ARDUINO FOR HAM RADIO

ARDUINOFORHAMRADIO
JIMWILSONAC8NT
ARDUINOHISTORY
ColombianstudentHernandoBarragán createdtheWiringdevelopmentplatformashisMaster'sthesis
projectin2004attheInteractionDesignInstituteIvrea inIvrea,Italy.MassimoBanzi andCaseyReas
(knownforhisworkonProcessing)weresupervisorsforhisthesis.Theideawastocreateinexpensiveand
simpletoolsfornon-engineerstocreatedigitalprojects.TheWiringplatformconsistedofahardwarePCB
withanATmega128microcontroller,anintegrateddevelopmentenvironment(IDE)basedonProcessing
andlibraryfunctionsforeasyprogrammingofthemicrocontroller.
ArduinodeveloperteamDavidCuartielles,Gianluca
Martino,TomIgoe,David
Mellis,andMassimoBanzi.
PhotoCourtesy- Randi
Klett/IEEESpectrum
ARDUINOASSETS
CompletelyOpenSources- Anyonecanbuildandsellanyofitsvarietiesandanyonecanmakeconstructive
changesandimprovements.
Freedevelopmentsoftware
Mountainsofexamplesanddocumentation
Inexpensiveandpowerful
ARDUINOUNO
14I/O
6PWM
6Analog
1Serial
16MHzProcessor
USBInterface
5VI/O
$25
ARDUINOMEGA
54I/O
14PWM
16Analog
4Serial
16MHz
USBInterface
5VI/O
$46
ARDUINOPROMINI
14I/O
6PWM
6Analog
16MHzProcessor5V
8MHzProcessor3.3V
RequiresFTDIConnection
$10
$15
ARDUINONANO
14I/O
6PWM
8Analog
16MHzProcessor
5VI/O
$3
TINYCIRCUITS
SameI/OasArduinoUno
8MHzProcessor
Verysmall(sizeofQuarter
$40
www.tiny-circuits.com
TEENSY3.2
$20
34I/O
12PWM
21Analog
3Serial
2I2C
1SPI
72MHzFreeScale
USBInterface
3.3VI/O5VTolerant
https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html
PARTICLEPHOTON
$20
18I/OMixed
PWM
Analog
2Serial
1I2C
120MHzARMCortexM3
Built-inWIFI
USBInterface
5VI/O
CanbeprogrammedviaWIFI
https://store.particle.io
GETTINGSTARTED
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
DOWNLOADIDE
ARDUINOSTARTERKIT
$42
www.miniinthebox.com
$50
FIRSTTUTORIAL
Ladyada.net
http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html
INSTRUCTABLES
BOOKSFORLEARNING
$33
$30
$27
ARDUINORADIOSHIELD
Frequency RX/TX:134-174MHz,200-260MHz,400-520MHz
ChannelBandwidth:Selectablebetween12.5KHzand25KHz
Subaudio Modes:CTCSS,CDCSS(transmit/receiveindependent)
AdvancedFeatures:Volume,Squelch,VOX,DTMFencode,
DTMFdecode,tailnoiseelimination,tonegenerator,tone
detector,RSSI
InputVoltageRange:5-20VDC
$100
https://enhanced-radio-devices.myshopify.com
MODIFIEDSWRMETER
Radio-kits.com $55
TRACKUINO
https://github.com/trackuino/trackuino
BUILDINGYOUROWNPROJECT
PROTOTYPINGSHIELDS
$10
https://www.adafruit.com/products/2077?gcli
d=CL6w-_vwwMsCFYclgQodLtoICA
$4
www.miniinthebox.com
ALTOIDS PROJECTS
He’stakenanArduinoNano,acheap
AD9850DDSboard,asmallscreen,
andacoupleoflogdetectors,andhe
hasbuiltINANALTOIDSTINascalar
networkanalyzerthatletsyouseethe
bandpass ofafilter.DuWayne (KV4QB)
FRITZING
www.fritzing.org
FRITZING LAYOUT
QUESTIONS?