🛰️IT'S ALIVE!! Autonomous Satellite Tracker, Overview/Hints And Tips

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Here it is. FINALLY, the Autonomous satellite tracker is complete. In this video, I will give you a complete overview of what this build consists of, as well as my experiences and struggles along the way. You will also see a quick demo of it actually tracking AO-92 in my room.
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Links to the parts seen here in this video for the build:
amzn.to/2A7rIGO Huzzah ESP8266
amzn.to/2TB1xPR Adafruit GPS
amzn.to/2ZzO6Dx 9DOF orientation sensor
amzn.to/36sYrTb Servo controller
amzn.to/2ZzA9W4 12v to 5v step down DC converter
amzn.to/3d1uqwh 12v to 6v step down DC converter
amzn.to/2XzxAAW Ethernet RJ45 breakout
amzn.to/3gkpS64 Clear project box
amzn.to/2B0XTs1 Sony tripod
amzn.to/2ZGXNjH Powerpole distribution
www.servocity.com/spt400-tilt... Tilt servo system
www.servocity.com/cm-785hb-se... Azimuth servo
www.servocity.com/9-0-channel C channel
www.bioennopower.com/collecti... Bioenno battery
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@WTx1971 4 года назад

WOW, I understand your frustration after trying to learn to program a DMR radio and getting all my settings right for FT4 and FT8. None of those took nearly a year though. I applaud your tenacity in sticking with this!! I always found that I could never give up on these things. I had to temporarily walk away until my frustration left. Way to go on this!!!!

@rogerhackler4718 4 года назад

Nice job Eric! The beauty of doing projects like this is the learning from experimentation! You made it!

@andrewfiertek5937 4 года назад

Awesome Eric! Nice to see your project come together!

@DavidGillooly 4 года назад

Good job getting it up and running. Quite an inspiration. Now you can fiddle with the software and stability. Thanks for series.

@TK4619 4 года назад

Nice to see that you finally got it working, Great video

@tglenn3121 3 года назад

Thank you for your video on this antenna. I bought one and am super impressed with it. Very easy to set up and it works very well.

@gireeshav 4 года назад

Oh man ! Hats off to your persistence !

@philipchandler330 4 года назад

Great accomplishment your hard work and patience we all benefit from Thanks so much

@mechanicallydisadvantaged1297 2 года назад

really cool, thanks eric

@rafaelgcpp 4 года назад

Hey Eric, there is a simple fix for the "twitchyness" of your system: instead of measuring and immediately setting the position, take a few measures, average them and then set the position. You can even use a "moving window" where the current measure is averaged with, say, the last 10. A new cycle begins, you drop the 11th oldest measurement and take a new 10 sample average. This should remove the "high frequency" (10hz or so) noise of the sensor...

@BrianCraigKeith31mm 3 года назад

Awesome job. Thank you !!

@mikemcelfresh2054 4 года назад

Congrats! Great job. As they proclaim in "Galaxy Quest| "Never give up, never surrender!"

@Bit930 3 года назад

Nice to see you got finished with your project.

@ronbailey257 4 года назад

Fantastic work. I had to laugh a little though, most of the people doing an open source development project say the same glad you stuck in there. I'm definitely looking to do this project in the future.

@stinger1900 4 года назад

Congratulations Eric

@markg6jvy135 4 года назад

Awesome build well done 👌👏👏👏

@ki6ada2005 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing a cool video. You have given me a new project. 73.

@DonDegidio 4 года назад

Hi Eric, While the mount was twitching, I noticed the aluminum frame that hold the azimuth servo was flexing. I believe the mounting system does not have the stiffness needed for the job. I'm an amateur astronomer and would have modified a computerized Alt/Az mount. The software to control those mounts can also track satellites. Stay safe. 73 WB3BJU

@Matt-zf7vz 4 года назад

Congrats Eric ! Thanks for not giving into the frustration and getting the tracker up and running. Frustration keeps so many from the taste of success. You sticking with it and sharing your experience may encourage others to TRY and then share their "flavor" of success { with their mods & tweaks }. Looking forward to a video seeing this tracker in action and making a SAT contact using it - a true taste of victory. Well done ! Hope to have QSO with you someday, until then keep up the great work. - 73 K9BBQ ▒

@steventhehistorian 2 года назад

I like to make microcontroller/ electronics projects as a hobby and I can relate to the year long crucible you went through to finish your satellite tracker. You really did an amazing job on your satellite tracker despite all the little demons who work tirelessly to sabotage your jumper wire continuity, cold solder joints, and Arduino package incompatibilities. You deserve to be proud of what you built. Likewise, the person whose original plans you implemented in your project should be proud of their own creation and that you were able to update and improve on it together. There is always so much more to learn no matter how much experience you get and, by their nature, these kinds of bench electronics projects from scratch have so many links in the chain to fail or get missed that error is more the norm than the exception. It can often be maddening!

@K3RRR 4 года назад

Eric, genuinely this is a fantastic video… Especially showing behind the curtain with all the fits and starts… Just like I always have with every project I start. I congratulate you on your tenacious fortitude to get 'er done, my friend! 73 de Robert K3RRR

@milfamily193 4 года назад

Awesome job! You did it! Looks really complicated. I'm glad you were able to finish. 73's KC2JDR

@archdemortis7463 4 года назад

Its alive! ITS ALIVE!!! Glad to see it come together

@PaulGrahamM0PGX 4 года назад

Well done! It's taken me TWO years so far to come up with a 3D printed satellite rotator. I'm finally at the 'fit it in the loft' stage :) Mine uses an ESP32.

@RakshithPrakash 3 года назад

Make a video on it

@HAMRADIOJOE4178 4 года назад

VERY COOL ERIC

@centralarkansashamradio 4 года назад

That laugh in the beginning was epic..well put together very interesting. I got a elk up in the air and like it a lot. I need try it on some satellites with it and that tracking set up would be a interesting learning project.

@dogit310 4 года назад

My hats off to you been thinking of doing this now I’m thinking of just buying a telescope mount and making it work I’m sure it’s more money and sure it’s a lot less headaches, thanks for all your work

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI 4 года назад

nice work eric!

@brianhoward5057 4 года назад

I'm a brand new guy, and this is way beyond my cognition and situational awareness. That being said this is wickedly cool and I appreciate you sharing.

@douglasdreger3852 4 года назад

Bravo! Very cool

@indyshadow18lg 4 года назад

Congrats! You did it! That weekend job would probably take me 5 years. 😜

@KurtZoglmann 4 года назад

Congratulations on getting it to work! I am planning on building the same tracker. 73 de AD0WE

@zeebraeend 4 года назад

Looks great! I'm curious on it's performance in the next video. Keep the update videos coming, perhaps I will build one too, seeing my 10 year old son is interested in satellites.

@johansmitphotography 4 года назад

Finally! From South Africa

@vindoll6237 4 года назад

Totally cool!

@turtlekoff1 4 года назад

Can't wait for Field Day to see this puppy in action !!

@DenoKeller 4 года назад

Very cool 😎👍🏻

@3TQVK 4 года назад

Hi Eric, another great video, your an inspiration to all the gunners....Gunna do this and Gunna do that. Great you complementing your new 9700 with great homebrew tech. Its what its all about !!! , getting my 9700 in a few months Pete VK3TQ

@andrewhamop6665 4 года назад

Holy crap, that is SWEET! I just finished putting a boom on an 11 element yagi, there are two good ISS passes in a few days. Sadly I don't have an adapter for my HT yet, and my mobile radio only does 2m. So for now I'm limited to V-V satellites only, have fun with your tracker, 73s from W8IJC! (soon to be KE8OHW)

@megsman4749 4 года назад

My heart jumped at 'I'm giving this away'

@gooch2022 4 года назад

Looks good

@scottstiers3805 4 года назад

Nice! I thought about trying this a year ago but never really got started. My other hobby is astronomy and I thought about trying to use a telescope mount for this. You can plug in orbital elements into a star map program so long as the mount can keep up with the satellite, it should work.

@jayjayjayjay1703 4 года назад

Wonderful and hreatful wow bery nice

@dave041153 4 года назад

FYI, the part number you need from Servo City for the tilt servo system is SPT-D485HW-5-A (assembled with newer servo - the old servo listed in the original plans is NLA). $129, assembled.

@krystlih 4 года назад

Great work! I like the ESP solution much better I use those all the time for various projects, nice work!

@AmRadPodcast 4 года назад

Outstanding

@AmRadPodcast 4 года назад

BTW, I have the same issue with my Bosch/adafruit IMU, off like 10 degrees. I jerked around with it for hours to no avail. If you ever figure it out I’d be interested. Used for telescope but turning it into an EME tracker ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v2pqya3c1_M.html

@amram1017 4 года назад

I appreciate your frustrated tone. Been there myself, too many times. Why in the world can't we get an industry standard on some of this stuff? Hardware and libraries, all of them different, all of them incompatible with one another. I too have a junk box full of arduino boards. You seem to keep better records than I do--for the life of me I can't remember what the boards were for nor why they failed to give me what I wanted. I also respect your perseverance. Way to go!

@carlclarke1 4 года назад

Hang the battery within the tripod to increase stability, you need to keep the weight central and as low as possible. Fishing rod tripods often have a hook within them to hang a bucket of seawater for stability. Nice project.

@petitebatarddemorte 4 года назад

Nice, goog job.

@don_n5skt 4 года назад

Good job sticking with it Eric. I look forward to see it in action. Going to try using it for Field Day?

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

sure am

@rogerp5816 4 года назад

Iterating through several designs is a great way to come up with an optimal solution. May I suggest you add an eight to twelve inch piece of straight pipe coming out of the lower "T" and moving the nine DOF sensor to the end to keep it away from all of the metal in the tripod and the bolts you're using. Hose clams aren't going to hold that together really well. I'd suggest PVC cement which is how the PVC tubing and "Ts" are meant to be assembled. Before you glue it all together hot glue in a 1/4-20 bolt into the bottom PVC tee so you can spin it apart between the PVC "T" and the tripod. If you don't hot glue the bolt in you could probably get a box end wrench in the "T" to hold the bold when you screw it into the tripod. I can't wait for the rain to stop so we can see it work outside.

@jamescady723 4 года назад

"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle."

@daverhodes7235 4 года назад

No more slow-motion run away servos! Bravo!

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yah you should have seen that one

@dback4430 3 года назад

I am at the 20:55 mark and have this vision of me having all that stuff in a pile and me jumping up and down on it . On with the rest of the video

@fukenbroken1 4 года назад

Still working on my first self contained Hammo can. Don't have as much in that as you do but I have made a few mistakes and changes. Great job. 73 K6EGP

@michaelmontisfortis 4 года назад

Great !

@nivid01 4 года назад

Hey the securing of the battery on the tripod leg with velcro is as rough as guts. You need to come up with a better idea than that. I suggest put the battery in a small ‘Pelican’ type box with outputs for two sets of Mini-Andersen plugs. One set for the solar panel or for DC charging and the other for a radio or the antenna tilt/panner.

@yxhankun 4 года назад

At 14.0 l usually use solder to cover the small pins so that the wire sit tightly on the board and l check continuity with a multi meter.

@thork0tjt515 4 года назад

very cool! Now that you got the build process down...build another one! LOL! JK. I have neither the time, the patience, or the smarts to build something like that. I wish I had your talents! I can't wait for you to get it outside and make a video of it in action with some QSO's. 73!

@randyhavener1851 4 года назад

Congratulations Eric on a job well done!! I agree with @Rafael Pinto - a moving average would help dampen the movements somewhat. I appreciate your frustrations - spent the entire day working on a WiFi bridge project with flaky firmware - should have only taken an hour max!!!

@Barty.Crowell 4 года назад

I've thought about trying something like this if I ever tried working satellites but was a little turned off by the software side. At least now I have somewhere to start!

@michaelkc1lux382 4 года назад

I've only just started watching but I'm hoping this winds up scaring the crap out of those neighbors 😂

@mrreddog 4 года назад

Put the battery in a drawstring bag, then hang it from the center, bottom hook on the tri-pod. It will help keep center of of the tri-pod sturdy..

@Jays620 3 года назад

Eric, This is cool. I wanna build one so I can use it with my 9700. Be cool out on a nice day set this thing up in a field and make some contacts. Thanks for the videos. I been watching them all. 73 Hope to catch you on 10 again was cool being in one of your vids CYA W0JAY

@wilemidy4102 4 года назад

I was thinking along the same line as Roger P. However I would take a second tee and make a sawcut in the street of the tee and glue the bottom tee and that second tee about 3 to 4 inches apart. Then slide the 9DOF into the slot keeping it away from the metal on the tripod and the antenna. 73 William W1KZP

@CripSkillz 4 года назад

nice loookin rig ya set up there 73 just like our quad copter stuff just make a slit in the t=bout a inch higher n slide it in just slide it in lol

@pony_4759 4 года назад

Thats way cool !! Too Bad it was raining cats an dogs today !! thanks for the video from IRC !!

@freedomradio5602 2 года назад

use high quality non metal fasteners eg. TEFLON or (3D printed) for screw and gears. This will reduce skew refraction off the sensor. You may try to shield sensor a little with a grounded tinfoil cage to prove a point. If its still an issue. I'm excited for your project, well done.

@pd1jdw630 4 года назад

Maybe it has been said before. But the motor setup needs a counterweight of that of the antenna. That makes if less wonky. But I think it that’s way to much work for just a weekend project. If it were a more permanent I would figure that out. But very nice job. It works great for what you want it to do.

@TheMrR9 4 года назад

I've myself have had a couple of them 2 month one weekend projects myself. lol

@richardimel7658 4 года назад

great job now that it is completed , use it for field day and contact the ISS if it is on the right path

@micsherwood4930 3 года назад

Has there been a detailed instructions booklet written for this project? I am not a computer savy guy but enjoy tracking satellites and using the FM and Linear Transponders aboard.

@obrienaj 4 года назад

After watching this video, I don't feel so bad about my two recent failed attempts at getting an HF Yagi up to 35 feet , without a tower or mast. I'm now ready for brilliant idea number 3 after my two previous brilliant ideas turned out to be dumb. 73 de Andy K3UK

@HamRadio200 4 года назад

@HamRadioConcepts Can you comment on any additional QRM generated from the tracker picked up on your 9700? I built mine very similar to yours, using only your parts list compiled from the couple of videos you've done. Same ELK antenna, a little different setup regarding position of the tilt and pan motor placement (more like Elwoods design.) My noise floor goes from 0 to s6 when i power up my unit.... very difficult to work weak signals with a self inflicted s6 noise floor. :) I really think its the voltage regulators. Ferrite has helped about 1/2 S unit.

@45Unit 4 года назад

Great job Eric. GO HUSKIES!!

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

do not ask me where I got this shirt or the city they are based out of HAHAHA it takes YOU to actually notice that HAHAHA GREAT EYES!!!! 73 friend

@45Unit 4 года назад

@@HamRadioConcepts University of Connecticut which has their main campus in Storrs, CT. We lived 45 minutes away from it and both kids graduated from there. Famous for the girls basketball team.

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

I'll sell this shirt to you if your interested hahahahahahahahaha

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

@@45Unit and congrats to your kids you must be proud

@michaelluft1784 4 года назад

Hi!! what is the APP you use as a satellite data base??

@yxhankun 4 года назад

I played neo 6m n the alike a long time. Both of them will work properly. Should your gps antenna face upward, it will work better.

@KC5TGTRadiosNMore 4 года назад

Great job! Maybe someday I’ll give this a try. But your pain and suffering may have scared me off this project?!?!?!? LOL

@TheMrR9 3 года назад

Nah, he's got all the parts down now. He went through the trial and error for you to give you a refined list :) give it a go friendo

@vicmiller7191 4 года назад

Fantastic job, it will be fun to see working outside for sure...thanks for sharing...Vic KE8JWE

@w.rustylane5650 4 года назад

If yer tripod has a center hook between the legs you could hang the battery in the center of the tripod for stability. I know my camera tripod has a center hook so you can hang a weight down through the middle of the legs for stabilizing the tripod.

@BadHorsie2 4 года назад

I will take the feather board!!!

@TimothyK4TEP 4 года назад

Houston Your a go for launch lol

@ericchristian2243 Год назад

Hello Eric from KB3DTQ Eric in Pittsburgh do you have the software for this project? I would like to try out on my Rotator controller project. Thanks for your help, 73's Eric/KB3DTQ

@James_Bowie 4 года назад

Excellent outcome after a lot of effort. Maybe you could still put the gyro higher up if you put a plug and socket in line and run the line through the conduit. And get yourself a good quality soldering iron for such jobs. I got sick of cheap irons and invested in the Goot RX-802AS, and have never looked back.

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

Regarding your previous comment about the music..... The joy of doing what I do is I can do whatever I want to do. Can't make everybody happy.

@valdesc36 Год назад

Eric, good afternoon. I would like to know if you can guide me to make a rotor for one of my Arrow, I would like to leave it fixed high to work the satellites with my FT-818. Maybe you can tell me where I can buy one, or how to make one, or if you have one for sale. I live in El Salvador.

@davidhoppe3062 4 года назад

What ratio servos are needed?, as a newbie...just asking because that is a option at servo city

@n3ljs399 4 года назад

What app or web site did you have on your phone.

@moonjockclark9491 3 года назад

Some of items are unavailable do you have a updated BOM

@jlukshooting 4 года назад

now if only I could find those servers in the UK. At least I have a clue what I'm looking for now :-)

@1crazynordlander 4 года назад

Extend the PVC out of the bottom tee about six inches and hook your accelerometer sensor to that to get it away from the bolt and gears.

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

I will do that tomorrow thanks

@1crazynordlander 4 года назад

@@HamRadioConcepts If it takes a dump on you I'm not taking credit...

@HamRadioConcepts 4 года назад

@@1crazynordlander Thats messed up man... SOMEBODY has to take ownership HAHAHAHAHAHA

@johndigiovanni 4 года назад

Beautiful! de N3LUD

@plproductions8887 3 года назад

the links for the Tilt servo and azimuth servo do not work for me it says 404 page not found can anyone help?

@MichaelLloyd 4 года назад

You're "angle" might be off because the magnetic declination in Florida is -6 degrees from magnetic north (vs true north)

@Bit930 3 года назад

Do you have the zip file of those libraries?

@yxhankun 4 года назад

Switch the rx n tx wire from gps module,change the baud of pc arduino ide when the gps does not work.

@tonysessions1403 4 года назад

You can get a screw terminal shield.

@californiakayaker 4 года назад

Aha, 8266 . I've yet to do anything with one, have it, and it does a lot. I think it still used the arduino ide even ? That one looks nice. My antenna's are much too large for it though. That said, very nice. And probably pricey.

@jamescady723 4 года назад

Two words.... Cooo-ulll.