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”.

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