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Built in the shed, with AI

Built for the climb.

Radio kit, network tools, engineering models, AI skills, apps for the bike and the kayak, and the air traffic tools where it all started. Each one started as a real problem. I set the requirements, AI writes the code, and I test it until it’s useful.

3D airspace: simulated traffic only
Simulated airspace · drag to orbit
Point at an aircraft

Everything I have built

Pick a card for the full story, or filter by type above. Pictures are clips on made-up data, screenshots with simulated data, or illustrations, and each is labelled.

Demos you can open now

These run in your browser now, with no install and no account. The air traffic demos use simulated traffic only. The outdoor pages use public weather data.

Pictures are screenshots of these pages, taken with simulated forecast data.

What is ASTERIX?

ASTERIX stands for All-purpose Structured EUROCONTROL Surveillance Information Exchange. It is the published EUROCONTROL format that air traffic systems use to pass surveillance data, such as radar reports and aircraft tracks, from one system to another. Every field is defined down to the bit, so a lot of information fits on a slow link. Several tools on this site generate, listen to or decode it.

CAT1 byteCategory: what kind of data follows
LEN2 bytesLength of the whole block
FSPEC1 byte or moreA map of which items are present
Data itemsonly those switched onIn the order the category’s profile sets
Record 1
Record 2…More records can follow

Try the FSPEC

The FSPEC byte is a row of switches. Each of the first 7 bits says whether one data item is in the record. The last bit (FX) says whether another FSPEC byte follows. Tap a bit to switch an item on or off. The item names are simplified examples, not a real profile.

FSPEC byte: --

The record that results

    048Monoradar target reports
    062System track data
    021ADS-B target reports
    034Monoradar service messages

    Category names from the EUROCONTROL list of ASTERIX categories (October 2025). The full rules are in the EUROCONTROL Specification for Surveillance Data Exchange, Part 1. Nothing here is real traffic.

    Systems engineering

    How each tool is engineered

    Each tool starts from a stated need, gets requirements traced to a published source, and is checked against them. The Engineering page maps that work to ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, with an interactive Vee, a traceability table, and what the AI does and does not do.

    11/11Feeds passed
    15Faults traced, 5 releases
    1,137Simulator checks, none failed
    41Fault test cases, one procedure

    Slopes Creations kit

    Tees, hoodies, mugs and stickers with the radar and sc mark, printed to order. Open the merch shop

    About Slopes

    I’m Paul Sloper and Slopes is my workshop label. Road, track, touring and a 987-mile End to End on the bike side; air traffic engineering, radio and single-board computer builds on the other. These apps come from the second half, with a few that help the first.

    Scrubbed for sharing

    IP addresses, port numbers, hostnames, site names, people’s names, frequencies and other identifying details are removed or generalised on this page. It describes what each app does, not where it runs. Where an app has a short clip, it shows the app running on made-up data. The Feed Suite and Simulator clips are simulated demos built for this site instead, so no real airfield or network data appears. Brand names, real site names and airline callsigns were swapped out before recording.

    Questions about the tools?

    Find me at @cyclingslopes or email info [at] slopes-creations [dot] co [dot] uk.