Come on people too much thinking. Simple buffer works. I use this on my Vrx.

Thank you Martin.

Originally Posted by Martin Y

Come on people too much thinking. Simple buffer works. I use this on my Vrx.

Martin, question please,

Can the MPSA06 Transistor be replace with any NPN transistor?

Thank you.

Here are a couple of In-process pictures of the Antenna tracking controller.

I added the I2C Compass because it was just here collecting dust. I plan to display the compass heading on the Serial Display along with the LAT/LAN readings received.

Originally Posted by rimshotcopter

Martin, question please,

Can the MPSA06 Transistor be replace with any NPN transistor?

Thank you.

Yes you can. Any low power signal will work. I just have a few hundred of them to use. A 2N3904 works well also.

Originally Posted by Martin Y

Yes you can. Any low power signal will work. I just have a few hundred of them to use. A 2N3904 works well also.

Thank you..

Rims,

I am also adding a LCD to the OpenDiyAT.

Are you using a 2nd atmel to "feed" the LCD??

Originally Posted by jalves

Rims,

I am also adding a LCD to the OpenDiyAT.

Are you using a 2nd atmel to "feed" the LCD??

The LCD is an all-in-one that I purchased on Ebay, there is no vendor name or brand to it however there are many others including I2C versions. This one communicate at 9600 baud and I am using SoftwareSerial to create a second serial port using pins 7 & 8 but you can use any pins your like. An Example of SoftwareSerial is included in the Arduino IDE. I have not started integrating this with your code otherwise I would just post a copy.

What is the purpuse of displaying compass heading, is it for calibrating the antenna direction?

Jalves any news on "video telemetry"? (at least regarding hardware you are going to use)

Right now, it serves no real purpose but to let me know what direction the antenna is pointed.

Originally Posted by msev

Jalves any news on "video telemetry"? (at least regarding hardware you are going to use)

msev,

This will take time, I have to "study" the PAL signal, the Overlay captions and finally the encode and decode of the telemetry.

As you can see, it isn't a trivial task

Originally Posted by jalves

msev,

This will take time, I have to "study" the PAL signal, the Overlay captions and finally the encode and decode of the telemetry.

As you can see, it isn't a trivial task

Plus +1000 and Kudos for what you have accomplished so far!!!

Thank you for your work jalves!

Thanks guys,

you know, one little step each time


PS.
Don't forget I had help

Originally Posted by rimshotcopter

You Got it, I just modified a few servos for continuous rotation, need to locate a wheel or some means to transfer motion to the base.

Could you please share the info for the continuous servo mod.

Thanks
Ron