an APRS iGate implementation using the Raspberry-Pi

[ultratechie]

Hi,
I have been working on building an APRS iGate from the Raspberry Pi. The setup consists of a USB soundcard that listens to incoming APRS packets and a WiFi USB adapter that connects the Pi to the Internet. I managed to fit everything inside a extruded aluminum enclsoure as you can see in the image below:



I wanted to share the build process, you can find the details here:
http://www.ultratechie.com/2012/10/pigate/

Thanks,
Jatinder

[thogue]

Great work! Maybe we will see more aprs gates in the future

[scruss]

Very nice. Now I might have a use for the effectively unprogrammable Icom V80 that I won to fill in the patchy APRS gating in my neighbourhood ...

Stewart / VA3PID

[rurwin]

Our repeater group has been considering putting up an APRS digipeter for a while now, but the cost has got to be low so the RaspPi might be a good solution. We don't need a gate, since there is no Internet on-site. What are your thoughts on the possibilities of making the RaspPi handle two-way traffic with the same hardware?

[wb2osz]

Here is another APRS application for the Raspberry Pi. It includes a "soundcard" software modem, digipeater, APRStt gateway, and Internet Gateway (IGate).

http://home.comcast.net/~wb2osz/site/