APRS Continued

The Cheaper Way

TinyTrak is a small PCB (2ins square) which contains a PIC chip.

It is programmed using MS-DOS or Windows with your personal settings such as Beacon Text, Digi Path and Icon.

 

Limitations: You cannot SEND or RECEIVE APRS Messages

It costs around £20 is shipped from the US. www.byonics.com

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Pictures of the TinyTrak 3 PCB and Completed Unit

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The TinyTrak Requires a GPS NMEA input to function. So if u have a GPS all ready you could use that or the cheapest option it to use a Mouse type GPS also available from www.byonics.com makers of the TinyTrak

Deluo GPS Lite Combo - costs around £49. The Deluo GPS Lite above, PLUS a GPS Serial Adapter and a Cigarette Lighter Power Adapter. This combo will allow the GPS to be powered from a cigarette lighter plug a 12V power cable is also available. Either of these will combinations will connect directly to the TinyTrak3 GPS input.

 

This GPS can also be connected to a Kenwood Handheld such as the TH-D7 or Mobile TMD-700 using a simple adaptor which you can make click here to download schematic.

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Last Updated 02/08/08