LoRa APRS TNC

Описание: Back on LoRa APRS this month. After rebuilding the "Ultimate LoRa APRS Tracker" and building the "Battery Powered LoRa APRS iGate", this time we're putting together a LoRa APRS TNC. With the latest (3.1) iGate/digipeater firmware from Ricardo Guzman, it's now possible to configure an MQTT server that will receive all incoming APRS messages. This opens up a lot of interesting opportunities, like triggering real world actions based on received APRS messages. I'll dive into that in a future video, but for today I'll be preparing and setting up the hardware for a LoRa APRS TNC. The TNC functionality will be available through both WiFi and (USB) serial. In addition it will able to fulfil the roles of iGate and/or digipeater. Combined with the already mentioned MQTT and the ability to log to a remote syslog-server, this is a quite capable device.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 Staying hydrated
00:52 Required parts
01:32 Attaching the SMA to N connector
06:30 Trying the SMA male to male converter
07:00 Mounting the LoRa module
07:52 Discovering my 1st mistake
08:14 Plan B for attaching to the antenna connector
08:55 Attaching the back and front panels
09:50 Attaching the rubber feet
10:35 Summing up and what's up in the next video

Required parts
Heltec LoRa 32 V3 LoRa module
3D-printed enclosure (link below)
SMA-to-N panel connector
SMA-male to SMA-male patch cable (10 cm)
4 M3x10 button head bolts
4 M3 nyloc nuts
4 M3 washers

3D-printed enclosure used in this video
https://www.printables.com/model/7978...

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