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Pants for Birds is excited to introduce a new product in the ADSBee family of open-source ADS-B receivers: ADSBee 1421! Background In the past year, developers and enthusiasts have brought ADSBee 1090U's open source aircraft tracking technology to a wide

In this update: Events in review Overall company trajectory Winglet Kickstarter update Software changes Something new Open was Sauced and Osh was Koshed! Last month, the ADSBee team attended Open Sauce in San Mateo, CA, and EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, WI!

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I am thrilled to announce a new product from Pants for Birds, the ADSBee Winglet! Winglet is designed to bridge the gap between an open source embedded receiver like the ADSBee 1090U and a full-featured electronic flight bag receiver for general aviation

In this update: New firmware features! ADSBee 1090U back in stock. People in government yell not nice things at each other about ADS-B in. Cryptic mention of future product announcements. Firmware Updates! We pushed out a number of notable firmware update

Firmware Hardware EU Distributor Events XPonential Open Sauce EAA Airventure New project! Howdy bee friends! It's been a very busy month at Pants for Birds. Here's what we've been up to! Firmware 0.9.0-rc15 We have a new firmware release candidate availab

Hardware ADSBee 1090U back in stock ADSBee m1090 in production EU distribution coming soon Something different New designs coming soon… Hardware ADSBee 1090U back in stock! I'm excited to announce that after a little over a month on backorder, the ADSBee

Cheap Mode S test signal source Hardware ADSBee 1090U on backorder ADSBee m1090 on backorder Firmware New RC's! Dynamic range improvements Altitude decoding fixes Whereplane Building a Mode S Transponder for $40 Disclaimer: Don't do this unless you know w

Happy January! We're heading into 2026 with a strong start-there's a lot that's been happening in ADSBee land. Here's what we've been up to this month. Firmware updates RF performance improvements Surface position decoding Oops, more packets 200 stars! AD