Although much classical HF and mobile equipment is still in use by large numbers of amateurs
the use of computers and digital techniques has now become very popular among amateur radio
operators. Nowadays anyone can purchase a EUR4 Raspberry Pi Pico computer and develop many
amateur radio projects using the Pico and some external components. This book is aimed at
amateur radio enthusiasts Electronic Engineering students and anyone interested in learning
to use the Raspberry Pi Pico to shape their electronic projects. The book is suitable for
beginners in electronics as well as for those with wide experience. Step-by-step installation
of the MicroPython programming environment is described. Some knowledge of the Python
programming language is helpful to be able to comprehend and modify the projects given in the
book. The book introduces the Raspberry Pi Pico and gives examples of many general-purpose
software-only projects that familiarize the reader with the Python programming language. In
addition to the software-only projects tailored to the amateur radio operator Chapter 6 in
particular presents over 36 hardware-based projects for hams including: Station mains power on
off control Radio station clock GPS based station geographical coordinates Radio station
temperature and humidity Various waveform generation methods using software and hardware (DDS)
Frequency counter Voltmeter ammeter ohmmeter capacitance meter RF meter and RF
attenuators Morse code exercisers RadioStation Click board Raspberry Pi Pico based FM radio
Using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with Raspberry Pi Pico Radio station security with RFID Audio
amplifier module with rotary encoder volume control Morse decoder Using the FS1000A TX-RX
modules to communicate with Arduino All programs discussed in this publication are available
from the book's resources and information web page at www.elektor.com 20041.
