SoftRF

DIY, multifunctional, compatible, sub-1 GHz ISM band radio based proximity awareness system for general aviation.

Features

Wearable
- Badge Edition

Plug-and-Play
- Dongle Edition
Portable
- Prime Mark II
Classic 2.25 inch instrument
- Standalone Edition
Certified (CE/FCC)
- Uni Edition
- Mini Edition
Wireless 2.7 inch E-Ink display
- SkyView EZ
can receive ADS-B air traffic
- 978 UAT
  - Uni Edition
- 1090 ES
  - ES Edition
- 1090 ES and/or 978 UAT
  - Raspberry Edition
UAV add-on
- UAV Edition
Raspberry Pi friendly
- Raspberry Edition
- SkyView Pi
for education purpose
- Academy Edition

Compatibility ¹

Type	Protocol	Skytraxx	SoftRF
Radio	FLARM AIR V6	²
	OGNTP		³
	P3I		³
	978 UAT ADS-B		⁴
	1090 ES ADS-B		⁵
	FANET+		³
Data	FLARM NMEA
	Garmin GDL90
	MAVLINK
	Dump1090 ⁶

¹ - it is necessary for a reader to distinguish the difference between statement "compatible" and statement "fully compatible".
SoftRF implements only a reasonable minimum of the protocols specs. No "bells and whistles" so far.
² - FANET+ can not receive FLARM. However it is able to transmit it.
³ - valid for Prime Mark II , Dongle , Mini , Badge , Bracelet and Academy Editions; valid for Standalone , UAV and Uni Editions with optional DIY SoftRF LoRa RF module
⁴ - Reception of traffic 'downlink' frames only. Valid for Uni Edition alone and for Standalone Edition with optional DIY SoftRF UAT module
⁵ - Reception of traffic 'downlink' frames only. Valid for ES Edition
⁶ - also known as "raw ADS-B"

Models

By Processing Unit

Model(s)	Platform	First appearance	Notes
1 Prime 2 Standalone 3 UAV 4 WebTop	Espressif ESP8266	Q4 2015	Prime model is no longer supported - use Prime MkII instead.
1 Prime Mark II 2 Standalone + adapter 3 UAV 4 SkyView EZ 5 Flight Recorder	Espressif ESP32	Q1 2018	Today's best platform
1 Raspberry Edition 2 SkyView Pi	Broadcom BCM283X (Raspberry Pi)	Q4 2018	Good for use together with RTL-SDR dongles to achieve additional 1090ES (and 978UAT) ADS-B air traffic reception.
1 UAT module 2 Uni	Texas Instruments CC1310 and CC1352R	Q1 2019	1 Unique RF radio specs are useful for UAT978 ADS-B reception [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] ; 2 holds FCC/CE mark
1 Retro 2 Dongle	STMicroelectronics STM32	Q3 2019
Mini	Cypress PSoC 4100S	Q3 2020	1 good add-on candidate for modded Kobo e-Readers ; 2 holds FCC/CE mark
Badge	Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840	Q4 2020
ES	NXP Semiconductors LPC4320	Q2 2021	Unique RF radio specs are useful for 1090ES ADS-B reception [ 1 , 2 ]
Academy	Microchip (Atmel) SAM D21 and ATmega2560	Q4 2021	good for teaching students of air traffic proximity awareness

By sub-1 GHz radio

Radio	Model(s)	First appearance	Notes
Nordic Semiconductor nRF905	1 Prime 2 Standalone 3 UAV	Q4 2015
Semtech SX1276	1 LoRa module 2 Prime Mark II 3 Raspberry Edition 4 Dongle	Q4 2017
Texas Instruments CC1310	UAT module	Q1 2019
Semtech SX1231	Retro	Q3 2019	operates through OGN driver with OGNTP protocol only
Semtech SX1262	1 Prime Mark II 2 Mini 3 Badge	Q1 2020
Texas Instruments CC1352R	Uni Edition	Q2 2020

By GNSS chip

GNSS	Model(s)	First appearance
Generic NMEA	Standalone	Q4 2016
U-blox 6/7/8	1 Prime Mark II 2 Retro 3 Uni Edition	Q2 2018
Hangzhou ZhongKe AT6558	1 Prime Mark II 2 Mini 3 Badge	Q2 2019
Sony CXD5603GF	1 Dongle	Q4 2019
MediaTek MT3339	1 Raspberry 2 Uni	Q3 2020
GOKE GK9501	Mini	Q3 2020