KISS BLE to UART adapter for APRS.FI iOS/iPadOS app

Credits

• https://github.com/islandmagic/ble-bt-tnc
  • Special thanks to Georges Auberger from Island Magic Co. for good inspiration
• https://github.com/nkolban/ESP32_BLE_Arduino
• nkolban/esp32-snippets#796
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73781856/how-to-send-bluetooth-data-from-esp32-in-arduino

Support

Hardware

The code is compatible with the ESP32. Use ESP32 DevKit, Wroom or other boards with native BLE support. Boards from chinese market tested with arduino IDE 2.x:

• DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT (most frequent version of the board widely available)
• ESP32 DEV MODULE
• ESP32 DEV BOARD
• ESP32 WROOM

Params

• power consumption:

  • default CPU clock: ~80mA
  • CPU clock on 80MHz: ~70mA
  • only 80, 160, 240MHz clock frequencies are supported

For CPU clock check setCpuFrequencyMhz(10); line

HowTo

• Install Arduino IDE https://www.arduino.cc
• Install the ESP32 libraries. Follow this guide https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/installing.html#installing-using-boards-manager
• Download this sketch
• Flash sketch to ESP32 board (select appropriate board from board manager - see Hardware section)
• Connect your KISS TNC via 3.3V UART pins RX-GPIO16, TX-GPIO17 (with Arduino-like TNC use voltage divider to avoid problems with 5V non-tolerant inputs of ESP32)
• Connect APRS.FI iOS/iPadOS app via Select TNC or software modem choose Aprs.fi TNC in BLE TNC discovered

License

• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007

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