Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging
Dr. Gregory L. Charvat, Mr. Jonathan H. Williams & Dr. Alan J. Fenn, Dr. Stephen M. Kogon, Dr. Jeffrey S. Herd
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Charvat, Gregory L., Jonathan H. Williams, Alan J. Fenn, Steve Kogon, and Jeffrey S. Herd. RES.LL-003 Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging, January IAP 2011. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 30 Jul, 2011). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Student Results
Eric Williams, Spiros Mantzavinos, Kate Williams, and Galia Ghazi.
Documentation
Block diagram, schematics, how-to instructions, and BOM.
Publications
“Science on Saturday, Radar,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory, March 31 2012.
Adaptation
University of Vermont:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idkDrHQES0U
Erasmus Mundus Space Masters Round 7 class, IRF, Kiruna, Sweden - April 2012:
University of California Davis:
http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~lxgliu/sd_radar/2012fall/2012.05.EEC193.Flyer.pdf
Michigan State University:
http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ece480/capstone/fall11/group07/file/Home.html
Dangerous Prototypes:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/11/14/defcon-19-build-your-own-radar-system/
MIT Lincoln Laboratory internal radar course.
MITRE internal radar course.
MITRE, the Young Women in Engineering event.
MIT 6.002x Mongolia:
MIT Embedded Design, a final project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Qw0mwoU3k&feature=youtu.be
MIT Professional Education top-rated course of 2011:
http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/radar_systems.html
Press & Blogs
Brian Benchoff, ‘Build a $360 synthetic aperture radar with MIT’s Opencourseware,’ December 18, 2012,
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/18/build-a-360-synthetic-aperture-radar-with-mits-opencourseware/
J. Baichtal, ‘DIY Coffee Can Radar,’
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/06/29/diy-coffee-can-radar/
S. Reagan, 'Coffee Can Doppler Radar Set,' January 17, 2012.
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/17/coffee-can-doppler-radar-set/
http://www.radioamateur.org/newsradio/affiche_newsradio.php?id=818&cat_id=&p=
S. Reagan, 'Seeing EM Waves With a Single LED,' December 13, 2011.
http://blog.makezine.com/2011/12/13/seeing-em-waves-with-a-single-led/
http://www.engadget.com/tag/greg+charvat/
D. Ryan, "MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers introduce students to radar engineering," Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, April 2011.
http://www.ll.mit.edu/news/iapradarcourse.html
A. Abazorius, "A modern approach to radar," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL, Febraury 24,
2011.
http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1436
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/how-to-coffee-can-radar.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/coffee-can-radar.html