FlightScnr - live ADS-B traffic sweeping radar

Hey everyone,

After my previous plane tracker using a 64x32 RGB LED matrix and a Raspberry Pi, I wanted to build something a bit more compact and interactive for my desk. This project has been a real labor of love that I've been working on for the past few months, and I'm excited to finally release FlightScnr, an open-source firmware for the LilyGO T-Encoder Pro that turns the dial into a live sweeping radar for local ADS-B traffic.

What it does:

• Live sweeping radar display with radar pips for overhead air traffic
• Flight details for each visible aircraft - Origin/Destination, model, altitude, heading
• Polls adsb.fi in the background and caches route API lookups (AirLabs, FlightAware, FR24) in flash/RAM to minimize API calls to try and keep you under the free-tier monthly limits
• Easy setup with a captive portal for Wi-Fi setup and a local web interface (flightscnr.local) to configure your coordinates, ranges, API keys and other display configs
• Clock, because why not?

I also designed custom mounts for the dev board for desktop display or mounting on your computer monitor - I've put those files up here on MakerWorld.

The code is fully open-source (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) to keep it freely available for the hobbyist community. You don't even need to compile any code yourself to try it out- you can install it directly from your browser via the included WebFlasher!

GitHub Repo and WebFlasher.

Would love to hear what you guys think or if you have any feature ideas!