{"id":19004,"date":"2018-07-04T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19004"},"modified":"2018-07-04T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T14:38:47","slug":"raspberry-pi-launches-new-software-to-support-high-altitude-ballooning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19004","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi launches new software to support High Altitude Ballooning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19005\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=560%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?w=1177&amp;ssl=1 1177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=768%2C376&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=1024%2C501&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=560%2C274&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=260%2C127&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?resize=160%2C78&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/space_pi_babbage.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Pi has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/pytrack-skygate-hab-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just announced<\/a>\u00a0two software packages to help groups and individuals get into High Altitude Ballooning. Created in conjunction with HAB enthusiast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daveakerman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Akerman<\/a>, one package is installed on the Pi going up into near-space and the other is used to track it when it comes back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pytrack<\/strong> goes on the Space-bound Pi and has the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learners can create their own tracker in a simpler programming language, rather than simply configuring the existing software<\/li>\n<li>The core mechanics of the tracker are exposed for the learner to understand, but complex details are abstracted away<\/li>\n<li>Learners can integrate the technology with standard Python libraries and existing projects<\/li>\n<li>Pytrack is modular, allowing learners to experiment with underlying radio components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SkyGate<\/strong> is a complete tracking application that goes into a Pi with touchscreen and has the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live tunable LoRa reception and decoding<\/li>\n<li>Live tunable RTTY reception and decoding (with compatible USB SDR)<\/li>\n<li>Image reception and previewing<\/li>\n<li>GPS tracking to report your location (when using compatible GPS USB dongle)<\/li>\n<li>Data, images, and GPS upload functionality to HabHub tracking site<\/li>\n<li>An Overview tab presenting a high-level summary and bearing to payload<\/li>\n<li>Full customisation via the Settings tab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/pytrack-skygate-hab-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more about the two pieces of software here<\/a> and install them using the commands below.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install python3-pytrack\r\nsudo apt install skygate<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raspberry Pi has just announced\u00a0two software packages to help groups and individuals get into High Altitude Ballooning. 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