https://soldernerd.com/tags/beacon/Recent content in beacon on soldernerdHugo -- gohugo.ioen&copy; 2026 Lukas F&auml;ssler &middot; soldernerdSun, 23 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/<figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="" width="1024" height="683" src="https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/images/20161224_BeaconKeyer_RevB_004-1024x683_hu_e0594fe50d2e1c03.jpg" srcset="https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/images/20161224_BeaconKeyer_RevB_004-1024x683_hu_e0594fe50d2e1c03.jpg 800w, https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/images/20161224_BeaconKeyer_RevB_004-1024x683.jpg 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://soldernerd.com/posts/beacon-keyer/images/20161224_BeaconKeyer_RevB_004-1024x683.jpg"></figure> <p>This is likely the first ham radio related project that I document here on this blog. But my very first PIC project was a beacon keyer that I made for my father, HB9BBD. That was was in 2013. A beacon keyer is a great project to get started with microcontrollers since it&rsquo;s not much more than a fancy way of blinking an LED.</p>