6 comments

  • consumer451 18 hours ago
    This is a complete tangent, but a photographer recently captured what is likely the all-time best shot of the ISS.

    https://old.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/comments/1lfgtiw/on_sunda...

    • keyth72 18 hours ago
      WOW that is a cool shot, thanks for sharing!
  • matteason 19 hours ago
    Really neat! If you're interested in adding clouds to your basemap I built a service [0] which generates free, almost-live cloudmaps (with alpha channel or precomposited onto a Blue Marble image) as part of my own ISS tracker project

    [0] https://github.com/matteason/live-cloud-maps

    • pratio 1 hour ago
      Oh man your work is amazing. Just saw this https://tf230.matteason.co.uk amazing usage of gov.uk design system. They should make this official :D
    • fillskills 18 hours ago
      Wow, this is pretty legendary work: https://iss.matteason.co.uk/
    • keyth72 18 hours ago
      That's really cool! Starred so I can find it later, might be challenging putting it on the esp32 but if there's an easy way to downsize the images then it should be do-able. Thanks!
  • SiempreViernes 17 hours ago
    Aaaw, this only displays the position on a screen :( I was hoping for the cool version where a small arm is physically pointing at the ISS.
  • panki27 20 hours ago
    Looks like a fun tinker project. Could be easily extended with a GPS receiver to show your location on the map.
    • calgoo 18 hours ago
      A SDR could be cool too, and basically let it connect live to ISS when the GPS confirms its above. CPU and memory might be an issue, but getting some 145Mhz / 437Mhz SDR and an external antenna jack on the board could be a cool way of letting the device listen in when the ISS is above.
    • keyth72 18 hours ago
      Definitely alot of directions you could go with it, looking forward to seeing what people do with the code!
  • coffeecoders 16 hours ago
    This looks like a fun project. Any reason for using resistive touch model?
    • keyth72 16 hours ago
      It's what I learned on, and there seems to be more info available out there about it (for now), but capacitive touch CYD would probably be better/more responsive. The resistive touch option seems to be a few dollars cheaper in general on Amazon.
  • potsii 18 hours ago
    Another variant of the generic:

    "Read a REST endpoint via HTTP and draw it on a display with LVGL"

    But also funny because OP used two MCUs, when a single ESP32 could do all of this.

    • endofreach 18 hours ago
      you seem to be (someone who wants to appear) more experienced. maybe you could give constructive feedback rather than ridiculing. what a negative comment just to feel better about yourself. sad.
      • keyth72 17 hours ago
        No need to perpetuate any negativity, I can take it ;) constructive feedback is appreciated though!
    • keyth72 18 hours ago
      Yup, that's all it is! Really simple beginner project, with room to grow on the hardware.