Overview A dedicated amateur radio dashboard built for the Elecrow CrowPanel ESP32 HMI 2.8-inch display (ESP32-2432S028R). Designed by IamNotIntoTech, this project turns your screen into a fully functional HamClock Mini. It streams 100% real live space weather, HF band propagation conditions, and POTA (Parks on the Air) DX spots directly to your shack desk, utilizing real-world telemetry with zero simulated data.

Features

• Streams 100% real live space weather and geomagnetic conditions directly from NOAA / HamQSL, displaying SFI, SSN, A-Index, K-Index, Aurora activity, and Solar Wind speed.

• Uses the onboard RGB LED to provide dynamic alerts based on live geomagnetic storm thresholds: Green (Quiet), Yellow (Unsettled), and Red (Geomagnetic Storm Warning).

• Displays a real live HF Band Propagation Matrix indicating calculated day and night conditions across the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m amateur bands.

• Fetches real-time POTA live DX spots directly from the official POTA API, displaying the activator callsign, operating frequency, mode, and official park reference.

• Calculates and displays real-time Great Circle Haversine distance and forward azimuth beam heading relative to your station's location.

• Features a synchronized UTC Atomic Clock via NTP, with a flicker-free 1-second differential update.

• Includes Calibrated Touch Controls to quickly switch between Solar Conditions and POTA live spots, providing acoustic feedback (GPIO 26) and visual highlighting on selection.

Hardware

• Elecrow CrowPanel ESP32 HMI 2.8-inch display (ESP32-2432S028R)

• USB data cable and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network

Build and upload First, install VS Code and the PlatformIO IDE extension. Clone the project repository and open the elecrow_projects/13-hamclock-mini directory.

To secure your network and location data, you must configure a local secrets file. Create a file named secrets.h in the appropriate include folder based on the project structure (it is git-ignored for security). Enter your 2.4GHz Wi-Fi credentials and your Station Reference Coordinates (which default to the Paris Eiffel Tower / JN18eu).

Connect your Elecrow display via USB, allow PlatformIO to install the necessary dependencies, and click Build and Upload (or run pio run -t upload --upload-port COM5 in your terminal, adjusting the COM port as needed for your system).

Source code and license GitHub repository (Star repo for more upcoming project)

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The project is shared under following:

• 💻 Source Code: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
• 🎨 3D Models, Enclosures, Artwork, Graphics & Media: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
• 💼 Commercial Licensing: All 3D models, animations, and branding are the intellectual property of Tushar Aggarwal. Commercial use, physical sales, or redistribution requires purchasing a commercial license or donating via GitHub Sponsors / Gumroad. See LICENSE for details.