HamShield for Arduino (VHF/UHF transceiver)
Turn your Arduino into a powerful radio transceiver!
HamShield lets your Arduino talk to far away people and things using powerful amateur radio bands! Best of all, the hardware and software is open source!
With the power of Arduino, you can use the HamShield to build and invent amazing things in minutes!
Here are some examples, right out of our sketch toolbox:
Packet Radio
Long range mesh networks
Emergency communication networks
High altitude ballooning
Talk to repeaters
Tracking devices (APRS)
Interface the HamShield to your computer!
Beacons
Weather stations
Repeaters
Remote controlled robots
Automated satellite tracking and reception
Weather satellites
Scanning police, fire, business, FRS, GMRS, and MURS frequencies
Logging and recording radio traffic
Touchscreen handhelds
Bulletin board systems
New inventions!
HamShield for Arduino (VHF/UHF transceiver)
HamShield for Arduino (VHF/UHF transceiver)
The HamShield supports a wide range of VHF and UHF frequencies, covering 3 amateur bands. This includes the 1.25 meter or "220" band (220 MHz to 225 MHz), which is notoriously hard to find equipment for! It also can transmit on MARS bands.
Getting your Ham license is easy too! All that is required is a Technician license: http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license
The HamShield supports both voice and packet radio modes. You could even invent your own digital modes with enough skill. It is compact, lightweight, and works great with any Arduino or Arduino compatible that supports Uno-style shields.
The HamShield is the product of 12 months of design, engineering, and prototyping. This May 2015, we had our final design. We need your support to bring the economies of scale in our favor, fund the final development, part purchasing, and production of our shield, and help bring innovation back to Ham Radio.
With the HamShield, you no longer need a dedicated radio or piece of equipment for each type of operating mode. There is also no need for complicated radio interface cables. The radio is now under your complete control!
Practically no experience is needed to use the HamShield. Unlike other complicated, software defined radio boards, the transceiver core is a proven, commercial grade radio transceiver. There are a growing number of ready-to-use Arduino sketches we are actively developing. They are all ready to be uploaded to your Arduino!
As the community writes more Arduino sketches, this radio toolbox will grow. What will you write?
But the HamShield is even more powerful than just being the utility army knife of existing radio transceiver technology. The HamShield will bring true innovation back to Ham Radio, and yield new concepts and technologies.
Have you ever thought of a new, really cool, dream technology for amateur radio, but simply did not have the time, money or skill to take it to completion? Now, you can write a new program and bring it to life within minutes! We can't wait to see what people invent next with this shield!
The HamShield Transceiver
Final HamShield revision
The HamShield is powered by the Auctus 1846S radio transceiver IC, which features a fully integrated FM radio transceiver. This amazing chip, with a software defined radio core, allows the ability to offer a wide range of features such as sub-audio CTCSS/CDCSS modes, DTMF encoding and decoding, tail noise elimination, RSSI, squelch, VOX, volumes, and even a very powerful tone encoder and decoder (which may be fast enough for some digital modes if you are creative enough!) Both 12.5KHz or 25KHz FM channel bandwidth can be selected. You can also leverage the powerful ADC and filtered PWM output circuitry for digital and audio modes right from your Arduino sketches! There is also no complex software defined radio processing required.
The HamShield supports a wide range of VHF and UHF frequencies, covering 3 amateur bands. This includes the 1.25 meter or "220" band (220 MHz to 225 MHz), which is notoriously hard to find equipment for! It also can transmit on MARS bands.
Getting your Ham license is easy too! All that is required is a Technician license: http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license
The HamShield supports both voice and packet radio modes. You could even invent your own digital modes with enough skill. It is compact, lightweight, and works great with any Arduino or Arduino compatible that supports Uno-style shields.
The HamShield is the product of 12 months of design, engineering, and prototyping. This May 2015, we had our final design. We need your support to bring the economies of scale in our favor, fund the final development, part purchasing, and production of our shield, and help bring innovation back to Ham Radio.
With the HamShield, you no longer need a dedicated radio or piece of equipment for each type of operating mode. There is also no need for complicated radio interface cables. The radio is now under your complete control!
Practically no experience is needed to use the HamShield. Unlike other complicated, software defined radio boards, the transceiver core is a proven, commercial grade radio transceiver. There are a growing number of ready-to-use Arduino sketches we are actively developing. They are all ready to be uploaded to your Arduino!
As the community writes more Arduino sketches, this radio toolbox will grow. What will you write?
But the HamShield is even more powerful than just being the utility army knife of existing radio transceiver technology. The HamShield will bring true innovation back to Ham Radio, and yield new concepts and technologies.
Have you ever thought of a new, really cool, dream technology for amateur radio, but simply did not have the time, money or skill to take it to completion? Now, you can write a new program and bring it to life within minutes! We can't wait to see what people invent next with this shield!
The HamShield Transceiver
Final HamShield revision
The HamShield is powered by the Auctus 1846S radio transceiver IC, which features a fully integrated FM radio transceiver. This amazing chip, with a software defined radio core, allows the ability to offer a wide range of features such as sub-audio CTCSS/CDCSS modes, DTMF encoding and decoding, tail noise elimination, RSSI, squelch, VOX, volumes, and even a very powerful tone encoder and decoder (which may be fast enough for some digital modes if you are creative enough!) Both 12.5KHz or 25KHz FM channel bandwidth can be selected. You can also leverage the powerful ADC and filtered PWM output circuitry for digital and audio modes right from your Arduino sketches! There is also no complex software defined radio processing required.
HamShield for Arduino (VHF/UHF transceiver)
HamShield for Arduino (VHF/UHF transceiver)
$117,194
pledged of $25,000 goal
Turn your Arduino into a powerful radio transceiver!
HamShield lets your Arduino talk to far away people and things using powerful amateur radio bands! Best of all, the hardware and software is open source!
With the power of Arduino, you can use the HamShield to build and invent amazing things in minutes! Here are some examples, right out of our sketch toolbox:
Packet Radio
Long range mesh networks
Emergency communication networks
High altitude ballooning
Talk to repeaters
Tracking devices (APRS)
Interface the HamShield to your computer!
Beacons
Weather stations
Repeaters
Remote controlled robots
Automated satellite tracking and reception
Weather satellites
Scanning police, fire, business, FRS, GMRS, and MURS frequencies
Logging and recording radio traffic
Touchscreen handhelds
Bulletin board systems
New inventions!
$117,194
pledged of $25,000 goal
Turn your Arduino into a powerful radio transceiver!
HamShield lets your Arduino talk to far away people and things using powerful amateur radio bands! Best of all, the hardware and software is open source!
With the power of Arduino, you can use the HamShield to build and invent amazing things in minutes! Here are some examples, right out of our sketch toolbox:
Packet Radio
Long range mesh networks
Emergency communication networks
High altitude ballooning
Talk to repeaters
Tracking devices (APRS)
Interface the HamShield to your computer!
Beacons
Weather stations
Repeaters
Remote controlled robots
Automated satellite tracking and reception
Weather satellites
Scanning police, fire, business, FRS, GMRS, and MURS frequencies
Logging and recording radio traffic
Touchscreen handhelds
Bulletin board systems
New inventions!
HamShield for Arduino
HamShield for Arduino
The HamShield Team
Morgan Redfield (KG7OGM) is our lead electrical engineer. He has worked on many embedded hardware applications and is active in the Arduino hardware community. He received his MsEE from the University of Washington in 2013 and teaches robotics and electronics to high school students in his spare time.
Casey Halverson (KC7IBT) is an Information Technology professional and Amateur Radio operator. He earned his license when he was 14 years old. After working years with Arduino hardware, he dreamed of one day combining the rapid prototyping capabilities of the Arduino environment with Amateur Radio. Casey is also a Chrome developer, bringing the first Arduino IDE and programmer to the Chromebook (Chromeduino). His hobbies also include software development and electronic design.
Nigel Vander Houwen (K7NVH) is an Information Technology professional, and an extra class amateur radio operator. He studied Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, and spends his hobby time working on interesting electronic projects, including specialty radio telemetry devices used for high altitude balloons and high power rocketry. A drive for knowledge pushes Nigel to create new things, and explore new places in the beautiful Pacific Northwest he calls home.
Questions
Q. Where will HamShield be manufactured?
A. In the United States. We have a contract manufacturer lined up to build HamShields in Seattle, Washington. We will also be purchasing most of our components from a well known distributor in the USA as well. Our main radio SoC is sourced from China.
Q. What if I want more than 250mW?
A. If you need more power, connect HamShield to a linear amplifier! While there are many products available for purchase online, we are looking for a partner who can help make this purchase process more streamlined. More information and options will be available when the survey is sent out after the project is funded.
Q. Does this work on any other bands, such as GMRS, FRS and MURS?
A. Yes, technically, the HamShield can transmit and receive on any frequency within its 3 band range. In the United States, these bands typically require a special equipment authorization and have certain emission restrictions.The library only allows transmission on amateur radio bands, unless the lock out is specifically disabled for a lab setting (using the .dangerMode() method). Please check with your regulatory agency and do not transmit on any frequency that you are not licensed for. You are always free to receive any of the supported frequencies with the HamShield.
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