PIC Project - BXF Shack Controller (S02R / SOMR)
I've been working on this project for a while. I like to monitor more than one radio at a time but found it annoying having multiple speakers. Also for transmitting I didn't like the fact I had to have multiple mics and foot switches...
So I decided to make a shack controller which allowed me to connect a single headset and foot switch to 3 radios with the option to choose which radio I would receive on and transmit on.
Some more info on SO2R (single operator 2 radios) and SOMR (single operator multiple radios) can be found on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_operator_two_radios
The switches are based on the CD4066 quad analogue switch device which is controlled from the PIXACE-28X1. The 3 green buttons switch the received audio in and out and the 3 red button the TX and PTT. The code is written as such that the red buttons, i.e. enable TX, also enables the RX on that band when enabled and disables RX when TX is disabled. Even when the shack controller is on PTT it's possible to add and remove bands from RX or TX.
There is a speaker output on the back which is muted when the headphones are plugged into the front.
Something which is not shown in this revision, and I'll update later, is the addition of iolation components between the radios and the controller. This is made up of an audio isolation transformer on both the mic out and speaker in audio lines, and an opto-isolator for the PTT instead of the transistors.
Downloads
BXF Shack Controller PICAXE Code (BAS) | |
File Size: | 3 kb |
File Type: | bas |
BXF Shack Controller - Schematic (SCH) | |
File Size: | 57 kb |
File Type: | sch |
BXF Shack Controller - PCB Layout (ZIP) | |
File Size: | 32 kb |
File Type: | zip |