• Compatibility
• Display brightness
• AMOLED vs TFT
• Disclaimer
• Bill of materials
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• Quick start
• Settings
• Screen pages
• Battery life
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Concorde Edition is a variant of SoftRF DIY GA proximity awareness device been implemented in a smartphone-like form factor.

The Concorde is a synergy of two leading edge technologies in one portable unit:

1. SoftRF advanced radio, GNSS and air traffic processing core with data stream output, and
2. SkyView air traffic visualization engine.

It is supposed to require minimal skills from a user to begin with and gives an opportunity to evaluate if the SoftRF technology is appropriate for your needs.

The Concorde is based on third-party's hardware - LilyGO® T-Display P4 AMOLED product, which is available for direct purchase from manufacturer at more or less reasonable price (100+ USD).

Type	Protocol	FLARM	OGN tracker	PilotAware	Skytraxx	SoftRF
Radio	FLARM AIR V7
	OGNTP
	P3I
	FANET+
	SRD 860 ADS-L
Data	FLARM NMEA
	Garmin GDL90
	Dump1090

¹ - it is necessary for a reader to feel 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.

The product specs say that

This display brightness value of 500 nits ( cd/m² ) is less than typical 1000+ nits of luminance necessary to counter against direct sun light.

If your use case requires strong resistance to the sun light - think about other SoftRF solutions, such as

• Badge Edition  , Handheld  or Airventure 
• SkyView EZ  or SkyView Pico

The SoftRF operates with both variants of LilyGO® T-Display P4 - AMOLED (left) and TFT (right).

TFT variant is a little bit less expensive than AMOLED one.
However, an "eye" of frontal camera installed in the TFT variant gives some obstruction to visibility of data representation on the screen.
TFT technology takes more (in average) of energy from battery source even when display picture is dark. AMOLED power consumptions depends heavily on how bright is a picture shown on the display at this particular moment.

SoftRF firmware for Concorde Edition is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

In general a lot of Chinese DIY electronics manufacturers are known to behave this way:

• sometimes they may not apply necessary Q.C. before releasing of a product from factory ;
• they may arbitrary change schematics and electronic components from one batch to the next one.

Author of SoftRF firmware:

• will reject any hardware related claims associated with LilyGO® T-Display P4 AMOLED product. Ask for support from seller or manufacturer ;
• reserves the right to suspend or terminate support of LilyGO® T-Display P4 AMOLED in the firmware at any time.

For the time being ( Feb'26 ) there were no critical hardware issues reported for current version of the T-Display P4 product. However things my change over the time...
If you have issues with bringing up your new LilyGO® T-Display P4 AMOLED or just not happy with the product - be prepared to execute your Purchase Protection plan.

Number	Part	Qty	Picture	Source
1	LilyGO® T-Display P4 AMOLED 2	1		LilyGO Store AliExpress

² - 868 MHz variant is applicable for these world regions: EU, RU, NZ, SA, IN ;
     915 MHz - US, CA, AU, KR, IL.

The following USB 2.0 to TTL UART serial converter and DuPont 4 pin 1 mm to 2.54 mm adapter cable are in use to install or upgrade firmware of the LilyGO® T-Display P4 network (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) co-processor ( Espressif ESP32-C6 ).

Number	Part	Qty	Picture	Source
2	CP2102 USB 2.0 to TTL UART serial converter	1		AliExpress
3	DuPont 4pin 1mm to 2.54mm adapter cable	1		AliExpress

Number	Part	Qty	Picture	Source
4	SMA female to MMCX male adapter	1		AliExpress
5	Antenna 868 MHz 3	1		EBay AliExpress 1 2

³ - 868 MHz variant is applicable for these world regions: EU, RU, NZ, SA, IN ;
     915 MHz - US, CA, AU, IL, KR ;
     433 MHz - CN .

TBD

Access to Basic (radio) settings is provided over either Wi-Fi ( WebUI ) or Bluetooth.
Description of Web UI settings is located here.

AMOLED UI settings description is located there.

If you are an application developer and you think about to add the Concorde configuration menu into your software, please, use:

• C/C++ header file and
• example of usage (in SkyWatch)

You've been able to see a Radar screen layout on top of this Wiki page.

And this is how a Status page looks like.

Current consumption from 3.7 Volt battery:

Mode	AMOLED	TFT
Active	270 mA	380 mA
Off	0 mA	0 mA

Operating time from a full charge depends on your actual battery capacity.

1. LilyGO® T-Display P4 on GitHub