Track Aircraft With Your Raspberry Pi Using The FlightAware Pro

[@JeffGeerling]

I'd like to also test out plain old SDR and see some of the data coming in unfiltered. Could be cool to try programming my own little map too, mostly to see how ADS-B works. But I may try this project someday, as I love messing around with FlightAware already!

[@MichaelKlements]

Programming your ADS-B decoder and mini map would be a really interesting project, and probably not all that difficult to do. I found this site to be quite an interesting read on decoding ADS-B and Mode S messages - mode-s.org/decode/misc/preface.html

[@MrTartans]

Dad was a pilot, he will love this.

[@EricOnYouTube]

Ok, I ordered the equipment and will hook it up when I get it.

[@aaronag7876]

Absolutely brilliant project and something I've been looking for. Thanks

[@MichaelKlements]

It's been a really fun project to put a spare Pi to use - apparently it'll run on a Pi Zero W or Zero 2 W as well which makes it quite inexpensive.

[@Bon3fish]

I set up Pi-Aware on a Zero 2 w and want to make it solar-powered. So far, it runs well during the day but doesn't make it through the night. I use the Solar Power Manager (B), Embedded 10000mAh Li-Po Battery from Waveshare, and Solar Panel (5.5V 6W).

[@MichaelKlements]

I haven't measured the consumption of the Pi-aware stick but I'd imagine that this is relatively low compared to the Pi Zero 2. Just a rough look at your hardware - your Pi setup is probably using around 30Wh per day. Your Waveshare battery and controller can store 37Wh max so that's a bit close but still ok. Your solar panel probably provides about 20-30Wh per day best case which is also very close but should be ok if getting full sun each day. So either your panel is not outputting near it's rated 6W in full sun, leaving the waveshare battery semi-depleted when the sun sets or your Pi setup is drawing significantly more than it would at idle without the Pi-aware stick. It's probably worth measuring both of these things during the day.

[@LayerbyLayerOfficial]

would love to see a video of this with a 3d printed enclosure and a dedicated screen if its possible

[@MichaelKlements]

They do have an option for a compatible waveshare display on their standard disk image, I'll look into this.

[@BenCos2018]

Main issue with these sites is they censor stuff tbh

[@EricOnYouTube]

How do you know?

[@BenCos2018]

@@EricOnKZbin By watching the data from them I've seen them censor stuff

[@MichaelKlements]

What sort of stuff would they be sensoring?

[@BenCos2018]

@@MichaelKlementsplanes when the owner requests it for various reasons they do it on request of the owner for example so that it doesn't show up on the site same for military stuff also which is the most neat stuff to track sometimes

[@robertsandy3794]

Is Flight Aware just a glorified SDR? What does it cost?

[@BenCos2018]

Yep it's a sdr Around 70 I'd go with the one from the airplanes . Live store personally if you are in the US or Canada

[@MichaelKlements]

I'm not sure what you mean by "glorified" as they don't make it out to be anything other than an ADS-B receiver that they've put their branding onto, but yes it's essentially an SDR and costs $35-$40 from their web store depending on the model you get.

[@BenCos2018]

@@MichaelKlementsah I saw a bad listing then sorry about that

[@robertsandy3794]

Hi Michael, by glorified I meant that it's an SDR that has had its functionality reduced from an SDR that can do very "large" frequency range to one that does a very "narrow" frequency range specifically for the ADSB frequency. Just wonder if it can be hacked to increase the range

[@MichaelKlements]

Yes it has a built in filter to target the 1090 MHz frequency as this improves its range at this frequency, it's purpose built as an ADS-B receiver rather than a generic SDR.

[@BenCos2018]

Not sure what happened to my other comment earlier but figured id say again as I hit send too early anyway Nice video Not sure why mentioning airplanes live seems to delete my comment though haha

[@BenCos2018]

But if anyone wants they can throw a feed up to that site also just yt seems to delete links RIP ADSBexchange

[@sativagirl1885]

random underwear bombers leave unidentified floating objects. please return to the smoking section and have a cigar!

[@BenCos2018]

@@sativagirl1885 ?

[@BadYossa]

I'm sure Mr Musk wouldn't be a fan 🙂