Top 4 C ads-b Projects

dump1090

16 851 6.8 C

Dump1090 is a simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices (by flightaware)

Project mention: Planespotting with Rust: using nom to parse ADS-B messages | dev.to | 2023-10-28

ADS-B is a protocol used by aircrafts to broadcast their position, altitude, speed, and other information. Nowadays, the majority of aircrafts broadcast ADS-B messages constantly. Anyone with the right equipment can listen to these messages. You can buy a relatively cheap USB dongle with an antenna on Amazon and install drivers for it on Linux. In my case I used usbipd-win to mount the USB device inside Ubuntu running in WSL2. Then I installed the Linux drivers and dump1090, a program that makes use of these drivers and then outputs ADS-B messages in a format that is easy to parse. While you can use dump1090 to display a neat table full of information about aircrafts, I wanted to use its raw output capabilities to parse ADS-B messages myself. It starts a simple TCP server that outputs raw ADS-B messages wrapped in Mode-S Beast frames. I'm not sure what Beast means, but I found something that looks like its spec here.

SoftRF

2 712 9.4 C

:airplane: Multi-functional, compatible DIY general aviation proximity awareness system
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readsb

22 293 8.8 C

ADS-B decoder swiss knife

Project mention: ADS-B setup | /r/RTLSDR | 2023-05-30

readsb-protobuf

7 85 7.7 C

Readsb is a Mode-S/ADSB/TIS decoder for RTLSDR, BladeRF, Modes-Beast and GNS5894 devices. Future development version with protocol buffer storage.

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