Projects

Introduction In order to get the alpha modules fitting onto a bread board they had to be mounted to some kind of intermediary board which presented their pins at a standard pitch. Using some solid wire and a strip board (proto board)  I created a mount for them. Layout on Protoboard: […]

Introduction Before beginning to look into driving the ALPHA Transceiver from scratch via the Arduino I thought it wise to browse around for some advice and sample code on implementation. Two particular sites stood out, the first being a library which was designed for use with Atmel AVR Controllers (what the arduino is based on). The second was almost exactly what I was looking for, an arduino ready library by Jee Labs. Jee Labs Jee labs is a weblog maintained by Jean-Claude Wippler, an [...]

The ALPHA RF Transceiver Module 433MHz ALPHA RF Transceiver Module 433MHz SMT Introduction These were found whilst looking into potential ways of implementing wireless communications. They don’t offer the most straight forward way of communicating between the micro-controllers for the system but have an impressive amount of functionality for their price. These were purchased from RS at £3.90 per unit. (http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=6666757) Specs: Transmit range up to 300m Data Rate up to 115Kbps Programmable output power Operating Voltage 2.2 to 5.4V (TX [...]