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A project log for Mobile Flightaware setup

Build a mobile enabled version of the PiAware, ADS-B receiver.

kim-shapleyKim Shapley 12/19/2020 at 03:080 Comments

Enclosed project in a plastic Tupperware box for portability. Attached mobile phone to exterior (Wi-Fi connected to Pi).

Issue with visibility in bright sunlight, should be able to solve with a small shade hood. 
Battery test. Achieved about 12 hours of (no gps yet) battery use via the 10,000mah battery bank.

Aerial location was fine but needs better a mounting. Will 3d print a bracket.

Also have an auto gain script running. (Hang over from it’s past more static life). Will reset & deinstall so I get a better sense of it the real range.

Having GPS will improve readability (current location is static, so altitude was better indicator in this instance) when using the table

Discovered that the map and table need to be separated. Too small on the mobile to see both. Investigate hack of web page to separate. Also increase font size on table and minimum set of fields. 

Attached power switch to Pi, added scripts for shutdown. Need to add a reset button as well.

Started on decoding the ADS-B signal. Can be viewed on port 30003. Excellent primers on web.

Added small aluminium heat sink to plastic case of FlightAware dongle and to raspberry Pi USB hat as both getting extremely hot.

Could add a smaller battery bank to top up power to mobile phone so that both have approx 12 hour life. Will comfortably fit in container and small hole for charging cable. 

Photos to come

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