This project began as one of those "Here's a neat chip, what can we do with it?" conversations and grew from there. The heart of the beacon is a relatively new Direct Digital Synthesis(DDS) chip from Analog Devices. The original idea was to use some of the unique features of this DDS chip to implement a simple FSK441 Meteor Scatter beacon. From there it turned into a much more capable and "versatile" signal source.
The VersaBeacon is a frequency agile, modulation agile RF source using a DDS chip and minimal support circuitry. It covers a frequency span of 1MHz to 150MHz in 1 Hz steps and provides a variety of modulations including:
Here is the conference paper in .pdf format(~1MB)--- VersaBeaconProject.pdf
Beacon PIC firmware source code(uses CCS PIC C compiler)--- VersaBeaconSrc.zip
VersaLoader Utility for downloading code and data tables into the Beacon-- VersaLoaderSetup.zip
Utility to create various data tables and help screen. (exe plus VC++ 6.0 Source Project)--TableMaker002.zip
Beacon now in use on top of Stone Mountain in Georgia. http://www.moetronix.com/beacon
