Early this morning I was working on a serial emulator for some hardware and software I am working on. What I am actually writing, and have just started is an emulator for the FLARM glider trackers from Europe. The software I am working on today will mean that I can emulate going flying without actually needing to go flying. This really is unfortunate, since I like going flying, but can get expensive, particularly since I cannot fly…

Also, it gets hard to test the hardware with 30 or 40 gliders in the air, since we do not yet have 30-40 units. So my software will allow me to output what the 2nd CPU on our FLARM unit would be sending out. And since this 2nd CPU is written by someone else and fully debugged then I do not need to worry about it too much. I just need to worry about displaying what I am hearing. Or more correctly what my software is hearing.

The product is being called the RF Developments OzFlarm, and it *WILL* be available half way through next month. We have a huge field test organised for Lake Keepit near Tamworth under the guise of a Glider Competition.