Thursday, July 23, 2015

Robot Project

these are my notes for a MAREA http://www.arrl.org/marea-ham-radio-robotics robot.

I've got
usb GPS
raspberry pi
old windows XP laptop
gel cell batteries
wheels,
radios.
metal scraps
motor controllers
uhf video xmitter
video camera
power amp that may work with transmitter
usb cameras
possibly repairable pan and tilt network camera
hackable linksys routers

Project timeline:
design and build chassis
design and build computer interface
design and program radio interface

What I need:
Time to build.

Links
tvsharp receiver for video transmitter:
http://rtl-sdr.ru/page/tvsharp-analogovoe-tv-na-rtl-tjunere

usb gps on pi
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?&t=32461

Aprs on droid
http://www.qsl.net/ja7ude/SmartPhone/u2aprs/indexe.html