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Hardrock-50 Remote Display post micha 2021-11-12T11:00:00+01:00
Ham Radio
Hardware
Python
ESP32
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I am using my Hardrock-50 as part of a remote station so I am of course not able to monitor its display which shows the selected band, keying method, temperature, SWR, power etc. Since I need/want this information and also prefer a physical display, I made two little projects that can be combined together:

HR50-API

This is a small python script that connects from e.g. a Raspberry Pi to the HR50 via USB. When it is started, it spawns a web server which then provides two API endpoints in your network. Those endpoints can be queried via HTTP requests to:

  • remotely gather information from the HR50
  • remotely execute commands

It is basically a serial to HTTP converter. You can find more information here: https://git.qrz.is/clemens/hr50-api

HR50-Remote-Display

This project consists of a Arduino sketch that can be flashed to a ESP32 module with OLED display and wifi connectivity. It uses the above mentioned API to gather information from the HR50 over wifi and displays them on the OLED.

hr50-diagram.jpg

This is how the device looks like in action:

hr50-remote-display.jpg

I plan to add buttons so that e.g. the keying mode can be changed via this device. The projects are only two days old so I will certainly put more love into it. There are several things missing like error handling, comments etc.

You can find more information here: https://git.qrz.is/clemens/hr50-remote-display