Funtronics K3NG Keyer With 99% Winkey Emulation

This is an open source Arduino based CW (Morse Code) keyer with a lot of features and flexibility, rivaling other commercial keyers which often cost significantly more. The Arduino code comes from K3NG, and it’s an open source code so you can fully customize it to fit your needs and also perhaps learn from it or find coding ideas for other projects. We redesigned the PCB, which could be fit into a compact aluminum enclosure, and trimmed the code so as to fit the features of AVR mega 2560. The Funtronics K3NG Keyer integrates nearly all of the features & functions of the K3NG’s arduino code, such as LCD display, USB keyboard, rotary encoder and CW decoder etc. Moreover, there are some spare IOs left on the pcb, which could be left for the feature new features & functions.

Features:

CW speed adjustable from 1 to 999 WPM
Programming and interfacing via USB port (“command line interface”)
USB Keyboard Interface for CW keyboard operation without a computer
Logging and Contest Program Interfacing via K1EL Winkey 1.0 and 2.0 interface protocol emulation
PTT outputs with configurable lead, tail, and hang times
1602 LCD Display
3 memories with macros
Serial numbers
CW keyboard (via a terminal server program like Putty or the Arduino Serial program)
Speed potentiometer (optional – speed also adjustable with commands)
QRSS and HSCW
Beacon / Fox mode
Iambic A and B
Straight key support
Ultimatic mode
Bug mode
CMOS Super Keyer Iambic B Timing
Paddle reverse
Hellschreiber mode (keyboard sending, memory macro, beacon)
Farnsworth Timing
Adjustable frequency sidetone
Sidetone disable / sidetone high/low output for keying outboard audio oscillator
Command mode for using the paddle to change settings, program memories, etc.
Keying Compensation
Dah to Dit Ratio adjustment
Weighting
Callsign receive practice
Send practice
Memory stacking
“Dead Operator Watchdog”
Autospace
Wordspace Adjustment
Pre-configured and Custom Prosigns
Non-volatile storage of most settings
Modular code design allowing selection of features and easy code modification
Non-English Character Support
CW Receive Decoder
Rotary Encoder Speed Control
Sleep Mode
USB Mouse Support
Alphabet Sending Practice
QLF / “Messy” Straight Key Emulation
Web Interface (UNDER DEVELOPMENT)

Winkey Emulation:

The K3NG keyer supports winkey 1.0 & 2.0 emulation, and it is compatible with many contest & logging softwares. The following functions are currently implemented in the emulation:

Currently the following functions are implemented: