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A project log for NASA Wind Decoder

This is a small project to decode the LCD Repeater output from a NASA Marine Wind indicator and to upload the data to a NMEA0183 Server

neilneil 08/19/2016 at 13:150 Comments

So I look around Hackaday and see a huge number of excellent projects with nice colourful custom PCBs which as well as no doubt being the optimum electronic solution also gives an air of professionalism to the project and circuit.

Unfortunately, I am too lazy/stupid/tight to go down this route for what I fully expect to be a one off as I can't see a wide range of people wanting to do something as niche and specific as the aims of this project. My simple solution for circuit boards is to design them on breadboards and then transfer the proven design to an adafruit perma-proto board. These boards are at the right level of cost and ease of use for someone of my limited electronic capabilities.

Pictured above is the final circuit for this project, the main components are:

I have no doubt that the circuit could be better designed and implimented, but as a non expert in these areas I am more than happy with a functional design which works as intended.

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