Pi ADSB Receiver

Raspberry Pi ADS-B receiver and feeder for tracking aircraft, experimenting with RTL-SDR and antenna design.

Ongoing
Solo project
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Raspberry Pi
ADS-B
RTL-SDR
Flight Tracking
Pi ADSB Receiver

Project Overview

Created an ADS-B aircraft tracking system using Raspberry Pi and RTL-SDR dongles. Experimented with antenna designs and integrated data feeds to global flight tracking services.

Challenges

  • • Capturing reliable ADS-B signals from aircraft
  • • Optimizing antenna placement and design
  • • Feeding real-time data to global networks

Solutions

  • • Set up dump1090 software on Raspberry Pi for decoding
  • • Designed DIY antennas optimized for 1090 MHz
  • • Configured data feeds to online flight-tracking networks

Technologies Used

Frontend

    Backend

    • dump1090
    • Python

    Database

      Tools

      • Raspberry Pi
      • RTL-SDR

      Gallery

      Pi ADSB Receiver screenshot 2
      Pi ADSB Receiver screenshot 3