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ISS needs testing #6

Open kd8bxp opened 4 years ago

kd8bxp commented 4 years ago

Based on the EricISSNotification sketch from https://github.com/kd8bxp/Simple-ISS-Notification-System

You just need to put your latitude and longitude into the script below - it doesn't have to be perfect just close enough https://github.com/kd8bxp/WeatherHAT/tree/iss

The script will start on pixel 0 and 6 as red, which means that the ISS is more or less on the horizon (if it's close to your location) As the ISS gets closer, the neopixels will become yellow, and move up, and finally when it's "overhead" they will be the top three as green.

I know the math works, at least it is close and matches the display on http://open-notifiy.org - my problem, they neopixels on my hat suddenly decided they didn't want to work - I think it's a power issue on my side. But I need a few people to test it and see if it's doing what I think it should be doing. If we think it's doing what it should, I'll create another pull request. :-)

Thanks. LeRoy - KD8BXP

kd8bxp commented 4 years ago

Made a couple of changes to the iss.py script tonight. I think it is working as it should - but could use someone else to test it out.