Simplex repeater for PMR446 and CB-phones
Schematic:
Schematic of this repeater is quite simple.
PIC-chip is operating at 4Mhz clock-speed.
Timers of the PIC-chip are adjusted for 4Mhz.
You have to adjust program, if clock-speed is different.
Source programs are adjusted for ISD2575, but it is possible use example ISD2560.
When using different chip than ISD2575, you must change RX and TX watchdog
times correspondingly with program.
Transistor TR1 with its componets make VOX-circuit,
which sends receive enable voltage to the PIC:s RB0-pin.
Transistor TR2 with R7 switches phone to transmit.
VR1 is volume potentiometer, which is outside the box..
VR2 is 100k trimmer potentiometer, which is on the PCB.
With it, receive treshold is being adjusted. Without received audio, there is
no +5V at the PIC:s RB0-pin, when properly adjusted.
When RB0 has voltage, green LED is on.
LED1 is green led and LED2 is red led.
R2, R3, R4, D3 and X4 are for programming PIC. You don´t need these at
the normal operating.
It is possible to program PIC elsewhere and then put it in to the repeater.
I tested microphone- and speaker plugs with Cobra MT-925 and MT-725.
Plug wirings could be different at other models.
SPK is 3,5mm and MIC is 2,5mm stereo plug.
If transmit doesn´t work, if red LED is lit, you can try decrease R7 value to the 2,2k ohms.
When using CB-phone, R7 is removed and connected directly to the microphones
PTT-pin.
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Materials:
| Component | Position | Quantity | |
| Metal case | 1 | L 115mm x W 65mm H 30mm | |
| Printed circuit boad / vero board | 1 | ||
| Regulator 78L05 TO-92 | IC1 | 1 | |
| Voice record/playback chip ISD2575P | IC2 | 1 | |
| 8-bit microcontroller PIC16F84A-04/P | IC3 | 1 | |
| Chip base 28-pins PDIP | IC2 | 1 | |
| Chip base 18-pins PDIP | IC3 | 1 | |
| Potentiometer10K ohm log. | VR1 | 1 | |
| Knot | VR1 | 1 | |
| Trimmer resistor 100K ohm lin. | VR2 | 1 | |
| D9-jack female runko | X4 | 1 | |
| Light emitting diode green | LED1 | 1 | |
| Light emitting diode red | LED2 | 1 | |
| Transistor BC549 | TR1,TR2 | 2 | |
| Diode 1N4001 | D1 | 1 | |
| Diode 1N4148 | D2,D3 | 2 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 100 ohm | R10 | 1 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 330 ohm | R5 | 1 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 1K ohm | R9 | 1 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 2,2K ohm | R3 | 1 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 4,7K ohm | R7,R14 | 2 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 10K ohm | R1,R2,R6,R8,R13 | 5 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 22K ohm | R4 | 1 | |
| Resistor 1/4W 330K ohm | R11,R12 | 2 | |
| Ceramic capacitor 22 pF | C4,C5 | 2 | |
| Capacitor 0,1 uF | C1,C2,C6,C7,C8,C9,C10 | 7 | |
| Electrolytic capacitor 10 uF/16V | C3 | 1 | |
| Crystal 4Mhz | XTAL1 | 1 | |
| Power switch panel mount ON/OFF | S1 | 1 | |
| DC-in, SPK/MIC-plugs and wires | |||
| RS-232 programming cable | 1 | ||
| Programming software IC-Prog | 1 | download IC-PROG | |
| Firmware with roger beep
and sound beacon (5 min. beacon) |
repeater07.hex | ||
| Firmware without any roger beep and beacon | repeater076.hex | ||
| Firmware with roger beep and morse beacon (10 min. beacon) | repeater08.hex |
Construction:
First mount resistors, capacitors, diodes,
transistors and last microchips.
Do not assembly PIC and ISD chips yet.
Switch power on, and check with multimeter that there is +5V at PIC-chip VDD, MCLR-pins
and
ISD-chip VCCD, VCCA-pins.
Switch power off, and assembly PIC and ISD chips.
It is good idea to mount chips to the IC-bases so you can replace them later easily.
Use only gold coated IC-bases.
Re-check circuits before applying power.
If PIC-chip is programmed, blinking green LED shows that program is operating.
Operation conditions at operating voltage of 12.88V:
Current consumption standby : 2.56mA, with firmware toistin1-076.hex less
Current consumption recording : 29mA
Current consumption playback : 27mA
Current consumption beacon : 10.6mA
Measured with Fluke 179 multimeter.
It is possible use repeater without
regulator, but supply voltage must not exceed 5.5V DC.
Check polarity before applying supply voltage!
© 1997 - 2005 Petri Tarkiainen