[amsat-bb] Trakbox Substitute

[Norm n3ykf]

Restuffed the LVB tracker with an Arduino
Mega. Reused the buttons and 16x2 LCD.

Cost around $35 retail. Sun track, moon track, gps, ancillary pins
feature enabled. Drive a digital pin (preamp, relay, etc) from
Satpc32's serial console.

Simple to do. Used an IIC display for this one:

https://flic.kr/p/HMCtvy  Controller is box velcroed to leg of tripod.

Pics/video:

https://youtu.be/u9V7JaE_psE

https://flic.kr/p/PqEyNE

https://flic.kr/p/PNEfnF

Instructables forthcoming.

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Vincenzo Mone <vimone at alice.it> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> is there anything that does what trakbox does that can substitute it?
>
> I mean something that tracks the satellite moving automatically the rotators
> and
>
> The radio frequencies?
>
> Thanks
>
> Enzo
>
>
>
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