Both links go to similar LED flight display software, the plane-tracker-rgb-pi (2nd) is based off Colin's (1st link). Both run on a Raspberry Pi (which can be bought online or MicroCenter in St. Louis Park) which is a tiny project computer, you connect an Adafruit Bonnet to the top of the Pi, connect your LED Matrix to the Bonnet, use a microSD card, and USB power supply to power it all. There is a good walk through for software setup down the page on https://github.com/c0wsaysmoo/plane-tracker-rgb-pi.
It can be done, it does not require any soldering (unless you do the PWM bridge), just not plug and play like the commercial one being sold here is.
It was a fun project, instruction is sufficient, but there are some gaps that you need to google or infer. I don’t know exactly how everything works, but it works good.
You can adjust the coordinates based on your location and your coverage area (bigger the area, you will capture more flights). When no flights overhead, it shows the weather.
All the parts are listed in the instruction, they can be bought from Amazon, Adafruit and MicroCenter. Total cost will be very close to $150-200. My best guess is the Flight Wall “borrowed” some of the original code from GitHub.
I dont have that killer display, but use an Apple TV app to add in my receiver's IP address. I can track about 50 miles out and used Claude for a lot of the setup. I used to just use Flighttracker on my TV but they stopped supporting it.
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: $15
RTL-SDR Blog V3: $30
ADS-B antenna: $25
MicroSD card (8GB): $8
Power supply: $8
Micro-USB OTG adapter: $6
Ive got some things coming in the same price range to capture outputs from two Russian weather satellites that run pole to pole over us a few times a day. That Im setting up a site for. AI chatbots are great for walking you through things, but that screen the OP has is next level polish, and that's the turn from clunky raspberry pi/AI helper to something really fun and cool. I'm just learning so spending my time there in the code weeds is helpful, but really dig The Flight Wall thinking/polish!
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Neat. Looks like an open source project if I ever saw one, would love to make one of these
You are in luck then: https://github.com/ColinWaddell/FlightTracker or https://github.com/c0wsaysmoo/plane-tracker-rgb-pi I have setup running of 2nd link as I like the logos
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Both links go to similar LED flight display software, the plane-tracker-rgb-pi (2nd) is based off Colin's (1st link). Both run on a Raspberry Pi (which can be bought online or MicroCenter in St. Louis Park) which is a tiny project computer, you connect an Adafruit Bonnet to the top of the Pi, connect your LED Matrix to the Bonnet, use a microSD card, and USB power supply to power it all. There is a good walk through for software setup down the page on https://github.com/c0wsaysmoo/plane-tracker-rgb-pi.
It can be done, it does not require any soldering (unless you do the PWM bridge), just not plug and play like the commercial one being sold here is.
Non-tech person here. https://www.reddit.com/r/delta/s/ZF8EUJVZGB is what intrigued me to build one earlier this year.
It was a fun project, instruction is sufficient, but there are some gaps that you need to google or infer. I don’t know exactly how everything works, but it works good.
You can adjust the coordinates based on your location and your coverage area (bigger the area, you will capture more flights). When no flights overhead, it shows the weather.
All the parts are listed in the instruction, they can be bought from Amazon, Adafruit and MicroCenter. Total cost will be very close to $150-200. My best guess is the Flight Wall “borrowed” some of the original code from GitHub.
I just play SkyCards, but this is nifty.
Thanks for the rec! Found an open source one for a gift but couldn’t get the code right! Now I’m set!
I got the same one. Love it
I don't have the skills needed to DIY this. Is it available to buy as a finished product?
Yes. TheFlightWall.com. They are sold out currently but you can put your email on a wait list
Thanks!
How much was it?
Mini is $165. Big version is about $450. It’s damn big.
Very cool!
Not a Tidbyt?
I dig it
I got one for my husband too!
Is the white border a setting in the app? (We got the smaller ones not sure what size yours is)
Yes, the white border is a setting in the app. We liked the board with something on it when it wasn’t showing flights
I like your style...
I dont have that killer display, but use an Apple TV app to add in my receiver's IP address. I can track about 50 miles out and used Claude for a lot of the setup. I used to just use Flighttracker on my TV but they stopped supporting it.
Ive got some things coming in the same price range to capture outputs from two Russian weather satellites that run pole to pole over us a few times a day. That Im setting up a site for. AI chatbots are great for walking you through things, but that screen the OP has is next level polish, and that's the turn from clunky raspberry pi/AI helper to something really fun and cool. I'm just learning so spending my time there in the code weeds is helpful, but really dig The Flight Wall thinking/polish!
will it also display how much people overpaid flying out of MSP?
We all know that’s true already on Delta.
why are people downvoting me, the delta tax is well known lol
Sun Country is the true savior
Do you have a police scanner too?
theres a map online that shows where all the flights are in the usa and/or minnesota
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