Although much classical HF and mobile equipment is still in use by large numbers of amateurs, the use of computers and digital techniques has now become very popular among amateur radio operators. Nowadays, anyone can purchase a EUR4 RaspberryPiPico computer and develop many amateur radio projects using the “Pico” and some external components. This book is aimed at amateur radio enthusiasts, Electronic Engineering students, and anyone interested in learning to use the RaspberryPiPico to shape their electronic projects. The book is suitable for beginners in electronics as well as for those with wide experience.
Step-by-step installation of the MicroPython programming environment is described. Some knowledge of the Python programming language is helpful to be able to comprehend and modify the projects given in the book. The book introduces the RaspberryPiPico and gives examples of many general-purpose, software-only projects that familiarize the reader with the Python programming language. In addition to the software-only projects tailored to the amateur radio operator, Chapter6 in particular presents over 36hardware-based projects for “hams”, including:
– Station mains power on/offcontrol
– Radio station clock
– GPS based station geographicalcoordinates
– Radio station temperature andhumidity
– Various waveform generationmethods using software andhardware (DDS)
– Frequency counter
– Voltmeter / ammeter /ohmmeter / capacitance meter
– RF meter and RF attenuators
– Morse code exercisers
– RadioStation Click board
– Raspberry Pi Pico basedFM radio
– Using Bluetooth and Wi-Fiwith RaspberryPiPico
– Radio station security with RFID
– Audio amplifier module withrotary encoder volume control
– Morse decoder
– Using the FS1000A TX-RXmodules to communicatewith Arduino
All programs discussed in this publication are available from the book’sresources and information web page at www.elektor.com/20041.
