* all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * Version 1.1 - Inflight Entry after holding the "*" Key for 3 seconds * Copyright (c) 2016 Vinod E S (VU3ESV), Jayaprakash L V (VU2JLH) * An Arduino code of Antenna Rotator Controller. Sequence to enter inflight is hold the * key for 3 seconds, enter the inflight value, press the # key. This is applicable in case heavy antennas are controlled using this controller. User can enter the Set point using the 3X4 Keypad.Ģ) Key in the set-point value (0-360 deg)Ĭontroller will decide the rotation mode (clockwise or counter clockwise) based on the current position and set-pointĪn inflight value can be entered for stopping the Antenna before reaching the set point. Use of I2C Extenders allow usage of long cable between shack and antenna tower.ģ.2 inch TFT display is used for the UI. HMC5883 will be attached to the antenna and a pair of I2C extenders are used between the Arduino and HMC5883. A potentiometer is used to control the speed in manual mode.ģ) Stop/Resume inputs to pause the rotation and continue from that point.ĥ) 3X4 Keypad for entering the target values.Ħ) Inflight entry to compensate the antenna rotation due to inertia.ħ) I2C extender for long cable usage between shack and antenna. Idea of building a rotator controller is from my brother VU2JLH.įollowing features are added in the controller projectġ) Collect the Antenna position using HMC5883 Digital CompasĢ) Auto/Manual mode operation. This is an attempt to build an Antenna rotator controller using Arduino Mega 2560 with a nice user interface showing the actual position of the antenna. Well after a long time I am back with a new project !
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