akiet00 / cansatgui

Ground station that displays CANSAT telemetry data. Using web technology which includes HTML, CSS, NodeJS and Electron platform to build the software

UMN CANSAT GROUND STATION

Init Date: Dec 1, 2017
Ground station that displays CANSAT telemetry data. Using web technology like HTML, CSS, NodeJS and Electron platform to build the software.

Run Electron App

• Install NodeJS follow this download link
• Install Electron npm install electron --save-dev
• In the electron app folder, run npm start
• Now the CANSAT app should open in full screen

Current Design

# Inspring Design Mockup

McClaren race car dashboard

What we need to show

• Altitude
• Velocity
• Temperature
• Pressure
• Battery Voltage
• Control buttons

cansatgui's Issues

Update graph with serial stream

Currently using Highcharts JS to plot data from a JSON file format. Must figure out how to update the plots using serial stream.

serialport module for Electron doesn't work properly