Tracking Planes with RTL-SDR and a Raspberry Pi running PiAware

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Software Defined Radio Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPHRD_m-N5pzrPPdkXa8Fsf

Raspberry Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPvIdR5BEqDgO7DsGAla_AZ

Set up Headless boot (do this after writing the image to the microSD Card

Create ssh or ssh.txt in boot directory.

Create wpa_supplicant.conf in boot directory file to set up Wifi.

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=<Insert 2 letter ISO 3166-1 country code here>

network={
 ssid="<Name of your wireless LAN>"
 psk="<Password for your wireless LAN>"
}

Instructions on FlightAware’s site: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install

Update Package List and Packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y
Change Hostname
sudo raspi-config

Network Options > Hostname

Download PiAware Repository
wget https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/p/piaware-support/piaware-repository_3.8.1_all.deb
Install PiAware Repository
sudo dpkg -i piaware-repository_3.8.1_all.deb
Update Package List
sudo apt update
Install piaware and dump1090
sudo apt install piaware dump1090-fa
Enable Automatic and Manual Updates
sudo piaware-config allow-auto-updates yes
sudo piaware-config allow-manual-updates yes
Reboot System
sudo systemctl reboot
Open PiAware Web Interface
http://piaware.local:8080

Updating Kiwix and Zim File on Raspberry Pi Offline Wikipedia Kiosk

Locked Down Offline Wikipedia Kiosk on Raspberry Pi 4: https://youtu.be/gtlydT6Lumg

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Download Kiwix Server

https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-serve/

Download Kiwix Content (Zim File)

https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages

Login to Raspberry Pi (use your kiosk’s hostname, username and password)
ssh pi@raspberrypi.local
Disable OverlayFS (disable read-only system)
sudo raspi-config

Advanced Options > Overlay FS

Send Kiwix Server and Zim File to Raspberry Pi (run on local computer)
scp ~/Downloads/kiwix-tools_linux-armhf*.tar.gz pi@raspberrypi.local:~/
scp ~/Downloads/*.zim pi@raspberrypi.local:~/
Stop Kiwix Server
sudo systemctl stop kiwix
Open Kiwix Service Configuration
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kiwix.service

Update the zim filename. Control-o to save. Control-x to exit.

Move Zim File to Directory
sudo mv wikipedia*.zim /var/local/
Change zim file user/group to pi
sudo chown pi:pi /var/local/wikipedia*.zim
Decompress Kiwix Server
tar -zxvf kiwix-tools_linux-armhf*.tar.gz
Move Binaries to Executable Directory
sudo mv kiwix-tools_linux-armhf-*/* /usr/local/bin/
Reload systemd Manager Configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Start Kiwix Service
sudo systemctl start kiwix
Check Status of Kiwix Service
sudo systemctl status kiwix

Re-enable OverlayFS using instructions above and reboot Raspberry Pi.

Mac: Recording with Cheap HDMI Adapter using Quicktime

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Audio/Video Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZN4KVIf7ad7Y1CBlosKdZkd

Stream Specs when using High
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, smpte170m/bt709/bt709, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 10815 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 30k tbn, 60k tbc (default)
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, mono, fltp, 215 kb/s (default)
Stream Specs when using Maximum
Stream #0:0(und): Video: prores (Standard) (apcn / 0x6E637061), yuv422p10le(tv, smpte170m/bt709/bt709, progressive), 1920x1080, 116856 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc (default)
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16be (lpcm / 0x6D63706C), 96000 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s (default)