Arctic Tracker is both a hardware and a software project. Until now, hardware has mainly aimed to demonstrate how to
Category: Hardware
Hardware construction and hacks
Third round of tracker project
Five tracker prototypes have been made in this round. As described in the previous post, this third version is based
Running Polaric Server on Ulari
The “Polaric Server” is mainly a web based service to present live APRS tracking information on maps and where the
Arctic Tracker – what now?
The Arctic Tracker was an attempt to create an advanced APRS tracker with modules, and in particular with a Wifi-module,
Second round of tracker project
The second iteration of the Arctic Tracker is based on an ESP-32 IoT module (a sucessor of the ESP8266). It
Designing a prototype tracker
We have been working for some time, designing a more complete prototype Arctic Tracker. The plan is to produce up
Working with the WIFI module
The Arctic Tracker lab model has a main microcontroller unit (Teensy 3) and a ESP-12 WIFI module. Now, can we
Assembling and testing the tracker lab model
The picture above shows the PCB for the Arctic Tracker with most parts mounted. It was straightforward to solder the
The quest for open software for the ADF4351
It seems the ADF4350/ADF4351 is a versatile little RF synthesizer, ranging from low VHF to well into the microwave spectrum.
Designing a lab model
The Arctic Tracker project is not dead (yet). The idea is to develop a tracker device with traits like these: