4.5 KiB
4.5 KiB
Richonguzman / CD2RXU LoRa APRS Tracker/Station
(Firmware for Tx and Rx !!!)
NOTE: To take advantage of Tx/Rx capabilities you should have an Tx/Rx LoRa iGate (near you) like:
https://github.com/richonguzman/LoRa_APRS_iGate
- NOW WE HAVE A MENU !!! (just pushing the central button IO38)
- Saving, Reading and Deleting Messages.
- Asking Weather Report
- Listening to other Trackers arround.
- Changing Display Eco Mode (turn off after 4 seg).
- Processor from 240Mhz to 80MHz to save almost 20% power consumption.
- All GPS beacons/packet are encoded for less time on RF/LoRa Tx.
- OLED SCREEN shows Altitude+Speed+Course or BME280 Wx Data or Number of New Messages Received.
- OLED SCREEN shows Recent Heard Trackers/Station/iGates Tx.
- Bluetooth capabilities to connect Android + APRSDroid and use it as TNC.
1. Instalation Guide here.
2. Tracker Configuration and Explanation for each setting here.
3. Select Board Environment here.
4. Upload Firmware and Filesystem here.
5. Tracker Menu Guide here.
6. Bluetooth Guide here.
7. First Time Boot and GPS here.
Timeline (Versions):
- 2023.09.25 Wiki added.
- 2023.09.16 Adding Led notification for Beacon Tx and for Message Received.
- 2023.09.14 Adding buzzer sounds for BootUp, BeaconTx, MessageRx and more.
- 2023.09.11 Saving last used Callsign into internal Memory to remember it at next boot.
- 2023.09.05 Adding "simplified Tracker Mode": only GPS beacons Tx.
- 2023.08.27 Adding support to connect BME280 and see Temperature, Humidity, Pressure.
- 2023.08.12 Adding also support for old V0_7 board. Thanks Béla Török.
- 2023.08.09 Adding Bluetooth capabilities with Kiss and TNC2, TTGO Lora 32. Thanks Thomas DL9SAU.
- 2023.08.08 Added Maidenhead info on Screen. Thanks Mathias "mpbraendli".
- 2023.08.06 Added Bluetooth Support for TNC in Android/APRSDroid. Thanks Valentin F4HVV.
- 2023.08.05 New Support for SH1106 Oled Screen (0,96" and 1.3")
- 2023.07.24 New Validation for Callsings, Overlay change and New Icons (Bike, Motorcycle).
- 2023.07.18 Add Support for triggering PTT to external amplifier.
- 2023.07.16 New Icons for Oled Screen (Runner, Car, Jeep)
- 2023.07.01 Added Support for new T-Beam AXP2101 v1.2 Board.
- 2023.06.26 Weather Report now stays until button pressed, to avoid missing it.
- 2023.06.25 Sends comment after X count of beacons.
- 2023.06.24 displayEcoMode=true doesn't turn the screen off at boot.
- 2023.06.23 Return to from any Menu number to Main Menu (Tracker) after 30 segs.
- 2023.06.20 Major Code Repacking.
- 2023.06.01 Adding Turn Slope calculations for Smart Beacon and Display Eco Mode.
- 2023.05.29 New Config file for adding more new ideas to the Tracker.
- 2023.05.27 Adding Altitude + Speed or Course + Speed in the encoded GPS info.
- 2023.05.21 Adding Last-Heard LoRa Stations/Trackers.
- 2023.05.14 Adding Menu.
- 2023.05.12 Saving Messages to Internal Memory.
- 2023.04.16 Sending and Receiving LoRa Packets.
This code was based on the work of :
- Serge Y. Stroobandt : base91 GPS implementation and others ideas
- https://github.com/aprs434/lora.tracker : ON4AA in the byte-saving part of the APRS 434 firmware
- https://github.com/lora-aprs/LoRa_APRS_Tracker : OE5BPA LoRa Tracker
- https://github.com/Mane76/LoRa_APRS_Tracker : Manfred DC2MH (Mane76) with the mods for multiple Callsigns and processor speed
- https://github.com/dl9sau/TTGO-T-Beam-LoRa-APRS : DL9SAU for the Kiss <> TNC2 lib