SafecastBGeigie is the code for the firmware needed to run the bGeigie devices from Safecast. The necessary building blocks such as SD card logger, GPS parser, power management, etc, are included in the form of an Arduino library. The firmwares for the different devices are given as examples of this library.

• Patched Arduino IDE download
• CrossPack for AVR download
• FTDI USB-Serial drivers x64 x86 PPC

• SafecastBGeigie (this library), use branch NextGeneration download
• chibiArduino modified to use with Atmega1284p (included with patched Arduino IDE) download
• CmdArduino (included with patched Arduino IDE) download
• Mighty 1284p core files (included with patched Arduino IDE) download
• [Option] SparkFun's Pro Micro core files, if you want to use the Atmega32u4 with a bootloader download

• FTDI breakout board 3.3V, for example this one or this one
• USB male A to male mini B cable such as this one
• A Pocket AVR Programmer from SparkFun. [Using another programmer type than USBTiny type requires editing a makefile.]
• A bGeigie2 board. The PCB design files are available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

1. Download and install the CrossPack for AVR toolchain.
2. Download and install Patched Arduino IDE Arduino's website provides help getting started, if needed.
3. Download and install SafecastBGeigie library in the Arduino library folder. Arduino libraries help.

1. Launch the Arduino-Safecast IDE
2. Connect Pocket AVR Programmer to the ISP Pin header. Pin 1 of the ISP is marked on the PCB. Make sure the switch on the programmer is set to No power. Make sure the battery it attached to the board and has some charge. Make sure no SD card is inserted.
3. Pull low (off) the left switch on the small black dual switch on the board.
4. In Arduino IDE, select Tools -> Programmer -> USBtinyISP, and Tools -> Board -> Mighty 1284p 8MHz using Optiboot. Finally Tools -> Burn Bootloader.
5. Pull back up the left small switch. Both switches should be up (on) now.

1. Launch the Arduino-Safecast IDE

2. Connect Pocket AVR Programmer to the ISP Pin header. Pin 1 of the ISP is marked on the PCB. Make sure the switch on the programmer is set to No power. Make sure the battery it attached to the board and has some charge. Make sure no SD card is inserted.

3. Pull low (off) the small switch on the right of the black dual switch.

4. In a terminal, go to SDReader32u4/LowLevelMassStorage+SD.

    cd <arduino_libraries_path>/SDReader32u4/LowLevelMassStorage+SD
   

5. Compile and upload SD reader firmware to USB microcontroller. If not using a USBtinyISP kind of AVR programmer, the makefile needs to be modified before this step.

    make program
   

6. Pull back up the left small switch. Both switches should be up (on) now.

1. Launch the Arduino-Safecast IDE

2. Plug the FTDI breakout board on the board as shown on the picture. [picture]

3. Select Serial port corresponding to FTDI breakout board from Tools -> Serial Port -> [my port].

4. Open the bGeigie3 sketch from menu Examples->SafecastBGeigie->bGeigie3.

5. Press upload button (or File -> Upload).

6. Open the Serial terminal by pressing button (or Tools -> Serial Monitor), you should see something like

    *** Welcome to bGeigie ***
    Version-3.0.1
    GPS start time,590ms
    --- Diagnostic START ---
    Version,3.0.1
    Device ID,300
    Radio initialized,yes
    Radio address,3300
    Radio channel,20
    GPS type MTK,yes
    GPS system startup,yes
    SD inserted,yes
    SD initialized,yes
    SD open file,yes
    SD read write,yes
    SD reader initialized,yes
    Temperature,24C
    Humidity,49%
    Battery voltage,3827mV
    System free RAM,13507B
    --- Diagnostic END ---
    Starting now!
    bGeigie sleeps... good night.
   

   Congratulations, we're half-way there.

The sketches given in examples are the actuall firmware of the different Safecast bGeigie devices:

• bGeigieMini
• bGeigieClassic
• bGeigieNinja
• bGeigieConfigBurner
• SlidingWindowCounter

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