Tag Archives: Firmware

Firmware Updates = New Radio?

Posted on October 5, 2026 by Kevin

When I get a new radio, I’m fairly active checking for new firmware. When they’re old, not so much. I do hope that my Zhiwhis ZWS-A320 and LiJiANi RD-239S radios will get firmware updates to fix some bugs in these … Continue reading →

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Incoming Radio? Si4732 ATS Mini

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Kevin

But, but, but you already an Si4732 mini. Yes, but there is new firmware, notably with RTTY/CW decoding. It also supports loading the EiBiSpace schedules from a computer. And there is ETM, a waterfall display and a gray scale mode. … Continue reading →

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The Battle of the Sixes (DX-286 and DP-666): Part 1

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Kevin

A Comparison of two radios based on the TEF6686 DSP chip This post title was inspired by my new Sparkelec DP-666 radio based on the NXM TEF6686 DSP chip. That’s a lot of sixes. Here I compare two radios based … Continue reading →

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Upgrading the Sparkelec DP-666 Firmware

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Kevin

Don’t That’s my advice. There is a newer version with the Megatron M17 mods and I was led to get it from the Deepelec website. After installation, the new version showed a Deepelec logo when I boot the device, but … Continue reading →

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ESP32 – Si4732 ATS Mini: Firmware Upgrade 2.28 (Updated)

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Kevin

A firmware update was released for the ATS Mini earlier today (July 1, 2025) and I quickly grabbed it and installed it on my V3 and V1 models. The latest version is always found on GitHub here. There are two … Continue reading →

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Tesla Firmware V11

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Kevin

Some people like Tesla’s latest revision to the user interface, and some don’t. I’m in the first group. How quickly they forget I’ve gone through every version of Tesla firmware since Version 7. Once you get used to one, the … Continue reading →

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