RF Pulse generation with RF switch
Remember the previous post where we generated PWM? We are going to use the PWM output from the TivaC microcontroller and drive an RF switch. I will be using the Minicircuits HSWA2-63DR+ SP2T switch...
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Generating PWM on Tiva C connected launchpad (TM4C1294)
Texas Instrument’s Tiva C connected launchpad is a really powerful Cortex M4 microcontroller board. The possibilities with this chip are endless. In this post, we will be generating PWM output on one of the...
Getting VHF station up and running
Days after clearing the ASOC examination, I finally got an official callsign – VU3XEN. The callsign would be useless if I have no means of communication. This post is going to be really short...
Home brewing a simple antenna analyzer – Part 1
A primary tasks of an antenna analyzer is determining how good of a match an antenna has with the transmitter. One of the ways of determining that is by looking at the reflected power from...
DRA818V VHF band transceiver – Part 1
Necessity to stay connected with others is growing by the day. In cases when mobile network is out of reach and a message needs to be relayed or received, ham radio can prove to...
Radar on a chip – Shrinking Radars!
Whenever we hear the word “Radar”, a picture comes to mind with a rotating line across a circular display with a few objects moving here and there. This is a general perception of radars...
Getting ESP8266 work with MSP430 Launchpad
So, I bought a couple of ESP8266-01 modules to check out what the hype was all about. To all, those who do not know what an ESP8266 is, here is a little insight.
Cadence OrCAD 16.6 full download – FREE
NOW GET OrCAD 17.2 Cadence OrCAD 16.6 version is the new version of OrCAD schematic and PCB designing tool with lot of improvements. We all know that since the OrCAD 16.3 version, there has...
Android based wireless ECG monitoring (UPDATED)
From quite some time I had been busy trying to perfect my real time ECG monitoring system. I was able to look at my ECG after a tedious task of recording it via sound...
Microbatteries can store 100x more charge; 10x smaller; charges in seconds!
The ever growing processing power in the consumer electronics has caused the issues of battery life to come under the light. Ever increasing processing power naturally means more load on the battery, since it...
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