[aprssig] APRS / Packet board for Arduino

[k4rjj at bellsouth.net]

 Put both of those in one box and you have a new commercial product.  I can see non hams wanting something like that also if they can filter the data also.  Filters I can think of right off would be

Callsign (Wildcards included)
Circle  (Geofence)
keyword  "Traffic" "hamfest talk-in" etc

I'm sure there are others.

The SAME RX could be a break-in type.  A background process like the modern HTs have.

Anything like you were thinking of?


  -------------- Original message from Scott Miller <scott at opentrac.org>: --------------


> It's a microcontroller board that comes with a nice development 
> environment, and has a bunch of add-on boards available.  It's not 
> something I find particularly useful myself (I program in C and have 
> more advanced tools) but I thought it'd be a good way to let people put 
> together their own gadgets without so much programming.
> 
> I'm planning to do an APRS pager as a demo - it'll just receive a 
> message, print it on the screen, and maybe activate a buzzer.
> 
> I've also written a demodulator to handle SAME data (for Emergency Alert 
> System broadcasts and weather warnings), but it's not 100% reliable yet. 
>   When it's working right, you could use it to monitor a NWS channel and 
> display messages or take some other action when a message comes in.
> 
> Scott
> N1VG
> 
> k4rjj at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> >  What if you don't know what an Ardino is???
> > 
> > "Explain Spock..."
> > 
> >     -------------- Original message from Scott Miller
> >     : --------------
> > 
> > 
> >      > I've got a new kit in the works that's an add-on shield for the
> >     Arduino.
> >      > It's a packet modem (basically a stripped-down OT1+) plus an LCD
> >      > interface (including software-controlled contrast setting) and a
> >      > prototyping area.
> >      >
> >      > The hardware's been done for ages, but I'm still working on the
> >      > firmware. I'm looking for a beta tester or two with some Arduino
> >      > experience to try it out.
> >      >
> >      > If you've got an Arduino, know how to program it, and want to
> >     give the
> >      > new board a try, let me know - I can spare at least a couple of
> >     freebies
> >      > for beta testers. (I'd throw in LCD modules too, but I'm not sure
> >     how
> >      > many compatible units I've got on hand.)
> >      >
> >      > Scott
> >      > N1VG
> >      >
> >      >
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