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Mars2 Monitor System

Mars2 is a remote monitoring system for reporting temperature, power, generator and other remotely sensed variables. The data is collected by an AVR processor at the remote site and transmitted via a UI broadcast packet to the home site.

Hardware

The remote hardware consists of:

  • 2 meter ground plane whip antenna
  • 2 meter FM radio
  • TinyTrak 4 (TT4) packet converter
  • AVR CPU

The remote AVR CPU has the following functions:

  • Two One Wire buses
  • Two optical interfaces for power sensing of the generator and utility power
  • RS232 interface to TT4 packet converter

The home hardware consists of:

  • 2 meter yagi antenna
  • 2 meter FM radio
  • TinyTrak 4 (TT4) packet converter
  • RS232 level converter
  • Kahlo 4 modified with 4 bit LCD, UART TX, RX outputs

How It Works

mars2_system_jan_2011.1294793457.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/01/11 19:50 by tomgee