GS232emu

Copyright (c) 2012-2022 by LA1FTA Morten Johansen [email protected]

Description

Firmware that emulates a Yaesu GS-232A rotor controller. Drives a 3-phase motor as a stepper via H-bride drivers.

Quality of emulation is not yet verified, but the command interface works via hamlib. Supports rotation to specific azimuth, fetching current position and speed control.

Tested with: rotctld -m 601 -r /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600

Lacks some work for supporting the commands related to elevation.

Build instructions

• Install PlatformIO
• Enter firmware directory
• Build: platformio run
• Upload: platformio run -t upload

PlatformIO will handle all dependencies.

Future might bring

• Custom PCB
• Elevation support
• Support for more motor types and sensors

License

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.