6/30/2023 0 Comments Arduino kits radio shack![]() ![]() What I mean is, someone writes a complete walkthrough for a real project, under the assumption that the student knows nothing. The difference I noticed, in comparison to ham radio communities, is that Pi community is much more helpful. I recently completed a Raspberry Pi project. ![]() So, my question-or challenge, really-is how do we come up with something that lets beginners get started in radio for less than $100 and offers a similar experience to the UNO? We need the same thing for Software Defined Radio, especially “training wheels” for GNU Radio. Arduino didn’t succeed because it was good hardware, it succeeded because of the vast ecosystem – books, classes, video tutorials, etc. They’ll need some instructions and/or some coaching. Now, you’re getting closer, but you can’t just dump this on them and expect them to magically create a working set. ![]() For a transmitter, how about $35 for a Raspberry Pi + /F5OEO/rpitx? For a receiver, $30 for /buy-rtl-sdr-dv… And, GNURadio is certainly not for beginners. This is not a bad idea, but I think that this solution is still too expensive (a PLUTO SDR costs more than $200). Point being, we have the hardware + software – we just need to popularize it. Yeah, if only we had a software defined transceiver and does-it-all software. An UNO is something that is affordable and simple to set up and something that kids and newcomers can have fun with almost right out of the box. I retweeted and added the comment, “#hamradio needs something like the Arduino.” The more I think about this, the more I think this is true. As an older child I’m now happily studying Computer Science in Uni and you are one of the reasons. Mia :) 10 million UNOs, arduino My first UNO was one of the things motivating me to get into electronics as a child. ![]()
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