To use the keyboard function, the user needed to have the Arduino IDE running with the Mose Encoder connected via its USB port. I later added hardware inputs to allow a manual key and a Morse Paddle to be connected, but they were initially intended as secondary options to using the keyboard. The interface included a keyboard adjustable Morse speed setting and a series of preset buffers, to speed up common conversational texts such as CQ calls and contact details etc. It was initially targeting those who were new to Morse Code or who were no longer as proficient as they once were (for whatever reason). My original design brief was to create a device that allowed Morse Code to be sent by typing text on a keyboard rather than using a Morse key. While you could use any number of Arduino modules, I chose the Nano for its small size, which enabled a compact unit. My Morse Encoder is base on a Arduino, specifically the Arduino Nano. And so, the idea of building my own Morse encoder was born. In the process I was curious to note that there were a number of commercially manufactured Morse decoder units available, although reports on their performance varied but there wasn’t much I could find in the way of Morse Generators. Having recently returned to amateur radio after a long absence, I started looking for on-line Morse training websites in the hope of recovering some of my proficiency. I had studied Morse Code back in the 1980’s as a requirement for my advanced AOCP and used it regularly enough to maintain a reasonable proficiency for a number of years. The VK2IDL Morse Encoder came about more from a desire to build some interesting electronics projects rather than a need to actually send Morse code.
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