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PIC16F88 TNC
2 February 2011 | by Julian G4ILO | Share |
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I have mentioned before that when Im not in the shack I like to run a little program called aprsg to gate all the local APRS activity to a UHF frequency so I can see what is going on in the local APRS world using an APRS-capable HT. I have set up a system using sound card software, a USB sound device and my FT-817ND to do this. But I would like to make a standalone box for this. The first step in this project is to find a simple, cheap TNC. There are products that would fit the bill from Byonics and Argent Data. Unfortunately they are not available in the UK and the cost of importing these kits from the US makes them less than cheap. I looked at the Fox Delta Mini TNC. But that is not a KISS TNC, as was confirmed by an email to Dinesh, the proprietor of Fox Delta. Whilst searching around for possible solutions I came across a design for a TNC using a PIC16F88 microcontroller by WB8WGA that was originally published several years ago as an article in the ARRL experimenter magazine QEX. It has been modified by DJ7OO and ZL3AME, who had developed a stripboard layout for it. I had all the bits apart from the microcontroller and the clock crystal, which were quickly sourced on eBay. So I thought it would be an interesting project to build and experiment with.

ZL3AMEs stripboard layout results in some quite lengthy signal paths. Despite this, the TNC worked first time, with just a minor glitch caused by my mis-wiring the PTT connection on the transceiver connector. (I have a standardized interface that I use on all my projects, with an 8-pin mini-DIN connector for audio and PTT to the transceiver, and a 6-pin mini-DIN connector for serial and GPS connections. I can then have a standard set of cables to hook the projects up to any radio, connect to the computer or a
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