Homebrew FX Chrony display

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fe7565 said:
Like DaystateRebel said, there is a larger 2 inch, but it's more pricey at over $47. But it does have an SD-card to save shot strings and three buttons on front.




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I like this with a larger screen, and it has already the enclosure + USB C + 3 buttons on top + button on side + SD. Looks like a perfect in my eyes, it is black as well.
And my local amazon can deliver it with short shipping.
Performance vise? Comparable?
Programming is a same or need to remap the text?
In case if I buy one I would usb wire it to my battery bank in parallel slot to the radar.
 
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A developer for my Garmin Edge 1030 bike radar made a configurator app on GitHub where we users can do changes in the app datafield and all online.
If the greater interest exist you may wanna open that option?
I know some new potential projects as well that the airgunners community would more then welcome. Unfortunately I am not a programmer but all mechanical.
 
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bigHUN said:
I like this with a larger screen, and it has already the enclosure + USB C + 3 buttons on top + button on side + SD. Looks like a perfect in my eyes, it is black as well.
And my local amazon can deliver it with short shipping.
Performance vise? Comparable?
Programming is a same or need to remap the text?
In case if I buy one I would usb wire it to my battery bank in parallel slot to the radar.
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Made a special effort for you BigHun so you can see the screen better! :)

(just setup for simple capture of shots, no menu included)

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The cheapest I could find was this one below. The good thing is that you can slap another battery on the back if the internal runs low.


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fe7565 said:
Made a special effort for you BigHun so you can see the screen better! :)

(just setup for simple capture of shots, no menu included)

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That is funny, no need to joke so hard with me, but Thanks. :)
I have seen Mouser (looks like backordered), also I saw the ver.2 of this little box, no buttons but looks like fingertip sensors for about +30%. The piece price is not overkill considering everything is included with the unit, versus the red unit that still need to make multiple piece orders.


I would take your existing menu and put it on this larger screen on left - the color is a better match to my Impact.
I did no programming at least for 10-12 years and that was also my one time (reef aquarium) learning curve but never repeated, so =I am back to zero. The aquarium is gone but still have the controller and other electrical parts - (in a box somewhere in the basement).
The Canadian winter is at my door, looks like a nice project, starting with learning programming again.

What you suggest?
What is a name of the loader and version?
a heavy modded Win10 64 bit OS in front of me, also a bunch of androids in the house.
 
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bigHUN said:
That is funny, no need to joke so hard with me, but Thanks. :)
I have seen Mouser, also I saw the ver.2 of this little box, no buttons but looks like fingertip sensors for about +30%. The piece price is not overkill considering everything is included in the box, versus the red unit that still need to make multiple piece orders.

I would take your existing menu and put it on this larger screen on left - the color is a better match to my Impact.
I did no programming at least for 10-12 years and that was also my one time (reef aquarium) learning curve but never repeated, so =I am back to zero. The aquarium is gone but still have the controller and other electrical parts - (in a box somewhere in the basement).
The Canadian winter is at my door, looks like a nice project, starting with learning programming again.

What you suggest?
What is a name of the loader and version?
a heavy modded Win10 64 bit OS in front of me, also a bunch of androids in the house.
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Mostly I'm messing with fe7565 (and he's messing with me)

If you're genuinely interested then I expect one of us will port the code to that hardware.
 
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DaystateRebel said:
Mostly I'm messing with fe7565 (and he's messing with me)

If you're genuinely interested then I expect one of us will port the code to that hardware.
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Yes, I have plenty of time over winter.
ETA for the M5Stack ESP32 is about mid January, which is fine with me, not much shooting outdoors next 3-4 months for sure.
I don't think that I could code from scratch but editing fonts position or size or remove a space shall be OK, I dono, I need to taste it .
Thanks for the offer, accepting gladly :)
 
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bigHUN said:
Yes, I have plenty of time over winter.
ETA for the M5Stack ESP32 is about mid January, which is fine with me, not much shooting outdoors next 3-4 months for sure.
I don't think that I could code from scratch but editing fonts position or size or remove a space shall be OK, I dono, I need to taste it .
Thanks for the offer, accepting gladly :)
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Glad to put together a simple but functional setup. Will work on it between me and DaystateRebel :)

I think Digi_key has them in stock. They are a US company.
 
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zaprshka said:
Anyone tried this board? Is it suitable?

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It could be added. Next one I'm going to add is the Adafruit TFT Feather S2 because I have some. Not sure about the buttons but it's a colour display and I'm all about splash screens today :)

I have an older version of the Liliygo on order but the one you linked will take a month to ship from China :(
 
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Inexpensive way to have the actual FX Chrono call out the shots in to your ear without having to watch the phone screen, especially if you are focused on aiming while shooting or outdoors in noise. It is about $3-5 on various websites. You need one only. It pairs with my iPhone (or Android) with an audible voice announcement saying "connected". Look for Model S650 earbud.

Can also try to have the ESP32 gadget send text-to-voice via BLE to it using the DAC. So no need for an external speaker. Saves space and less complicated. DIY.
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bigHUN said:
No suppressors/moderators/silencers in Canada, also at the gun range we use hearing protection muffs mostly digital and sometimes dual layers. My Walkers ear muffs has BT but never actually connect it to my tablet, not for radar and not for listening a music, for a awareness/safety reasons. For a home use maybe acceptable.
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Just for one ear. As long as the other one works... Oh, Canada! :)
 
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fe7565 said:
Oh, Canada! :)
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I can get quickly the "M5Stack ESP32 V2.6 Basic Core IoT Development Kit" but the extra external battery ETA is in early January. Well, acceptable, the postman is busy next couple weeks.
Then I looked further and I saw the "M5Stack Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit" with some added features, same ETA, looks like a same backorder list.
I think I would drop an extra $15 CAD to get a convenience of a touch screen.
Would that change anything in your coding?
 
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