Build Your Own Drone Tracking Radar: Part 1
Jon Kraft
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RadioKrafter is a channel primarily focused on simple examples and tutorials of software defined radio (SDR), phased array beamforming, RADAR, and Python. The goal for most of these videos is to demonstrate concepts and provide a "hello world" starting point for these subjects. But it is definitely not the only way, or even the best way, to do these things! Leave a comment with other suggestions or any issues you see. Let's all learn this together! Jon Kraft is a systems platform engineer at Analog Devices. However, this YouTube channel is run independently, with no affiliation, partnership, or association with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). ADI does not endorse or collaborate with the author for content posted on this channel. Views and opinions are solely those of the author.
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This is the first video in a new 5 part series where I will show you how to build and program your own radar. At the end, we'll use it to locate a small drone. Each video will start with basic radar concepts that I will first explain and then demonstrate. Over the course of the videos, the radar will grow until we have a more complete radar that can generate the classic range doppler plots. 0:00 -- Introduction 1:04 -- Disclaimers 2:35 -- Overview of the Video Series 4:52 -- Basics of Radar Hardware 7:58 -- Option 1: MIT Cantenna Radar 11:11 -- Option 2: Pluto 13:04 -- Option 3: Pluto + Mixers 14:47 -- Option 4: the Phaser 18:30 -- Conclusion Here are the links used in this video: Technical Support Questions on any product from Analog Devices should go here: https://ez.analog.com/adieducation/university-program/ Pluto: https://www.analog.com/adalm-pluto.html Phaser: https://www.analog.com/cn0566 Radar Software: https://github.com/jonkraft/PhaserRadarLabs MIT Lincoln Labs Coffee Can Radar: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-ll-003-build-a-small-radar-system-capable-of-sensing-range-doppler-and-synthetic-aperture-radar-imaging-january-iap-2011/ Pluto (only) Radar Setups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYfmMYW_R0 https://events.gnuradio.org/event/8/contributions/34/attachments/10/95/2021%20GRC%20presentation%20Cai%20and%20Kraft%20v9.pdf https://youtu.be/MQi-sQ1GZcY Pluto + Mixers Radar Setups: https://youtu.be/FakkMgzru2E https://youtu.be/63qY9tYhhro?si=tfk9vlWQzfLxhtBJ&t=229 Small and Short Range Radar Systems, by Gregory Charvot https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/small-and-short-range-radar-systems-gregory-l-charvat/1125881986?ean=9781498759649
Radar Essentials for DIY Drone Tracking
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