Is anyone out there using the Android IOIO board from Sparkfun? I do a lot of mobile operation with the K3 installed in the rear of my Pathfinder. Some of the operation is in state QSO parties using a laptop but I also enjoy taking the K3 on cross-country trips where it is not convenient to drag out the laptop. I've always thought that for those cross-country trips it would be great to have a small hand held remote (preferably wireless) that I could hook on the window or sun visor to use for controlling the K3.
Of course its not difficult to find a small hand held computer nowadays with all of the smart phones that are available -- my DroidX fits that requirement nicely. A few weeks ago I found the other ingredient I needed for the remote in the form of a small board called the Android IOIO. It has many general purpose I/O pins and several UARTs. In addition it supports both USB and Bluetooth communication with Android phones. So, for about $50 for the IOIO board plus a few dollars for ancillary parts all the hardware ingredients were in hand. All that remained was to develop some software to install on the phone to control the K3. A nice thing about the Android IOIO board is the availability of an API, a support group led by the developer, and some excellent documentation to ease the software development. Currently my little project is a work in progress but so far it is possible to do the following from the DroidX over Bluetooth: Turn the radio on and off, mimic most of the front panel buttons, use a slider to control AFG and RFG. I'd be interested in hearing (off list) from anyone else that is working with the Android IOIO board as well as from anyone having questions about the project I'm working on. I should have additional info on my website no5w dot com in the next week or so. 73/Chuck/NO5W ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
