An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk
alexktz
75 points
13 comments
July 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
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 ;)
freitasm
Well, a radar-like display, then. But not a radar.
NooneAtAll3
radar *display* making esp32-based radar emitter would've been cool, tho
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)
NNimaandi
Its an amazing work
sneak
ADS-B is not radar, despite ATC calling these sorts of things “secondary radar”.