This system receives antenna rotation data from a satellite tracking application such as gPredict, or any other program that implements the rotctld protocol. It measures the orientation and elevation of a dish using a sensor, and displays the necessary adjustments on a LCD screen. The user then has to adjust the dish manually.
- Raspberry Pi 4
- 2004A v2.0 LCD (4 * 20 dot-matrix characters)
- GY-511 Sensor (LSM303DLH acceleration and magnetometer IC)
- I2C interface enabled and loaded
- APT: python3
- APT: python3-rpi.gpio
- PIP: adafruit_lsm303dlh_mag
- PIP: adafruit_lsm303_accel
- PIP: RPLCD