An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk
technicalAn ESP32 based plane radarAlex Kretzschmar25 Jul 2026 • 3 min readThis project made for a perfect lazy Saturday unwind, after a busy week giving a talk at Devrelcon in NYC. Makerworld had this thing as one of their featured models about a week or two ago, and the parts came in while I was away. It pulls nearby ADS-B traffic, plots each aircraft by distance and bearing, and shows the details directly on the screen.
- ▪technicalAn ESP32 based plane radarAlex Kretzschmar25 Jul 2026 • 3 min readThis project made for a perfect lazy Saturday unwind, after a busy week giving a talk at Devrelcon in NYC.
- ▪Makerworld had this thing as one of their featured models about a week or two ago, and the parts came in while I was away.
- ▪It pulls nearby ADS-B traffic, plots each aircraft by distance and bearing, and shows the details directly on the screen.
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technicalAn ESP32 based plane radarAlex Kretzschmar25 Jul 2026 • 3 min readThis project made for a perfect lazy Saturday unwind, after a busy week giving a talk at Devrelcon in NYC. Makerworld had this thing as one of their featured models about a week or two ago, and the parts came in while I was away. GitHub repository ESP32-Plane-Radar Open-source ESP32 firmware for a 1.28″ round display that shows live ADS-B aircraft around your location as a sonar-style plane radar. by ironicbadger · C++ · MIT View repository on GitHub ★ 0 ⑂ 0 ↗ Plane radar is a neat little project that turns an ESP32-C3 and a 1.28-inch round display into a live aircraft radar. It pulls nearby ADS-B traffic, plots each aircraft by distance and bearing, and shows the details directly on the screen.
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