arduino for ham radio

ARDUINOFORHAMRADIO

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ARDUINOHISTORYColombianstudentHernandoBarragán createdtheWiringdevelopmentplatformashisMaster'sthesisprojectin2004attheInteractionDesignInstituteIvrea inIvrea,Italy.MassimoBanziandCaseyReas(knownforhisworkonProcessing)weresupervisorsforhisthesis.Theideawastocreateinexpensiveandsimpletoolsfornon-engineerstocreatedigitalprojects.TheWiringplatformconsistedofahardwarePCBwithanATmega128microcontroller,anintegrateddevelopmentenvironment(IDE)basedonProcessingandlibraryfunctionsforeasyprogrammingofthemicrocontroller.

Arduinodeveloperteam-DavidCuartielles,GianlucaMartino,TomIgoe,DavidMellis,andMassimoBanzi.PhotoCourtesy- RandiKlett/IEEESpectrum

ARDUINOASSETS

CompletelyOpenSources- Anyonecanbuildandsellanyofitsvarietiesandanyonecanmakeconstructivechangesandimprovements.

Freedevelopmentsoftware

Mountainsofexamplesanddocumentation

Inexpensiveandpowerful

ARDUINOUNO

14I/O6PWM6Analog1Serial

16MHzProcessorUSBInterface5VI/O

$25

ARDUINOMEGA

54I/O14PWM16Analog4Serial

16MHzUSBInterface5VI/O

$46

ARDUINOPROMINI

14I/O6PWM6Analog

16MHzProcessor5V8MHzProcessor3.3VRequiresFTDIConnection

$10

$15

ARDUINONANO

14I/O6PWM8Analog

16MHzProcessor5VI/O

$3

TINYCIRCUITS

www.tiny-circuits.com$40

SameI/OasArduinoUno8MHzProcessorVerysmall(sizeofQuarter

TEENSY3.2

https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html

34I/O12PWM21Analog3Serial2I2C1SPI

72MHzFreeScaleUSBInterface3.3VI/O5VTolerant$20

PARTICLEPHOTON

https://store.particle.io

$20

18I/OMixedPWMAnalog2Serial1I2C

120MHzARMCortexM3Built-inWIFIUSBInterface5VI/OCanbeprogrammedviaWIFI

1. DownloadArduinoIDE(IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment)[https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software]

2. PurchaseanArduinoStarterKit– Discussedlater

3. Followstartuptutorial[http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html]

4. ReviewArduinoInstructables [instructables.com]

5. Studytutorialsandbookson“Sketches”

6. Planyourfirstproject

GETTINGSTARTED

DOWNLOADIDE

ARDUINOSTARTERKIT

$42

www.miniinthebox.com$50

FIRSTTUTORIAL

Ladyada.nethttp://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html

INSTRUCTABLES

BOOKSFORLEARNING

$30$33 $27

ARDUINORADIOSHIELD

https://enhanced-radio-devices.myshopify.com

$100

FrequencyRX/TX:134-174MHz,200-260MHz,400-520MHzChannelBandwidth:Selectablebetween12.5KHzand25KHzSubaudioModes:CTCSS,CDCSS(transmit/receiveindependent)AdvancedFeatures:Volume,Squelch,VOX,DTMFencode,DTMFdecode,tailnoiseelimination,tonegenerator,tonedetector,RSSIInputVoltageRange:5-20VDC

MODIFIEDSWRMETER

Radio-kits.com $55

TRACKUINO

https://github.com/trackuino/trackuino

BUILDINGYOUROWNPROJECT

PROTOTYPINGSHIELDS

https://www.adafruit.com/products/2077?gclid=CL6w-_vwwMsCFYclgQodLtoICA

$10 $4

www.miniinthebox.com

ALTOIDS PROJECTS

He’stakenanArduinoNano,acheapAD9850DDSboard,asmallscreen,andacoupleoflogdetectors,andhehasbuiltINANALTOIDSTINascalarnetworkanalyzerthatletsyouseethebandpass ofafilter.DuWayne (KV4QB)

FRITZING

www.fritzing.org

FRITZING LAYOUT

QUESTIONS?