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The Mode-S Beast 2nd Generation - Radarcape
NEW!!! The Mode-S Beast 2nd Generation: "Radarcape"
** This is still a concept and not an available Mode-S receiver. **
* Standalone data gathering for sharing networks. You no longer need to run a power consuming PC in order to supply data to your favorized sharing network.
http://www.modesbeast.com/radarcape-weblog.html
Introduction
The so called Radarcape.
The idea behind the Radarcape is that there are many ideas of applications which require a high performance backend. For a while I thought that a so called "embedded core" (*1) on the FPGA itself would be the solution, but finally I found that there is a low cost Linux board, supporting add on components, the Beaglebone. This is a 700MHz ARM CortexTM-A8 based board, supporting Linux, Android and other operating systems. It has USB host and slave connectivity, a 10/100MBit LAN, an internal Micro-SD card, 100kSample ADC, I²C, SPI and plenty of other interfaces. It is supported by official Linux Kernel, and there are ready-to-go Linux distributions available which can simply become installed on the system. Writing software for the Beaglebone is as easy as writing software for a DOS box in Windows.
Two other outstanding facts are the price, which is in the range of a single Xport, and the small size, see the Beagebone link above.
ModeBeast YahooGroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ModeSBeast/
RadarSpotters Forum thread - The Mode-S Beast 2nd Generation: "Radarcape"
http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php/topic,6922
RadarSpotting Forum thread - [Link not posted yet... coming soon]
** This is still a concept and not an available Mode-S receiver. **
* Standalone data gathering for sharing networks. You no longer need to run a power consuming PC in order to supply data to your favorized sharing network.
http://www.modesbeast.com/radarcape-weblog.html
Introduction
The so called Radarcape.
The idea behind the Radarcape is that there are many ideas of applications which require a high performance backend. For a while I thought that a so called "embedded core" (*1) on the FPGA itself would be the solution, but finally I found that there is a low cost Linux board, supporting add on components, the Beaglebone. This is a 700MHz ARM CortexTM-A8 based board, supporting Linux, Android and other operating systems. It has USB host and slave connectivity, a 10/100MBit LAN, an internal Micro-SD card, 100kSample ADC, I²C, SPI and plenty of other interfaces. It is supported by official Linux Kernel, and there are ready-to-go Linux distributions available which can simply become installed on the system. Writing software for the Beaglebone is as easy as writing software for a DOS box in Windows.
Two other outstanding facts are the price, which is in the range of a single Xport, and the small size, see the Beagebone link above.
ModeBeast YahooGroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ModeSBeast/
RadarSpotters Forum thread - The Mode-S Beast 2nd Generation: "Radarcape"
http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php/topic,6922
RadarSpotting Forum thread - [Link not posted yet... coming soon]
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