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Request PID 5AFE for skyBlip - #1282

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@fcatuhe fcatuhe commented Sep 20, 2026 •

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skyBlip is open-source electronic conspicuity firmware for general aviation:
it implements EASA's ADS-L 4 SRD-860 on off-the-shelf LoRa boards, so a glider
or a microlight can be seen by other traffic without a certified transponder.
The PID identifies the USB CDC ACM interface the running firmware presents,
which carries its configuration console and NMEA traffic output to a host.

The firmware is GPL-3.0-only (firmware/LICENSE; the rest of the repository is
MIT). Sources, including the full Zephyr application and the host test suite,
are at https://github.com/fcatuhe/skyblip/tree/main/firmware.

Adds org/skyblip and 1209/5AFE.


Sample of devices on which the firmware is installed:

  T-Echo Plus (skyBlip Go) T-Beam Supreme (skyBlip Panel · skyPost)
Processor Nordic nRF52840 · Cortex-M4F, 64 MHz Espressif ESP32-S3 · 2× Xtensa LX7, 240 MHz
GNSS Quectel L76K, PPS Quectel L76K or u-blox MAX-M10S, PPS
868 Mhz radio Semtech SX1262 Semtech SX1262, 22 dBm
1090 Mhz reception — via the 1090 receiver module
Barometer Bosch BME280 Bosch BME280
Inertial unit Bosch BHI260AP QST QMI8658
Display 1.54″ e-paper, 200×200 1.3″ OLED, 128×64
Audible alarms buzzer + vibration motor —
Bluetooth BLE 5.0, 3 connections, no pairing BLE 5.0, 3 connections, no pairing
Wifi — 802.11 b/g/n
USB USB-C USB-C
Battery 2400 mAh Li-ion 18650 Li-ion
Solar charging — yes (skyPost Helio)
skyblip-go-techo-1f7385ab

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cnlohr commented Sep 28, 2026 •

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@fcatuhe can you link suitable hardware from within the linked projects? I don't see any super clear links. Maybe an additional image could help me understand exactly what this is intended to be used on.

Ping me in-thread once added.

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fcatuhe commented Oct 2, 2026 •

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Hi @cnlohr, thanks for looking into my request.

The firmware runs on off-the-shelf LoRa boards, the same class of hardware Meshtastic runs on. The supported board today is the LilyGO T-Echo Plus (nRF52840 + SX1262 + L76K GNSS + e-paper) and I added some characteristics and image in the PR description above. Section added to the project README too: https://github.com/fcatuhe/skyblip#the-hardware.

The PID is the USB CDC ACM interface it presents on the board's USB-C port.

Hope this is what you needed, have a nice day, François

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Open source, zephyr, GPL-3.0, built on commercially available T-Echo / SkyBlip devices. Looks in order.

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cnlohr merged commit c777f73 into pidcodes:master Oct 2, 2026
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