In this episode of the Ham Radio 360 Workbench, George and Jeremy continue the conversation on communicating with Microcontrollers and Single Board Computers. They deep dive on wireless ways of communicating from direct RF links to WiFi.

Autodesk Eagle has moved to a subscription based license - http://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/overview

News on Autdesk Eagle Subscription Terms - http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/eagle-forum/a-path-forward-for-the-make-license-a-step-up-for-standard/m-p/6823182#U6823182

West Mountain Radio Powergate - http://www.westmountainradio.com/product_info.php?products_id=pg40s

Low Loss Powergate - http://ki0bk.no-ip.com/~pwrgate/LLPG/Site/LLPG.html

KF7IJZ’s Test of the rev 1 DC Power Board - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgGJoE9QDCQ

Point to Point Communication Options

• RFM69: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12823
• Ax.25 for RFM69/Arduino: https://github.com/kicksat/ax25
• Adafruit RFM69 Devices: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=rfm69&
• SparkFun RFM69 Devices: https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=rfm69
• 802.15.4 / Zigbee / DigiMesh XBee: http://www.zigbee.org
• DigiMesh XBee Products: https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=xbee
• https://www.digikey.com/products/en/rf-if-and-rfid/rf-transceiver-modules/872?k=xbee&k=&pkeyword=xbee&pv1989=0&FV=fff40036%2Cfff803ec%2Cffe00368%2Cfffc025a&mnonly=0&newproducts=0&ColumnSort=0&page=1&quantity=0&ptm=0&fid=0&pageSize=25
• LoRa - https://www.lora-alliance.org
• LoRa Ham - https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/loraham
• Adafruit LoRa devices: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=lora&
• Argent Data Systems: https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

• https://www.adafruit.com/?q=ble&
• https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=ble

WiFi

• Particle Photon: https://www.particle.io/products/hardware/photon-wifi-dev-kit
• Adafruit Photon: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=photon&
• Arduino MKR1000: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoMKR1000
• Adafruit WiFi Micros: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=wifi&
• Sparkfun WiFi Micros: https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=wifi

Celluar/GSM

• Particle Electron: https://www.particle.io/products/hardware/electron-cellular-dev-kit
• https://www.adafruit.com/products/3234
• Adafruit FONA GSM Boards: https://www.adafruit.com/products/3234?q=gsm&
• Sparkfun GSM Option: https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=GS

​If This Then That (IFTTT): https://ifttt.com

George and Jeremy explore how to connect microcontrollers and single board computers to circuits and sensors to interface with the real world.  They discuss both analog and digital inputs and outputs as well as the most common ways of interfacing with components such as sensors.

Antenna Analyzer 3D Printed ABS Cases from Rocket City 3D - $15 - https://rocketcity3d.ecwid.com/#!/Antenna-Analyzer-Case/p/77824858/category=21090241

EEZ H24005 Open Source Lab Power Supply - $400 - 2 Channels, 155W/channel (0-40V, 0-5A) - https://www.crowdsupply.com/envox/eez-h24005

KB6NU is streaming his Ham Classes and making them available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMiYkXm3RDjj9UVvmE-HdA

Dayton Update - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tunp5dCIHkI&feature=youtu.be

Congratulations to Curtis (K5CLM) at the Everything Ham Radio podcast for making it to episode 50! - http://www.everythinghamradio.com

QRP Labs WSPR/QRSS - https://www.qrp-labs.com

BayCon 2017 - http://baycon.us

Dayton Hamvention 2017 - http://hamvention.org

Micro Controller Input/Output Pins Analog vs Digital - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-vs-digital
Logic Levels Overview - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/introduction

TTL 5V Logic Levels - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/ttl-logic-levels

CMOS 3.3V Logic Levels - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/33-v-cmos-logic-levels

Pull Up Resistors for Digital Inputs - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pull-up-resistors

Analog to Digital Converters - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion

Voltage Dividers - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-dividers

Pulse Width Modulation Output - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pulse-width-modulation Serial communications

Overview - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication

I2C - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c SPI - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-peripheral-interface-spi

UART - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication#uarts

​Sensors https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/23
https://www.adafruit.com/category/35

George and Jeremy explore some basic passive electronic components and parts and where to find them.

LoRaHAM by Travis Goodspeed- https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/loraham

Ted Okada TAPR DCC Talk- https://www.hamradionow.tv/episodes/2016/10/23/hrn-273-fema-go-big-from-the-2016-dcc

Kenwood TH-D74 Firmware Updated to 1.05 -http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/thd74_update_e.html

QRP Labs Ultimate3S Slow Speed Atmel based 200mw transmitter - http://www.qrp-labs.com

WSPRLite - http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/wsprlite-antenna-tester/

Aoyue INT 852++ Hot Air Rework Station = http://www.sra-solder.com/aoyue-852a-smd-digital-hot-air-rework-station-with-vacuum-pickup

Digikey - https://www.digikey.com

Newark - http://www.newark.com

Mouser - http://www.mouser.com

eBay - http://www.ebay.com

Deal Xtreme - http://www.dx.com

AliExpress - https://www.aliexpress.com

BangGood - http://www.banggood.com

Adafruit - https://www.adafruit.com

SparkFun - https://www.sparkfun.com

Voltage Divider - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-dividers

​RC Circuit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_circuit