AX5043-based UHF/VHF data radio
Here's a great project which I thought I'd share:
https://notblackmagic.com/projects/vuhf-radio/
"While working on the TT&C of the first Portuguese Cubesat, ISTSat-1, I started to wonder what would be the simplest and cheapest way to receive and send data to this Cubesat."
I agree with the author's sentiments: GNURadio and the associated RF hardware attached to the PC is powerful, but it is also cumbersome to use in the field.
The radio chip (AX5043) is used in the current RT-IHU design for the GOLF series, btw.
Perhaps this will spark ideas... :-)
73,
--- Zach N0ZGO
If anyone wants to try using the ax5043, see if ONSEMI has released their newer SDK. When I was finishing up the RT-IHU code, they announced a new SDK that would make it easier to develop ax5043 code for processors other than the ONSEMI ones.
Rich
On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:10 PM Zach Metzinger zmetzing@pobox.com wrote:
Here's a great project which I thought I'd share:
https://notblackmagic.com/projects/vuhf-radio/
"While working on the TT&C of the first Portuguese Cubesat, ISTSat-1, I started to wonder what would be the simplest and cheapest way to receive and send data to this Cubesat."
I agree with the author's sentiments: GNURadio and the associated RF hardware attached to the PC is powerful, but it is also cumbersome to use in the field.
The radio chip (AX5043) is used in the current RT-IHU design for the GOLF series, btw.
Perhaps this will spark ideas... :-)
73,
--- Zach N0ZGO
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