#fanet.
Posts on the Alpisto engineering blog filed under #fanet.
- 01#flybeeper #fanet #ads-l
Teaching a LoRa vario to hear ADS-L — and finding the time to do it
Every ADS-L receiver takes its clock from GNSS. My vario has no GNSS by design — the position comes from the phone in your harness. So I took the UTC second from the phone too, over Bluetooth, and measured how bad that channel really is. Good enough with room to spare: the share of frames the device caught went from 15 % to between 50 and 100 %.
16 min read - 02#flybeeper #fanet #flarm
FLARM, FANET and ADS-L — where the line actually is
Why I won't ship FLARM on hardware that could technically transmit it, what the licence actually permits, why FANET's adaptive interval matters in a gaggle, why LoRa means FANET can never be the EU conspicuity standard — and why ADS-L is a better bet than it looks.
8 min read - 03#flybeeper #fanet-vario #fanet
See and be seen — a solar FANET vario you never have to charge
The FlyBeeper FANET Vario is a wireless, solar-powered FANET beacon and barometric variometer in one. No GPS inside — it reuses your phone's, works as a plain radio driven by the app, and puts you on the map for nearby pilots. Full app, BLE protocol and specs. A quiet pre-order at €149 with free shipping.
13 min read - 04#flybeeper #fanet #lora
FlyBeeper FANET: a Bluetooth Bridge to the FANET Radio Network
An always-on BLE bridge to the 868 MHz FANET data network. No on-board GPS — the smartphone provides position, the device just radiates. Solar-powered, years of standby, full radio configuration over GATT so apps can transmit FANET, ADS-L or anything else on the same radio.
6 min read - 05#flybeeper #f1 #fanet
FlyBeeper F1: a Compact FANET-Capable Flight Instrument
A pocket-sized paragliding flight instrument with GNSS, barometer, 868 MHz LoRa FANET, BLE 5.0 and on-board logging. Built as both a FANET tracker and the main vario, with a long development log covering hardware, firmware, FAI-recognised IGC validation and a Web BLE configurator.
8 min read