28 November 2024

Portable drone jammer uses a Raspberry Pi tactical Software Defined Radio

Ash Hill

What makes a Raspberry Pi project tactical? Maker and developer Media-Grizzly has their own ideas with this cool, portable Pi-powered software-defined radio (SDR) system they built from scratch dubbed the D.E.S.E.R.T Pi-Powered Tactical System. Not only does it work as a handy SDR on the go, it doubles as a drone jammer that can disable nearby drones with the flip of a switch. It's got a handful of features with plenty of room for modification in the future.

Media-Grizzly's D.E.S.E.R.T Pi-Powered Tactical System is housed in a portable case with a decent selection of hardware to play around with. We don't have a full build list yet but we can see a nice, laser-engraved faceplate encompassing a keyboard, power LED, USB port, and an LCD display in the middle. However, the most tempting input of all is the big red switch in the corner labeled "DE-AUTH".

According to Media-Grizzly's, this DE-AUTH switch is programmed to interact specifically with drone signals. It's important to note that the legality of such interference can vary greatly depending on where you live and Media-Grizzly assures this is a theoretical use case. That said, the drone jammer would work by connecting an antenna and arming the switch. Any drone within range of the antenna will lose its signal while activated.

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