Gus, These days is the hardware can all be made to chat with other bits of hardware. Doesn't matter which IDE/mfgr that gets chosen for the product we're talking about. Most these days can be made to do the same thing with some code.
You bring about a good point. A contraption (az el rotator) can be driven with a smart phone. Not sure the radios could be driven that way. Not much of a hindrance, though. The key is that the modules are off the shelf, cheep, supported and can be for the most part purchased at Radio Shack/downloaded from the internet. (shameless plug: they have microcontrollers in stock along with a pretty good line electronics goodies.) Norm n3ykf On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Gus <8p...@anjo.com> wrote: > I think AMSAT-UK even has software available. > > And with the addition of a bit of EEPROM, you could even pre-load the > controller with ephemeris data for several satellites for several days in > advance. Emergency / field-day / portable operation without needing a > computer. > > Add a bluetooth module and an Android app, and you could have an all > singing, all dancing, full-featured satellite station in a briefcase. > > I'D buy one... > > > On 02/23/2013 10:01 PM, Lizeth Norman wrote: >> >> Samudra and the gang, >> The bee's knees would be an Arduino Mega 2560 talking over one of it's >> serial ports to the pc. Using the output of the Orbitron (or insert >> your fave rave software here) DDE server to drive the microcontroller. >> There are enough digital/analog pins to drive/slave anything from >> there. >> Simple serial port setup. Repeatable. Extensible. The chip has several >> other HARDWARE (i.e has it's own hardware buffers for i/o) serial >> ports for more and more fun stuff. >> Have a look on youtube or google for code to drive steppers / selsyns.. >> Norm n3ykf >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> > > > -- > 73, de Gus 8P6SM > Barbados, the easternmost isle. > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
