Hi all,
Forums live from people receiving and equally sharing. So after receiving lots of information from you (especially Ashley,Keith and Peter/ExfirePro) its time for me to share the result of my little project:
Goal: Build a EC carry on device for a SEP (Cessna 172), that can receive/send and that is compatible with Skydemon. + Flarm Direct was a requirement.
Timeline: Idea born to completion 3 months.
Parts:
- PAW Rosetta
- Flarmbat (Powerflarm), 10h internal battery
- 2xJetvision Flarm Booster (to increase the Flarm reception)
- Powerbank Anker 10.000 Redux
- Cables: Juicybitz USB to MicroUSB + FTDI USB-RS232-WE-1800-BT 0.0
- Flarm+PAW are SUPERFANT Antennas.
- Self Printed 3D Case
Solution:
The Flarmbat sends FLARM and GPS to Rosetta via RS232 Cable.
The PAW Rosetta picks ups ADSB/ModeS/P3I and relays also the Flarmbat results to Skydemon
The Powerbank powers the PAW Rosetta. The Flarmbooster needs 60mA @ 5V-18V and is powered by one PAW USB output. The Flarmbat has 10h of internal battery life.
The Flarm Antenna is on a 1m cable and placed at the top of the windshield, the second Flarm antenna is on a 3m cable and placed with a suction cup in the middle of the read window.
The PAW Antenna was replaced by a SUPERFANT Antenna to reduce obscurance and is directly mounted to the device via SMA.
All works flawless, stable Flarm range with internal antennas in a metal body A/C is allround 15km. PAW Range to be analysed, but looking good
Important to me, that everything is in a contained box, therefore I printed a 3D case. Pictures attached.
I will upload pictures of installed unit in the A/C soon.
https://ibb.co/vs4Pkx9https://ibb.co/F7kG3N0https://ibb.co/HXFgnVrhttps://ibb.co/nCQwf2Bhttps://ibb.co/Dw3WrQjhttps://ibb.co/g7TXQPgIf further infos/pictures are out of interest, just reply and will try my best to provide asap.
So bottom line: Thanks to ExfirePro, Ashley, Keith and especially my dad, who put in lots of hours and clever ideas a successful project!
Kind Regards,
Patrick