ADS-B decoding on an AR.Drone

"Cheap ADS-B on Amateur Drones":

Get a head start on the NASA Centennial Challenge's ADS-B requirements by plugging a $20 USB dongle into your drone and tracking nearby aircraft:

Start with an AR.Drone (or other ARM-based amateur drone).
Buy a $30 USB dongle. See the rtl-sdr wiki for recommendations.
Compile and install the dump1090 Mode S/ADS-B decoder software with my easy-to-use cross-compiler setup: ardrone-dump1090-cross-compiler
Plug in the receiver.

And now you're decoding packets:

ADS-B sense-and-avoid is seen as critical to integrating unmanned aircraft into the National Air Space, and this is the beginning of a cheap "sense" solution. Next up: "avoid".

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Roberto Navoni April 2, 2013 at 3:25pm

Great :)
Joshua Ott April 2, 2013 at 1:24pm

Nice, this is important work.
ionut April 2, 2013 at 1:06pm

6300 planes flying right know.Image just how much gas all these planes are burning.We are doomed
John Wiseman April 2, 2013 at 12:38pm

Thanks. BTW, that screenshot shows planes up to 30 miles away from me, but I've picked up aircraft over 100 miles away just with that dumb little antenna that's meant to pick up DVB-T signals.
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Gary Mortimer April 2, 2013 at 12:09pm

Me like, well done.

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