Just download the image from this page and “burn” it to a sd-card.
Thats the best option if you want to have a full-fledged docker environment with optimized settings and hassle free installation. If you want to give it a try, you have two options Option 1: Prebuilt images The guys at Hypriot did an awesome job to bring Docker to the Raspberry Pi world.
List completed? All points checked? Great, let’s go on! Some people over at Reddit compiled a nice list of sticks which are suitable for our little experiment. And of course you need a RTL-SDR Stick – so if you ever watched DVB-T on your Laptop, the chances are good that you already have a suitable Receiver.The Pi has to be prepared to run Docker – You can use the guide from my blog post if you need help.You’ll need a Raspberry Pi 2 – yes, 2! – Of course, you can go with a Pi 1 – but to be honest, this thingy has just not enough ram and only one core so it’s not really suitable for docker.
Today, I’ll bring all these Projects together and show you how to build a virtual aircraft radar (screenshot) – so fasten your seatbelt ? DUMP1090 Screenshot I’m ready – tell me what I need In the last days, i tinkered with different things: I installed Docker onto a Raspberry Pi 2, built several docker images and got myself two new RTL-SDR-Sticks. So no problems with outdated Howtos, updated libraries, missing git repositories etc. all the dependencies will be downloaded from the hub and ready to use in minutes.
I already have some substantial background in terms of Docker as we’re using this in larger scale in our company. The concept of Containers and Images is a nice fit if you want to build an orchestrated and reproducible toolchain for you RTL-SDR – Build your Image, upload it to the docker hub – the next time you’re reinstalling your Pi (or installing a new one) you just have to run one command and the exact same version, incl. They not only managed to install Docker on a Raspberry, they also packaged a nice and easy to use SD-Card image which i used for my first experiments. Well, because it’s possible ? About two weeks ago i stumbled over a blog post from the guys at Hypriot. Let’s start right away with the most controversial question: Why Docker on a Pi? So I’d like to adress some of the points in this post and explain my motivation for using Docker.
“Why not just compile the applications directly?” – “I may be missing the point here but why bother with Docker on the Pi?” – “It does nothing to help the Dump1090 program at all.” Soon after i published my last blogpost ( Raspberry Pi + Docker + RTL-SDR) i received a bunch of feedback, questions and critic. If not, start with my earlier blog posts to get the basics: You’re now interested how to receive such messages with minimal Hardware? You have your Raspberry Pi 2 ready? Docker installed? RTL-SDR attached? Then read on. N12114 CO0070 1EHAM REQUEST GATE ASSIGNMENT ETA0447 This is a message send by the CFD (Central Fault Display) of an aircraft ? Usually government agencies are responsible for clearances, while airline operations handle gate assignments, maintenance, and passenger needs. Generally, ground ACARS units are either government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration, an airline operations headquarters, or, for small airlines or general aviation, a third-party subscription service. Ground equipment is made up of a network of radio transceivers managed by a central site computer called AFEPS (Arinc Front End Processor System), which handles and routes messages. The on-board avionic computer system (aircraft) consists of the ACARS Management Unit (ACARS MU) and a Control Display Unit (CDU) for sending and receiving digital information messages from the ground-based stations. The basics: What is ACARS?ĪCARS is short for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, a digital data link between an aircraft and a ground station and/or satellite. After the fantastic feedback i got for my blog post about ADSB reception with RTL-SDR (and Docker), the next point in my list is ACARS.