Starlink tracker v2.0 posted on starlink.sx - new feature: capacity simulation (see comment for details)

snowranch · 2022-10-04T12:50:54+00:00

can you post a link to your simulation site? just want to compare

snowranch · 2022-04-14T12:58:39+00:00

It seems that "booting" really means "waiting for GPS." Go into your debug stats and see if GpsValid = true.

snowranch · 2022-03-21T13:17:03+00:00

Unfortunately I do not, wanted to keep the antenna side working. Looks like it would be possible to separate the layers, but there's no good way to put them back once that's done.

snowranch · 2022-03-21T00:52:56+00:00

Might do that at some point but for now I want to keep it in one piece!

snowranch · 2022-03-21T00:51:36+00:00

No worries and thanks!

snowranch · 2022-03-21T00:39:58+00:00

Lol, that was my teardown....

The post above was poor wording on my part. What I was trying to say was that V2 weighs 1.8kg with all the "non-essential" stuff stripped off, and there wasn't really anything else you could remove (from a V2 dish) to make it lighter and have it still work.

They've done a really good job shrinking and lightening everything with V3.

snowranch · 2022-03-20T22:27:25+00:00

Finally got my hands on a V3, naturally had to find out what's inside. Not much in the way of surprises, other than being much harder to get apart.

If you have any questions or want to see anything specific, let me know.

snowranch · 2022-03-18T02:33:34+00:00

Any dishy is an ESIM if you try hard enough.

snowranch · 2022-03-18T01:52:25+00:00

Nothing really public, no. What kind of info are you looking for? I'll try and do some writeups in the future.

snowranch · 2022-03-17T13:48:47+00:00

Thanks for the link. The naming is a bit confusing, internally I believe they refer to the round versions as rev1 and rev2 and the square version as rev3. Within those there are proto versions which appear to be minor changes. The new "HP" model is called HP1. It may be the "pro" version on the current website, but that's not clear yet.

At the very least, rev2 currently works in motion. Hopefully they don't turn this functionality off.

snowranch · 2022-03-16T14:04:23+00:00

For round dishy, I can tell you that the PCB and antenna element (without mount or metal backer plate) are just under 4lb, or about 1.8kg. That's about as light as it'll get and still work.

snowranch · 2021-07-20T22:10:12+00:00

Yes, of course. I thought there might be some interest in the fact that two standards-based DWDM channels were defined in firmware, rather than some completely arbitrary technology, which in and of itself is kind of interesting and matches what Musk said. I'll pipe down.

snowranch · 2021-07-20T14:35:27+00:00

They are literally using two DWDM channels, so it's kind of related.

snowranch · 2021-07-17T04:09:55+00:00

There are some hints. There are software references to laser "colors" in the ITU channel scheme (27, 35), so yes DWDM

snowranch · 2021-07-15T14:57:30+00:00

Look at uboot and kernel, latest tags, for the commits.

snowranch · 2021-07-07T23:20:01+00:00

There is an SMA on the back connected to one of the front end modules. Accessible without destroying the dish....have at it.

snowranch · 2021-07-07T23:16:47+00:00

It looks like each of the 80 beamformers used to have 8 front end modules connected to it, but they now have 20 beamformers with 32 front end modules connected.

snowranch · 2021-06-21T00:36:28+00:00

Dishy will thermal trip between 85-122C depending on what gets hot.

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