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

• 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