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Radio Setup That Tracks Nearby Cars via Tire Sensors

story by CGMthrowaway · 2026-08-31 · 0 comments

…to pick up existing broadcasts in your area. I pick up three different stations consistently! [0] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by seemaze · 2025-10-13 · in Putting a dumb weather station on the internet

…goings of individual cars. For anyone else looking to do the same with it this project is great: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by joecool1029 · 2025-10-08 · in Tire Pressure Sensor IDs: Why, Where and When (2015)

…etc. There a ton of devices that use 433Mhz. You can also extend rtl_433 pretty easily. [0] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by EvanAnderson · 2025-09-16 · in Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)

You can monitor and track these as well with: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by blantonl · 2025-03-28 · in I asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car

This is a tool for receiving a lot of 433MHz stuff: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by pajko · 2025-03-11 · in Software-Defined Radio for Engineers (2018) [pdf]

If you want to decode transmissions from common weather sensors, be sure to check out rtl_433 [ https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 ]. If you have and RTLSDR dongle, it should just work.

comment by staplung · 2025-03-10 · in Software-Defined Radio for Engineers (2018) [pdf]

…an RTL-SDR using rlt_433 and then pipe those datapoints into a Prometheus + Grafana installation. https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by tengbretson · 2024-12-31 · in How to monitor your local weather with Grafana

And there's a multiformat receiver block too: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by pajko · 2024-03-14 · in Reverse engineering a car key fob signal

…be build, although the transmitted data conforms to standards and can be processed with for example https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 . So one can gather all data with a simple dongle and process that with a RPi.

comment by Gys · 2023-09-05 · in Measure wind speed and direction with ultrasonic anemometer and Arduino

…now, and start playing around with whatever sensors others in your neighborhood happen to have. [1] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 [2] https://www.acurite.com/shop-all/weather-instruments/weather... [3]…

comment by tzs · 2023-05-19 · in Building a weather station

…tire, which emits temp, pressure, serial#, and other data. You can decode this for yourself with https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 and a RTL-SDR.

comment by tarotuser · 2023-02-16 · in Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You

…I use these to monitor my plants. I use a HackRF and the following software to collect the data. https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 It works okay: it drops around 10% of the data due to reception issues, but I think it might be related…

comment by aeonik · 2022-10-21 · in A Bluetooth Low Energy soil moisture sensor

…seem feasible this could get used for vehicle presence detection or even short-range tracking. [0] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by gregmac · 2022-08-23 · in Solving my truck’s TPMS sensor problem with the help of an RTL-SDR dongle

Time for SDR inspection? https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by djbusby · 2022-07-10 · in Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

…will display selected readings on the LED display, but I mostly just let mrtg/rrdtool do its thing. https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by flyinghamster · 2022-05-04 · in Best Raspberry Pi Projects

…states it does not decrypt the rolling code.[1] According to the CVE there is no rolling code. [0] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 [1] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433/blob/master/src/devices/...

comment by prova_modena · 2022-03-25 · in Vulnerability in Honda's Remote Keyless System

What you're looking for is RTL433[0]. [0]: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by ctoth · 2022-03-25 · in Vulnerability in Honda's Remote Keyless System

Most (all?) smart meters' payload is unencrypted, and can be read with a $20 software-defined radio: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 I now have my electric, gas, and water readings going into Home Assistant - the hardest part of…

comment by dpifke · 2022-02-08 · in Show HN: Why build a custom home heating oil tank solution?

…stuff with it. Have the whole thing wrapped with docker compose and just runs in the backgound. [1] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by vvanders · 2022-01-15 · in Build a weather station with Elixir and Nerves

I use https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 on the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) band used by my car (315 Mhz) to trigger home automation like turning on the lights as we're pulling up. (rtl_433 publishes to MQTT, which triggers…

comment by dpifke · 2021-12-22 · in What is RF monitor-mode and why does it matter?

…have to deal with when designing drainage for road projects). [1] https://pastebin.com/7Aus3U3R [2] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by tzs · 2021-11-25 · in The unbearable fussiness of the smart home

…https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QJVU78/ [2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009U7WZCA/ [3] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by tzs · 2021-09-10 · in Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

…a signal. There are several projects on GitHub to pick them up, and I've successfully done it. See: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by fortran77 · 2021-09-05 · in Student tracks Bluetooth headset wearers by wardriving around Oslo on a bicycle

…on the radio, often making it only necessary to determine its frequency and what each bit means: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433/wiki/digitech_xc0324.REA...

comment by lights0123 · 2021-07-04 · in Decoding radio pH capsules with rtl_433

…sort of remote button or keypad. [4] https://www.weathershack.com/product/acurite-06004m.html [5] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by tzs · 2021-06-29 · in Building a DIY Smart Doorbell

https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 is an amazing application. I was once in a similar situation and this app just automatically determined the used protocol!

comment by Gys · 2021-05-05 · in Putting an old digital clock (with an outdoor thermometer) on steroids

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Rtl_433: Receive and Decode Unique IDs from TPMS

story by fortran77 · 2021-04-04 · 0 comments

…to receive 433Mhz alarm from cheap fire/gas alarms using a DVB-T dongle and raspberry pi. [1] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by Abishek_Muthian · 2020-11-11 · in PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP Using Python

…walls) and long (months+) battery life. On RPi side I only had to get an RTL-SDR receiver and run https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 on the RPi itself to decode the data. It was significantly cheaper than going with BLE or WiFi sensors.

comment by izacus · 2020-06-15 · in Build yourself a weather station

…to any API you would like. [1] https://www.banggood.com/USB2_0-FM-DAB-DVB-T-RTL2832U-R820T2... [2] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by mythor · 2020-06-15 · in Build yourself a weather station

I use DVB-T USB dongle. You can use this project[1] to decode it. [1] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by Abishek_Muthian · 2019-12-02 · in Open-Source Home Automation

…isn't super complicated. https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by justinsaccount · 2019-11-25 · in GNU Radio first steps: a FM receiver

…the normal price is ~$70 USD) and using it with Prometheus. I've done something similar wrapping https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 to pick up temp / humidity monitoring data from sensors around my home, then stuffing the results into…

comment by seanp2k2 · 2018-01-21 · in Show HN: Low cost CO₂ monitoring (your office) with Prometheus and Go

You can read TPMS sensors in car tires, wireless weather stations and much more, see this app: https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 for more examples.

comment by zeep · 2017-12-30 · in Monitoring Home Power Consumption for less than $25

…[2] https://github.com/argilo/gr-elster [3] https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr [4] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by heywire · 2017-02-21 · in Universal Radio Hacker: investigate wireless protocols like a boss

…fun one [3]. [1] https://github.com/shaunhey/ea_receiver [2] https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr [3] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by heywire · 2016-12-04 · in Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio

…do is get weather data from commercial outdoor wireless weather sensors in your area with RTL 433 https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433

comment by koryk · 2016-06-20 · in When everything else fails, amateur radio will still be there and thriving

…little program[2] that understands a wide variety of manufactures' formats. [1] ##rtlsdr [3] [2] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 [3] Which I'm running a small fundraiser for, http://igg.me/at/rtlsdr

comment by keenerd · 2014-07-25 · in Blind Reverse Engineering a Wireless Protocol [pdf]