Morserino-32

The new way to practice Morse code. 


The new M32 Pocket is here!


The M32 Pocket is manufactured and distributed by QRP Labs 

You can order it here:

https://shop.qrp-labs.com/morserino

What is the Morserino-32?

It is a multi-functional Morse device (Keyer, Trainer, Decoder, even Transceiver etc.). It is ideal for learning and practicing Morse code, useful for everybody from beginner to high-speed pro. 



All documentation and software is in the Public Domain and can be downloaded from here: 

https://github.com/oe1wkl/Morserino-32

To update your Firmware through your browser, 

For M32 1st & 2nd edition: click here 

For M32Pocket: click here 


Other update methods are documented in the user manual.

User Manual is here.


A file manager for M32 (requires firmware >= 8.0)

Join the Morserino User Group!

You get information about common problems and how to solve them, as well as announcements of firmware updates. The group is managed by groups.io. 

A really helpful and friendly community, highly recommended!

Join here:  

User Group Subscription Page

Features of the Morserino-32 Pocket


The Morserino-32 is a multi-functional Morse code device for everyone from absolute beginners to high-speed operators. Three generations — the original kit, the 2nd edition, and the new M32 Pocket — share the same proven firmware, giving every user access to the full range of features.

Learn. The Koch Trainer introduces characters one at a time at full speed, following the proven Koch method. Choose from four established character sequences (M32/JLMC, LCWO, CW Academy, LICW Carousel), or define your own. The Adaptive Random mode automatically focuses on the characters you struggle with.

Practice. The CW Generator produces random groups, realistic callsigns, common CW abbreviations, English words, or plays your own uploaded text files — all with configurable Farnsworth and Wordsworth spacing. The Echo Trainer challenges you to copy and key back what you hear, with immediate feedback. Adaptive speed pushes you to your limit automatically.

Key. A full-featured iambic keyer (modes A, B, Ultimatic, Non-Squeeze) with built-in capacitive touch paddles, or connect your own external paddle or straight key. Eight programmable memories. Use it as a standalone practice oscillator or connect it to your transceiver.

Decode. The built-in CW decoder works from a straight key, the touch paddles, or audio input from a receiver — with adjustable bandwidth filtering.

Communicate. Talk to other Morserino users over WiFi (via your local network, across the Internet, or peer-to-peer using ESPNow without any infrastructure). Earlier editions also include a LoRa transceiver for direct communication on 433 MHz. Connect to online services like QSO bots, iCW, and VBand.

Play. The M32 Pocket introduces CW games that make practice fun. Morse Invaders challenges you to destroy falling characters by keying their Morse code — with difficulty that adapts to your Koch lesson and speed.

Extend. Open-source firmware, USB serial protocol for computer integration, Bluetooth keyboard output, and a growing ecosystem of third-party training software. Update firmware easily via WiFi, USB, or a web browser.

The M32 Pocket is manufactured and distributed by QRP Labs

You can order it here:

https://shop.qrp-labs.com/morserino

"The Echo Trainer may well be my favourite feature of the Morserino. It has helped me get faster at decoding and sending morse code. [...] This mode has been the most helpful to me in improving my morse code."

— N2EC, Morserino-32 (Version 2) Review



"To me, the Echo mode is worth the full cost of the kit."

— Nuts & Volts Magazine, Learn to Send and Receive Morse Code with the Morserino-32


"I highly recommend you get your hands on one of these. In CW keyer mode it provides great feedback on your ability to key. If you screw up for example and pound out 4 dots instead of 3 for 'S', you get an H on the display. This immediate feedback is helpful when you are learning."

— N1CLC, My Tips for Learning Morse Code


"As an owner of a Morserino I highly recommend you buy and assemble one — it's a great tool and also functions as a very well implemented keyer you can use with any rig."

— QRPLabs forum user, groups.io discussion


"The capacitative paddles are surprisingly good and with a bit of practice you can send quite well with a very light touch."

— N2EC, Morserino-32 (Version 2) Review


"What's really great about it — as a keyer it translates what you send into text on the screen. If it's connected to a radio it would decode the Morse code coming into it."

— Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club, Morserino 32 Adventure

What users say:


"The Echo mode is worth the full cost of the kit." — Nuts & Volts


"It has helped me get faster at decoding and sending." — N2EC


"I highly recommend you get your hands on one." — N1CLC


"A great tool and also a very well implemented keyer." — QRPLabs forum

Extend M32 Functionality by using PC Software!

You can extend the functionality of the Morserino-32 by using add-on PC software, provided by 3rd parties:

(runs on Opera, Chrome and Edge, not on Firefox or Safari)

Other „extensions“:

>> Morserino Chat Server: Using the WiFi Transceiver mode, you can converse in Morse Code with other Morserino users across the globe (see video below).

>> QSO Bot by John, M0STQ - see https://qsobot.online/


Long Island CW Club

We teach CW and live QSO protocol via internet video conference classes. Our Club has QRP and boat anchor enthusiasts plus local activities.

AGCW-DL

„Telegrafie verbindet Menschen“


Clubs that encourage the use of the Morserino-32: excellent starting points for becoming proficient CW operators!

Joining them is highly recommended!


CW-Schule Graz 

"Morsen ist eine Kunst; und Kunst kommt vom Können."

Videos

Introduction to the Morserino-32,  by OE6FEG

Review of the Morserino-32,  by KI6NAZ

Demo of M32 WiFi Transceiver,

(via cq.morserino.info), by OE6FEG

CW School Graz: Course Intro

(Download lesson plan)

CW School Graz: Preparing the Morserino-32 for the lessons

CW School Graz: Lessons 1 & 2

(The videos of CW School Graz are bilingual, German & English.)

‍A Short History of the Morserino-32

‍January 2017: MetaLab, a „hackerspace“ in Vienna, Austria, was planning a workshop for the upcoming „Makerfaire“. A sketch was produced during the meeting by OE1WKL, and a functional prototype developed by him within a few weeks. It was an Arduino Nano-based Keyer, CW Generator and Decoder.

‍“metaMorserino”:

  • MetaLab
  • Morse
  • Arduino

‍ OE3HBS designed a PCB and a case,  and prepared 20 kits for the workshop. All kits were sold on the first day, and during the following months more than 100 kits were sold.

‍Full documentation (manual  in German and Spanish) and source code are still available on bit.ly/metamorserino. User interface is in English, as are comments in the source code.

‍In a meeting with OE6RDD from CW School Graz it became clear, that this was a nice toy, but to become a really useful gadget many more features needed to be incorporated, and that the Arduino was not powerful enough for that.


‍January - May 2018:  Built a first prototype  based on ESP32 (Heltec Module) on breadboard

  • Ported the existing metaMorserino software to the new platform
  • Added a number of new features to the software, amongst others:
    • Echo trainer
    • LoRa transceiver
    • Had to design a protocol for packing Morse code information into a packet transport protocol for LoRa
  • Lots of very useful input by CW School Graz
  • Designed a 1st version PCB (with most parts as SMD)


‍June 2018: First demonstration at the HAM RADIO show in Friedrichshafen (Germany)


‍October - November 2018: Kickstarter campaign to fund the first batch of kits. Financial goal reached in 2 hours, campaign funded > 300 kits in total.


‍October - November  2018: First edition sold out after 2.700 kits. Re-design of PCB for 2nd edition.


‍About me: I am Willi Kraml, and I live in Vienna, Austria. I took the amateur radio license test in 1967 (first without the Morse Code test, a few months later I took that as well), have been licensed in Austria since 1968, and my callsign is OE1WKL (originally I was on the air as OE5WKL, then for many years as OE1WKL, followed by OE3WKL, and now again OE1WKL - in Austria the digit in the call signifies the federal state you live in). In 2021 I also took the US exams, including Extra, and am licensed now also as KD6KW.


‍But I also have to admit that I was not always very active in Amateur Radio  (due to QRL, family duties, and because of too many other interests :-). Now that the times have changed (a sign of old age), „radio activity“ has increased again ... By the way, I am neither an Electronics Engineer, nor a Computer Scientist…. Just an amateur.


‍I am a member of the  Austrian Association of Experimental Transmitters (Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband, ÖVSV), for which I also serve as their web master, and of MetaFunk, and am proud to have been made a life-long honorary member of the Long Island CW Club.

„Please read my Amateur Radio Magazine @ Flipboard!“

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