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Show HN: Open-Source International Space Station Tracker ESP32/Arduino for $20


Simple app to display the current location of the International Space Station on a ESP32 CYD (Cheap Yellow Display) - GuitarML/SpaceStationTracker

It includes topics such as graphics using LVGL, wifi connection, getting information from a restful API, parsing json data, and touchscreen interaction. The SpaceStationTracker requires a local Wifi connection to retrieve location data for the International Space Station. ISS icon was resized from the ISS icon found on the NASA Website Background worldmap was generated using Basemap(NASA Bluemarble, Mercator Projection) Much info was gathered from Random Nerd Tutorials for CYD Another really cool CYD app was used as a reference for Wifi login and splashscreen: Aura The background worldmap and ISS icon were converted to c code using the LVGL Image Converter

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