This master's thesis deals with design and development of a system for measuring altitude (height above ground level) of flying objects. It describes theoretical background related to altitude measurements in avionics as well as various techniques of altitude measuring. The measurement is conducted by HMD (Height measuring device) - embedded system which uses barometric pressure sensor to measure altitude. The main part of this thesis is dedicated to ground unit - a server running custom set of applications. Using this server and radio link, it is possible to send control commands to HMD, receive data, and propagate data into web application. Furthermore server acts as a data storage and is able to process and analyse data. The thesis also discusses the precision of the measurement and the data output. System was tested and used during several glider aerobatics competitions.

This thesis deals with a system for tracking the trajectory of the moving object. Further, also for obtaining additional motion data and other information. Thesis focuses on flying objects. There are described all system components and way of their communication. Next, the progress of the expansion unit for measuring by the BeagleBone Black platform. Also there is described testing that took place during aerobatic gliders races, including the demonstrations of recording data and their processing.