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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast


This podcast is your bi-weekly deep dive on making, DIY, electronics, and technical topics of interest to the ham radio operator. Join your hosts George KJ6VU and Jeremy KF7IJZ as they discuss current developments in ham radio while introducing listeners to a plethora of topics and skills such as test equipment, 3D Printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more.

Jan 17, 2017

George and Jeremy explore how to connect microcontrollers and single board computers to circuits and sensors to interface with the real world.  They discuss both analog and digital inputs and outputs as well as the most common ways of interfacing with components such as sensors.

Antenna Analyzer 3D Printed ABS Cases from Rocket City 3D - $15 - https://rocketcity3d.ecwid.com/#!/Antenna-Analyzer-Case/p/77824858/category=21090241

EEZ H24005 Open Source Lab Power Supply - $400 - 2 Channels, 155W/channel (0-40V, 0-5A) - https://www.crowdsupply.com/envox/eez-h24005

KB6NU is streaming his Ham Classes and making them available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMiYkXm3RDjj9UVvmE-HdA

Dayton Update - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tunp5dCIHkI&feature=youtu.be

Congratulations to Curtis (K5CLM) at the Everything Ham Radio podcast for making it to episode 50! - http://www.everythinghamradio.com

QRP Labs WSPR/QRSS - https://www.qrp-labs.com

BayCon 2017 - http://baycon.us

Dayton Hamvention 2017 - http://hamvention.org

Micro Controller Input/Output Pins Analog vs Digital - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-vs-digital

Logic Levels Overview - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/introduction

TTL 5V Logic Levels - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/ttl-logic-levels

CMOS 3.3V Logic Levels - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logic-levels/33-v-cmos-logic-levels

Pull Up Resistors for Digital Inputs - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pull-up-resistors

Analog to Digital Converters - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion

Voltage Dividers - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/voltage-dividers

Pulse Width Modulation Output - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pulse-width-modulation Serial communications

Overview - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication

I2C - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c SPI - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-peripheral-interface-spi

UART - https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication#uarts

Sensors https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/23

https://www.adafruit.com/category/35