[VicPiMakers Projects] Oct 10, 2026 Presentation Details

[Gordon M. Celesta]

Here's a teaser video of my - I mean Claude's - work in progress: https://youtu.be/C8HdUD9GRdg

The flight on the left was from Asia in cruise. The other flight disappears because it was a seaplane that landed at the San Juan Islands.

I've glanced at the code but haven't had to make any changes.

Gordo 

On October 1, 2026 8:57:28 a.m. PDT, Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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>> 
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