[VicPiMakers Projects] Oct 10, 2026 Presentation Details

[Craig Miller]

Agreed, Eileen,

I look forward to hearing how the vibe coding went, what went well, what 
needed to be fixed manually (if one can figure out the code).

AND it sounds like a cool project.

Thanks Gordo,

Craig...

On 10/1/26 00:37, Eileen wrote:
> Wow Gordo,
> That looks really cool. Can't wait to hear all about it.
> Cheers,
> Eileen
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 30, 2026, at 9:09 PM, Gordon M. Celesta <gordon at celesta.ca> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I purchased a Waveshare 5" round display and a Pi Zero 2W to create a 
>> wall display with nearby flights on a faux radar screen, and I plan 
>> to demo this project on the 10th.
>>
>> The application is entirely vibe coded in C using the LVGL library to 
>> write to the framebuffer, and so far it:
>>
>>   * pulls flight information from my local ADSB decoder and
>>     supplements that data with flight details from adsb.fi.
>>   * shows the flight position with heading, tail/flight number, and
>>     altitude.
>>   * colours aircraft positions cyan if using local data, green if
>>     from adsb.fi, grey for on the ground (taxiing or at the gate),
>>     and red if squawking 7500 (hijacking), 7600 (radio failure), or
>>     7700 (emergency).
>>   * simulates a radar sweep and updates the flight positions and
>>     causes the pins to glow momentarily when the sweep crosses the
>>     aircraft.
>>   * keeps the track for the last 120 seconds of flight, and removes
>>     it when the aircraft goes beyond the edge of the screen or lands.
>>
>> Before the meeting, I hope to have added the following features:
>>
>>   * display detailed aircraft and flight information when you touch
>>     on one of the pins.
>>   * switch to a weather/clock screen after period of inactivity, or
>>     by swiping.
>>   * show a coloured ring at the edge of the display if there's a
>>     local weather warning.
>>
>> Take care, Gordo
>>
>> <MkIgQASqgLle860h.png>
>> -- 
>> Gordon M. Celesta
>> http://gordon.celesta.me
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