An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk

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freitasm
Well, a radar-like display, then. But not a radar.
boguscoder
Perhaps I didn’t read it thoroughly enough but it seems that lat/long of the “radar” are expected to be entered by user, I think using wifi positioning could be of great assist and could be done from mcu itself without involving web portal, though maybe portal already does it (didn’t get to see it)
NooneAtAll3
radar *display*making esp32-based radar emitter would've been cool, tho
kruskakli
Cool project! Funny how similar projects can pop-up at the same time; here is a somewhat similar project for identifying close-by flights, but this is a mobile app: https://github.com/etnt/skyoverhead
amatecha
Looks pretty cool, though kinda "cheating" by pulling from adsb.fi - though I think you'd need something a lot more powerful than an ESP32 to receive and decode ADS-B ;)
ustad
“Finally, the firmware now supports authenticated OTA updates, so future builds can be installed through the browser instead of connecting the board over USB.”What does that mean?
anon
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holoduke
These kind of project are now so easy. A few prompts and you have something like this. I did it with quite a few similar like projects. You can buy super cheap esps with integrated lcds for less than 20 dollars.
NNimaandi
Its an amazing work
sneak
ADS-B is not radar, despite ATC calling these sorts of things “secondary radar”.
nicechianti
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