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Mid Morse Beacon 2
by
DonBindner.
2
layer board of
2.33x0.77
inches
(59.08x19.46
mm).
Shared on
January 5th, 2016 05:59.
Diminutive FM “fox” transmitter capable of up to 100 mW of output power.
Bill of materials: http://www.mouser.com/ProjectManager/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=0a724f6ca0
Kicad drawings and MSP430 source code: http://dbindner.freeshell.org/kicad/MidMorseBeacon2/
Source code was written for gcc-msp430 compiler and mspdebug on Debian/Ubuntu.
You’ll need an MSP430 Launchpad card for programming. Available for $9.99 from Texas Instruments. https://store.ti.com/MSP-EXP430G2.aspx
Balloon Throwie
by
DonBindner.
2
layer board of
1.01x1.01
inches
(25.55x25.55
mm).
Shared on
October 29th, 2015 00:29.
A dead simple “throwie” style blinker for balloon flights.
Tiny Morse Beacon rev 3
by
DonBindner.
2
layer board of
2.46x0.66
inches
(62.46x16.87
mm).
Shared on
October 27th, 2015 04:21.
A very low power 10 to 20mW beacon for radio direction finding. A bill of materials is available at:
http://www.mouser.com/ProjectManager/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=06ba8c9ddb
Schematic: http://dbindner.freeshell.org/kicad/TinyMorseBeacon.pdf
Kicad files are at: http://dbindner.freeshell.org/kicad/TinyMorseBeacon/
Gerber files are at: http://dbindner.freeshell.org/kicad/TinyMorseBeacon/gerbers/
Source code for the MSP430 microcontroller that runs the show: http://dbindner.freeshell.org/kicad/TinyMorseBeacon/msp430/
Important You must put your own amateur radio call in the file encoder.py before you build the program.
DRA818 daughter card version 1.2
by
DonBindner.
2
layer board of
1.90x1.97
inches
(48.23x50.14
mm).
Shared on
August 12th, 2015 03:22.
Plugs into balloon radio card to provide a transmitter. (This version with resistors in the PTT and Enable lines).
APRS companion
by
DonBindner.
2
layer board of
2.48x0.70
inches
(62.97x17.88
mm).
Shared on
July 22nd, 2015 04:29.
Decodes APRS audio from your radio and sends it via bluetooth to your phone or laptop. Requires an Inland Arduino Mini Pro, and an HC-05 bluetooth card.