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MMR-70 - cheap radio module

some experiments with the fm module that features an atmega32

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This will be my take on the Sony Ericsson MMR70 radio modules that feature an atmega32 on board. There are not all pins from the atmega32 broken out on the board, but for 70cents you get a decent mictrocontroller and a FM transmitter with SPI and I2C pins broken out.

My first project aims to reduce the material count from the https://hackaday.io/project/3508-portable-trollmaster-3000 project. I have the timer2 under my control now, so I should be able to transmit morse code over radio soon.

Inspiration: #Portable Trollmaster 3000

http://hackaday.com/2014/11/12/2-fm-transmitter-for-rasberry-pi/

  • pimping the board

    davedarko09/12/2015 at 15:51 4 comments

    I thought about using the Talkie library for arduino with this module, inspired by #Gas Sensor For Emergency Workers , but it is written for 16 MHz and I would have to deal with timers (again). 16MHz resonators are ordered - although I'm not certain that the atmega32L will work properly at 16MHz and 2.8V. I will look into that, but will also order 8MHz resonators as well and maybe a new LDO for 3.3v? I'm also waiting for some 2x3 pin headers for easier programming via an ISP connector and might make a labeled board... idk.

  • program progress

    davedarko09/04/2015 at 08:50 5 comments

    So with the help of the code from #Portable Trollmaster 3000 I was able to set up the module in no time. It works on the atmega32 (no real surprise here). I've made some little changes to the program - I set the sending power all the way up with the help of the datasheet and also worked on the following function. This should make it easier to set the frequency.

    void set_frequency(unsigned long frequency)
    {
      unsigned long factor = frequency / 8192;
      unsigned int upper = (uint8_t) (factor >> 8);
      unsigned int lower = (uint8_t) ((factor << 8) >>8);
      
      Wire.beginTransmission(NS731_I2C_addr);
      Wire.write((uint8_t) 0x0a);     
      Wire.write((uint8_t) lower);    // lower 0XEA is 90.0 Mhz 77 / 33 for 108
      Wire.write((uint8_t) upper);    // upper 0X2A Change those values to change the frequency
      Wire.endTransmission(); 
    }
    

    updated function, removed not needed type castings etc. (thanks to @al1 )

    void set_frequency(unsigned long frequency)
    {
      unsigned long factor = frequency / 8192;
      uint8_t upper = factor >> 8;
      uint8_t lower = factor;
      
      Wire.beginTransmission(NS731_I2C_addr);
      Wire.write((uint8_t) 0x0a);     
      Wire.write(lower);    // lower 0XEA is 90.0 Mhz 77 / 33 for 108
      Wire.write(upper);    // upper 0X2A Change those values to change the frequency
      Wire.endTransmission(); 
    }

  • Video

    davedarko09/03/2015 at 16:10 0 comments
  • Pinout of the module

    davedarko09/03/2015 at 12:57 0 comments

    There actually is already a good pinout picture, but I wanted to correct the voltage and be on the safe side when it comes to copyrights - so I fired up inkscape.

  • sketch for timer

    davedarko08/31/2015 at 12:33 0 comments

    int output_pin = 15;
    int randNumber;
    
    ISR (TIMER2_COMP_vect)
    {
      PORTD ^= ( 1 << PD7 );
    }
    
    void setup()
    {
      randomSeed(analogRead(0));
      // set LED pin to ouput
      DDRD = ( 1 << PD7 );
    
    //CTC Modus
      TCCR2 = (1 << WGM21);
    
    //Prescaler 64
    //3686400 / 64 / 440 = 131
      TCCR2 |= (1 << CS20);
      TCCR2 |= (1 << CS21);
    //TCCR2 |= (1 << CS22);
    
    //start with an A
      OCR2 = 131 - 1; 
    
    //Enable Compare Interrupt
      TIMSK |= (1<<OCIE2);
    
    //Enable global Interrupts 
      sei();               
    }
    
    void loop()
    {
      randNumber = random(256);
      OCR2 = randNumber;
      delay(250);
    }

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jaromir.sukuba wrote 09/12/2015 at 20:17 point

I couldn't resist and ordered a few MMR-70 modules. Before they arrive I'd like to get things straight:

1, Do all MMR-70 contain the Atmega32 MCU?

2, If (1==true), does the FMBerry or trollmaster projects just ignore the MCU and talk directly to the FM chip via I2C?

3, if (2==true), doesn't the I2C communication collide? I assume the onboard MCU does some action.

4, You are using the ATmega32 on board, do you?

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davedarko wrote 09/12/2015 at 21:00 point

1. as far as I have seen yes, there is an Atmega32L in everyone

2. yes they do, trollmaster used a trinket for the trinket contest and the FMBerry ignored the MCU because: why implement a bridge over the atmega when you can go directly

3. the onboard MCU will probably only talk to the radio when it gets the commands from the cellphone over the joined RX/TX, otherwise it gets silent or even sleeps

4. indeed I do :) you can flash it over the ISP test pins 

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jaromir.sukuba wrote 09/12/2015 at 21:14 point

Oh, great, thanks for replies, now my doubts are gone.

I ordered 10 of them (buying one piece instead would be only marginally cheaper than 10 pieces), so I've got new toy to play with.

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Manawyrm wrote 10/09/2015 at 07:33 point

to 3. unfortunatly not. I had quite some issues while working on the FMBerry with that. The easy solution is: just solder a bridge from the AVR reset pin to ground. The AVR will switch all of its pins to high-impedance and your good to go. 

If you don't do that, the AVR will talk to the NS741 quite regularly, I've gotten mails from people telling me, that their FMBerry stops to work after 30 seconds... 

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Alex wrote 09/04/2015 at 15:04 point

nice project. These module looks interesting. And for 70cents it is very cheap. Cheaper than a single ATmega32.

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