Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio
by: Dr. Jack Purdum, W8TEE, Dennis Kidder, W6DQ, Dennis Kidder
Abstract: Boost your ham radio's capabilities using low-cost Arduino microcontroller boards! Do you want to increase the functionality and value of your ham radio without spending a lot of money? This book will show you how! Arduino™ Projects for Amateur Radio is filled with step-by-step microcontroller projects you can accomplish on your own—no programming experience necessary. After getting you set up on an Arduino board, veteran ham radio operators Jack Purdum (W8TEE) and Dennis Kidder (W6DQ) start with a simple LCD display and move up to projects that can add hundreds of dollars' worth of upgrades to existing equipment. This practical guide provides detailed instructions, helpful diagrams, lists of low-cost parts and suppliers, and hardware and software tips that make building your own equipment even more enjoyable. Downloadable code for all of the projects in the book is also available.
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Table of Contents
- A. Dedication
- B. About the Authors
- C. Preface
- D. Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. I Don't Know How to Program
- 3. The LCD Shield Project
- 4. Station Timer
- 5. A General Purpose Panel Meter
- 6. Dummy Load
- 7. A CW Automatic Keyer
- 8. A Morse Code Decoder
- 9. A PS2 Keyboard CW Encoder
- 10. Project Integration
- 11. Universal Relay Shield
- 12. A Flexible Sequencer
- 13. Rotator Controller
- 14. A Directional Watt and SWR Meter
- 15. A Simple Frequency Counter
- 16. A DDS VFO
- 17. A Portable Solar Power Source
- A. Suppliers and Sources
- B. Substituting Parts
- C. Arduino Pin Mapping
- D. Check out these Tab books for building, tweaking, and boosting radios!
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. Dedication
- B. About the Authors
- C. Preface
- D. Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. I Don't Know How to Program
- 3. The LCD Shield Project
- 4. Station Timer
- Software Version of ID Timer
- Magic Numbers
- Preprocessor Directives
- Fixing Flat Forehead Mistakes
- Encapsulation and Scope
- Using a Real Time Clock (RTC) Instead of a Software Clock
- The I2C and the DS1307 RTC Chip
- Constructing the RTC/Timer Shield
- Initializing the RTC
- The RTC Timer Program
- A Software Hiccup
- Conclusion
- 5. A General Purpose Panel Meter
- 6. Dummy Load
- 7. A CW Automatic Keyer
- 8. A Morse Code Decoder
- 9. A PS2 Keyboard CW Encoder
- 10. Project Integration
- 11. Universal Relay Shield
- 12. A Flexible Sequencer
- 13. Rotator Controller
- 14. A Directional Watt and SWR Meter
- 15. A Simple Frequency Counter
- 16. A DDS VFO
- Direct Digital Synthesis
- The DDS VFO Project
- DDS VFO Circuit Description
- DDS VFO Functional Description
- The DDS VFO Software
- EEPROM Initialization Program
- The KP VFO Software (VFOControlProgram.ino)
- Testing the DDS VFO
- Using the DDS VFO with Your Radio
- Other Applications of the DDS VFO and Additional Enhancements
- Conclusion
- 17. A Portable Solar Power Source
- A. Suppliers and Sources
- B. Substituting Parts
- C. Arduino Pin Mapping
- D. Check out these Tab books for building, tweaking, and boosting radios!
Book Details
Title: Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2015 McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780071834056
Authors:
Dr. Jack Purdum, W8TEE, Dennis Kidder, W6DQ
has been a licensed ham since 1954 and is the author of 17 programming books. He retired from Purdue University's College of Technology where he taught various programming languages.
Dennis Kidder
W6DQ, has been a licensed ham since 1969. He is also an electrical engineer with a distinguished career in major engineering projects throughout the world, working for companies such as Raytheon and Hughes.
Description: Boost your ham radio's capabilities using low-cost Arduino microcontroller boards! Do you want to increase the functionality and value of your ham radio without spending a lot of money? This book will show you how! Arduino™ Projects for Amateur Radio is filled with step-by-step microcontroller projects you can accomplish on your own—no programming experience necessary. After getting you set up on an Arduino board, veteran ham radio operators Jack Purdum (W8TEE) and Dennis Kidder (W6DQ) start with a simple LCD display and move up to projects that can add hundreds of dollars' worth of upgrades to existing equipment. This practical guide provides detailed instructions, helpful diagrams, lists of low-cost parts and suppliers, and hardware and software tips that make building your own equipment even more enjoyable. Downloadable code for all of the projects in the book is also available.
