-->September 6th, 2025<--
Thank you to GolfCharlie and Claude Code for fixing the code to work with the newly changed FAA API! They have saved a lot of time. A new image has been created and will be uploaded today and available later tonight. If you don't want or need the image, you can visit https://github.com/markyharris/livesectional and incorporate the changes into your board now.
--->September 5th, 2025<--
There has been another change to the FAA API which has again broke the map. We are currently working on this. Check back for fix. If you have the fix please post it. - Mark
Hey all. Working on number 2 and 3 maps and trying to build better than map number 1. One of the issues i faced with number 1 was connectivity of the wiring from pi to all other components. So I’m curious as to how others connected their boards without any problems afterwards (no looseness and etc). Please and thank you!
I found the most solid way was to solder the connections, especially for the level controller. Adafruit sells a solderable proto board, https://www.adafruit.com/product/1609,
This provides a very robust way that can be moved, bumped or jarred.
Others have used connectors, especially for the powers and ground connected the LED's and RPi to the power supply.
Finally, a few have actually designed circuit boards to handle all this. Here's a link to the thread that discusses this option; https://www.livesectional.com/community/postid/180/
Hope this helps. - Mark
yes mark
