vna/J 3.1.20 available

Version 3.1.20 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • Analyze moved from Tools menu to File menu to have it always available
  • Some VNAs have longer startup time and will produce peaks at the begin of the scan. To reduce this issue, the generator can be kept on after scan. Thanks to Cristian/YO3BN for the hint

vna/J library available

A library version of vna/J is available here for download.

miniVNApro - Check for bootloader presence

In some cases the integrated bootloader of the miniVNApro is corrupt and so for the firmware update via vna/J is not working.

This is only relevant for the miniVNApro, not the pro2, tiny or any other modell!

User guide updated

I've updated the user guide for vna/J.

The firmware update function is now available, even if no calibration data is loaded. This update relates to this post.

Please check it here.

vna/J 3.1.19 available

Version 3.1.19 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • Firmware update is now possible, even no calibration is available.
  • Size of language selection window corrected. Window is now also resizable

vna/J 3.1.18 available

Version 3.1.18 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • There s only one small change in 3.1.18 - |Z| is calculated correctly when using port extension

Version compatibily for miniVNApro

There were some user reports, that miniVNApro with firmware <2.6 is only working with vna/J < 3.1.15.

This is due to a miniVNApro firmware bug for versions <2.6.

  • miniVNApro with firmware < 2.6 is only working with vna/J up to version 3.1.14
  • miniVNApro with firmware = 2.6 is working with all versions of vna/J

Firmware 2.6 is mandatory using the extender and/or vna/J > 3.1.14.

To use all version of vna/J > 3.1.14, you have to update the firmware of your miniVNApro to the newest firmware.

It's up to you ...

Wishlist

Here is wish-/feature -list for the upcoming version of vna/J:

vna/J 3.1.17 available

Version 3.1.17 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • There are no functional changes in this release.
  • Yuriy Osadchiy contributed a complete translation into the Russian language - thanks Yuriy for your work!

New version of translation guide available

A new version of the translation guide is here available for download.

It covers the problem, that on some machines the properties editor using JavaWebStart is not launching.

We have more and more winners of a $500 blue plastic brick

Based on the serial numbers for the currently shipped miniVNA tiny analyzers, there are more than 1.000 devices out in the field.

miniVNA tiny - generator output level - reloaded

In one of my lasts post I've shown some data about the generator output level of the miniVNAtiny.

Now I've received from S. Petrovich a much more detailled analysis of the output power level for a miniVNAtiny.

vna/J 3.1.16 available

Version 3.1.16 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • The following updates are included in this version:
    • Mode in marker math dialog is correctly selected for scan mode
    • Marker math dialog optimized

vna/J 3.1.15 available

Version 3.1.15 of vna/J is released.

  • The application JAR can be downloaded from here as usual.
  • The following updates are included in this version:
    • Generator is turned off after scan
    • Updated driver for MetroVNA