SoftRF

SoftRF      

      DIY, multi-functional, compatible, sub-1 GHz ISM band radio based proximity awareness system for general aviation.

Features

• Wearable
  • Badge Edition 
  • Card Mark III 
  • Card Mark II 
  • Card Edition 
  • Stylus Edition 
  • Pocket Edition 
  • Bracelet Edition
• Plug-and-Play
  • Dongle Edition
• Portable
  • Concorde Edition 
  • Airventure Edition 
  • Handheld Edition
  • Gizmo Edition
  • Prime Mark IV
  • Prime Mark III
  • Prime Mark II
• Classic 2.25 inch instrument
  • Standalone Edition
• Wireless 2.7 inch E-Ink display
  • SkyView Pico
  • SkyView EZ
• Certified (CE/FCC)
  • Badge Edition
  • Prime Mark III
  • Card Mark III 
  • Solaris Edition 
  • Pocket Edition 
  • Handheld Edition
  • Prime Mark II
  • Uni Edition
  • Mini Edition
  • Lego Edition
  • Balkan Edition
  • Card Edition
• can receive ADS-B air traffic
  • 978 UAT
    • Uni Edition
  • 1090 ES
    • ES Edition
    • Concorde Edition 
    • Prime Mark IV
    • Card Mark III 
    • Retro Mark II 
  • 1090 ES and/or 978 UAT
    • Raspberry Edition
• can operate multiple protocols at the same time
  • Octave Concept
  • Duo Concept
• has flight recorder
  • Prime Mark III
  • Flight Recorder
• Weatherproof
  • Card Mark III  - IP66
  • Card Mark II  - IP66
  • Card Edition  - IP65
  • Solaris Edition  - IP65
  • Pocket Edition  - IP66
  • Lego Edition - IP67
• UAV add-on
  • Nano Edition 
  • UAV Edition
• Raspberry Pi friendly
  • Raspberry Edition
  • SkyView Pi
• for education purpose
  • Academy Edition
• for amateur radio operators
  • Ham Edition
• made in EU
  • Balkan Edition

Compatibility 1

Type	Protocol	FLARM	OGN tracker	PilotAware	Skytraxx	SoftRF
Radio	FLARM AIR V7

||| 2 |

 | OGNTP ||

||| 3

 | P3I |||

|| 3

 | FANET+ ||||

| 3

 | 978 UAT ADS-B ||||| 4

 | 1090 ES ADS-B ||| 5 || 5

 | SRD 860 ADS-L ||

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 | APRS ||||| 6

 | Remote ID |||||

Data|FLARM NMEA|

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 |Garmin GDL90|||

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 | MAVLINK |

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 | Dump1090  7 |||||

1 - it is necessary for a reader to distinguish the difference between statement "compatible" and statement "fully compatible".

     SoftRF implements only a reasonable minimum of the protocols specs. No "bells and whistles" so far.

2 - FANET+ can not receive FLARM. However it is able to transmit it.

3 - valid for Prime Mark III , Prime Mark II , Dongle , Mini , Badge , Bracelet , Academy , Octave , Lego , Balkan , Midi , Eco , Card , Cozy , Handheld , Gizmo , Nano , Airventure , Solaris , Pocket , Labubu and Concorde Editions ; valid for Standalone , UAV and Uni Editions with optional DIY SoftRF LoRa RF module

4 - Reception of traffic 'downlink' frames only. Valid for Uni Edition alone and for Standalone Edition with optional DIY SoftRF UAT module

5 - Reception of traffic 'downlink' frames only. Valid for ES Edition

6 - APRS is the only available with Ham Edition

7 - also known as "raw ADS-B"

Models

By Processing Unit

Model(s)	Platform	First appearance	Status	Notes
1 Prime
2 Standalone
3 UAV
4 WebTop Serial	[Espressif
ESP8266](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266)	Q4 2015		Prime model is no longer supported - use Prime MkII instead.

1 Prime Mark II 2 Standalone + adapter 3 UAV 4 SkyView EZ 5 Flight Recorder|Espressif ESP32|Q1 2018||1 today's best platform ; 2 holds FCC mark 1 Raspberry Edition 2 SkyView Pi|Broadcom BCM283X (Raspberry Pi)|Q4 2018||Good for use together with RTL-SDR dongles to achieve additional 1090ES (and 978UAT) ADS-B air traffic reception. UAT module|Texas Instruments CC1310|Q1 2019||Unique RF radio specs are useful for UAT978 ADS-B reception [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] 1 [