Building an Airplane Observer with Raspberry Pi
This project uses a Raspberry Pi with ultra-low-cost software-defined radio (SDR) hardware to receive tracking information sent by airborne S-mode transponders from millions of miles away. The Raspberry Pi is equipped with a sleek 3.5-inch TFT display to provide a convenient overview of aircraft activity.
Hardware
The RTL2832U-based tiny SDR receiver (124-5461) was originally designed for DVB-T reception and first brought to market. However, due to the efforts of Linux kernel hackers over