https://github.com/thingpulse/esp8266-plane-spotter-color
Color version of the ESP8266 Plane Spotter
https://github.com/thingpulse/esp8266-plane-spotter-color
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Color version of the ESP8266 Plane Spotter
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/thingpulse/esp8266-plane-spotter-color
- Owner: ThingPulse
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-01-02T16:13:07.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-08-08T06:42:48.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-15T00:42:13.921Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: C
- Size: 650 KB
- Stars: 73
- Watchers: 11
- Forks: 17
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# ESP8266 Plane Spotter Color
This is the repository of the ESP8266 Plane Spotter Color. It downloads data from web APIs and displays aircrafts close
to your location on a map.
## Hardware
This code is made for an 240x320 65K ILI9341 display with code running on an ESP8266.
Since it was sometimes complicated to find the right parts I created a kit which contains all the parts including the connector PCB:
https://blog.squix.org/product/esp8266-wifi-color-display-kit-2-4
By buying the kit from me you are supporting future development. Thank you!
[](https://blog.squix.org/product/esp8266-wifi-color-display-kit-2-4)
## The related blog post
https://blog.squix.org/2017/01/esp8266-planespotter-color.html
## Video
[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pTkoMsl1H4 "Plane Spotter Color")
## Features
* Beautiful startup splash screen
* Automatic geo location by using WiFi scanning. List of visible SSIDs identifies your location
* Automatic download of JPEGs from MapQuest
* Detailed information about the nearest aircraft
* Flight track: last 20 waypoints per aircraft displayed
## Planed Features
* Enable touch screen
* Zoom in/out by button
* shift map center
* call location service again
* select aircraft of interest
* only download map if center of map, scale or map type changed
## Known Issues
* Flickering with every update: not enough memory for frame/ double buffering
* Sometimes waypoints get lost
* Encoding problems when displaying airport names containing non-ASCII characters (e.g. Zürich)
## Hardware Requirements
This project was built for the following hardware:
* ESP8266 Wifi chip, especially with the Wemos D1 Mini, but all other ESP8266 modules should work as well.
* ILI9341/ XPT2046 TFT display with touch screen.
Since it was sometimes complicated to find the right parts I created a kit which contains all the parts including the connector PCB:
https://blog.squix.org/product/esp8266-wifi-color-display-kit-2-4
By buying the kit from me you are supporting future development. Thank you!
Optionally you can get the connector PCB in the kicad sub directory. This allows for a easy soldering
## Wiring/ Schema
If you are currently prototyping this shows how to setup the connections for the above mentioned ILI9341 display
## Libraries
Install the following libraries:
### WifiManager by tzapu
### Json Streaming Parser by Daniel Eichhorn
![Json Streaming Parser] (images/JsonStreamingParserLib.png)
### JPEGDecoder, fork by Frederic Plante
This is (not yet?) available through the library manager. You have to download it from here and add it to the Arduino IDE
https://github.com/fredericplante/JPEGDecoder
*Attention:* You'll also have to open User_config.h in Arduino/libraries/JPEGDecoder-master and change
```
#define USE_SD_CARD
//#define USE_SPIFFS
```
into
```
//#define USE_SD_CARD
#define USE_SPIFFS
```
### Adafruit GFX by Adafruit
## Credits
This project wouldn't be possible if not for many open source contributors. Here are some I'd like to mention:
* Frédéric Plante for his adaptations of the JPEGDecoder library
* tzapu for the WifiManager library
* Rene Nyfenegger for the base64 encoder I got from here: http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/cpp/common/base64.html
* Adafruit for the ILI9341 driver and potentially also for the original designs of the TFT display