[wxsig] TAPR weather station

[Tyrel]

I'd like one as well if the cost isn't too high. Comerical weather station are too expensive! Over $700 for a decent station is REDICULOUS in this economy.

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Tyrel McMahan
tyrel at tyrel.pl
(Warsaw, PL)



On 2011-11-17, at 13:00, wxsig-request at tapr.org wrote:

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>   1. Re: T238+  MC68HC908GP32CP (Mark Patton)
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> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:39:22 -0700
> From: Mark Patton <k0yg at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [wxsig] T238+  MC68HC908GP32CP
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> Newark Electronics has 600 MC68HC908GP32CP in stock at $10.89 ea
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> http://www.newark.com/freescale-semiconductor/mc908gp32cpe/ic-8bit-mcu-hc08-8mhz-dip-40/dp/68K9844?whydiditmatch=rel_1&matchedProduct=MC68HC908GP32CP&Ntt=MC68HC908GP32CP
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> Mark
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> On 11/14/2011 8:57 AM, Jim Pruitt wrote:
>> http://www.futurlec.com/ICMotorola.shtml
>> has them listed at $17.90 each for the MC68HC908GP32CP at
>> http://www.futurlec.com/Motorola/MC68HC908GP32CPpr.shtml .
>> 
>> Digikey lists zero in stock.
>> 
>>  American Microsemiconductor Inc
>>  ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html?ie=UTF8&seller=A1DBVIHUSTHLO9 )
>>  on Amazoin is selling them for $33.11 each.
>> 
>> Farnell lists them at http://uk.farnell.com/freescale-semiconductor/mc68hc908gp32cp/8bit-mcu-flash-32k-68hc908-dip40/dp/3333541
>> but no longer stocked.
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>>>>> On 11/13/2011 at 4:44 PM,<vk2hdm at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> HI Ken
>> 
>> The only 2 IC's that I can see in the list is
>> [  ] (1) MC68HC908GP32CP  U2
>> [  ] (1) MAX232 or HIN232  U1
>> 
>> 
>> And if your talking about the
>> 
>> MC68HC908GP32CP68HC908 8MHz 32kb 8-bit Microcontroller
>> 
>> I can find them in stock without to much hard work.
>> 
>> If it is another one that I haven't found it would be great if you could
>> let me know.
>> 
>> I am using http://www.beals5.com/wx/t238p/T238+%20assy.pdf as the place to
>> get my information from so also if there is somewhere better of more
>> accurate I would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> David
>> VK4VKG
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM,<Ken.A.Brown at noaa.gov>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Before expending a lot of effort on it you should check to see if you can
>>> find the necessary cpu chips. I tried to buy four several years ago and
>>> could only find two. If I remember correctly they came from a distributor
>>> in Australia. They may be harder to find today.
>>> 
>>> Ken Brown
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: David VK2HDM<vk2hdm at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011 3:02 am
>>> Subject: [wxsig] T238+
>>> To: "wxsig at tapr.org"<wxsig at tapr.org>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hi all
>>>> 
>>>> I understand that the T238+ has been discontinued which I think is a
>>>> shame but anyway I want to be able to build but I want to see if I can
>>>> PCB layout so I can get some made up, there is 4 of us that want to
>>>> build them so getting 6 or 8 board sets done is not going to be a huge
>>>> issue for us.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> David
>>>> VK4VKG
>>>> 
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