32 OpenGL applications (includes source)
• QRend, a tres cool Quake level renderer for Win32 OpenGL (includes source)
• AIL Version 2, the complete Open Source release of the Miles Sound System Version 2 for DOS
• VFX Version 1.19, the complete Open Source release of the VFX and WinVFX graphics systems for DOS and Win32
• About Me - Brief personal notes and links