Experimental Ground Station

This project is a Python-based ground station for reading and visualizing serial data from sensors. It uses DearPyGui to plot real-time data.

Features

• Reads serial data from a connected device
• Real-time plotting of sensor data:
  • Magnetometer: MX, MY, MZ
  • Gyroscope: GX, GY, GZ
• Dynamic X-axis scrolling to show the latest data
• Configurable time window and buffer size
• Handles non-numeric serial lines errors

Future

• Replace Serial with LoRa interface
• Add GPS
• Add IMU
• Add kalman filter
• Euler to quaternarian formulas

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• DearPyGui
• PySerial

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone

   Install dependencies:

   pip install dearpygui pyserial

Usage

Connect your sensor device to the correct serial port.

Update the port variable in GroundStationGUI.py if necessary:

ser = serial.Serial( port='/dev/cu.usbserial-0001', baudrate=115200, timeout=1 )

Run the GUI:

python GroundStationGUI.py

The windows will display real-time plots of (C++ output/filtered) sensor data.