2021 Maine State Science Fair - Computer Science Category - 1st Place

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The Aviation Assistant is a combination hardware / software solution to allow the user to track aircraft using the Automated Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) system. The device is a Raspberry Pi, coupled with a battery control board, speakers, and a USB SDR interface device. The software is a combination of a modified dump1090 software, extended with additional features, in addition to a series of device based APIs to facilitate control and information from the physical hardware to the software interface. The interface is presented to the user via the 7 inch touchscreen display in the form of website.