This "project" provides status monitoring and graph visualization for two Raspberry Pi devices running ADS-B flight tracking and NTP time server services.
ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast)
Aircraft broadcast their position, altitude, speed, and flight number via radio. A Raspberry Pi with a software-defined radio receiver picks up these signals and displays live air traffic on a map.
NTP (Network Time Protocol)
A protocol used to synchronize computer clocks over a network. This server uses a GPS receiver as a precise time source and acts as Stratum 1 to provide accurate time to other devices on the local network.
Pi 3B — ADS-B Feeder
This is an example of my "radar" screen with info I get from the ADS-B signal. (refreshed every 10 min)
Updated: 2026-09-22 04:33
Pi 5 — NTP Server
An example of some information the chrony software provides on the Pi 5 about the NTP server with GPS timing. (refreshed every 5 min)
=== CHRONY SOURCES (GPS & PPS only) ===
.-- Source mode '^' = server, '=' = peer, '#' = local clock.
/ .- Source state '*' = current best, '+' = combined, '-' = not combined,
| / 'x' = may be in error, '~' = too variable, '?' = unusable.
|| .- xxxx [ yyyy ] +/- zzzz
|| Reachability register (octal) -. | xxxx = adjusted offset,
|| Log2(Polling interval) --. | | yyyy = measured offset,
|| \ | | zzzz = estimated error.
|| | | \
MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
#- GPS 0 4 377 12 -181ms[ -181ms] +/- 200ms
#* PPS 0 4 377 10 -136ns[ -952ns] +/- 120ns
=== CHRONY TRACKING ===
Reference ID : 50505300 (PPS)
Stratum : 1
Ref time (UTC) : Tue Sep 22 02:35:52 2026
System time : 0.000000333 seconds slow of NTP time (*)
Last offset : -0.000000882 seconds (*)
RMS offset : 0.000000547 seconds
Frequency : 0.254 ppm slow (*)
Residual freq : -0.006 ppm
Skew : 0.044 ppm
Root delay : 0.000000001 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000010847 seconds
Update interval : 16.0 seconds
Leap status : Normal
(*) values used in NTP graphs
=== CHRONY SOURCESTATS (GPS & PPS only) ===
.- Number of sample points in measurement set.
/ .- Number of residual runs with same sign.
| / .- Length of measurement set (time).
| | / .- Est. clock freq error (ppm).
| | | / .- Est. error in freq.
| | | | / .- Est. offset.
| | | | | | On the -.
| | | | | | samples. \
| | | | | | |
Name/IP Address NP NR Span Frequency Freq Skew Offset Std Dev
==============================================================================
GPS 56 25 880 -2.125 16.437 -171ms 9097us
PPS 6 3 81 -0.006 0.039 -26ns 324ns
chronyc (chrony) version 4.3 (+READLINE +SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
Generated at 2026-09-22 04:36:02
Updated: 2026-09-22 04:36
