Radars have been used for airport air-traffic control,
highway patrol, ballistic missile guidance, military exercise and
many other applications.
In this poster, we developed a low-cost tiny ultrasonic radar
system based on Arduino.
It utilizes ultrasonic sensors to detect the object in the range
and passes the information to Arduino microcontroller .
Once the object is detected, The graphical display utilizes the
position of the detected objects on the computer to send visual
alarm on LED screen.
By adjusting the rotation of the servomotor, we allow the
sensing to be in range from 0 degree to 150 degrees.
It can detect objects up to 400cm away from the ultrasonic
sensor.
RADAR stands for Radio Detection and Ranging
System.
RADAR is an object detection system which
uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude,
direction, or speed of objects
It is basically an electromagnetic system used to
detect the location and distance of an object from
the point where the RADAR is placed.
It works by radiating energy into space and
monitoring the echo or reflected signal from the
objects.
It operates in the UHF and microwave range.
In this Radar System we will be using an Ultrasonic
Sensor to determine the presence of any object in a
particular range.
We will be using different hardware like Arduino
UNO, HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor and a Servo Motor
but the main aspect is the visual representation in
the Processing Application.
The Ultrasonic Sensor collects the information with
the help of Arduino and pass it to the Processing
where a simple Graphics application is implemented
to mimic a Radar Screen.
HARDWARE COMPONENTS:
Arduino UNO
HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor
TowerPro SG90 Servo Motor
Connecting Wires
Jumper Cables
5V Power Supply
USB Cable (for Arduino)
SOFTWARE USED:
Arduino IDE
Processing Application
Ultrasonic sensors generate high frequency sound
waves and evaluate the echo which is received back by
the sensor.
Sensors calculate the time interval between sending the
signal and receiving the echo to determine the distance
to an object.
Systems typically use a transducer which generates
sound waves in the ultrasonic range, above 18,000
hertz, by turning electrical energy into sound.
Then upon receiving the echo turn the sound waves
into electrical energy which can be measured and
displayed.
The modern uses of radar are highly diverse, including
Air traffic Control,
Radar Astronomy.
Air-defense System.
Antimissile System.
Marine Radars to locate landmarks and other ships.
Aircraft Anti-collision Systems.
Ocean Surveillance Systems.
Outer space Surveillance and Rendezvous Systems.
Meteorological precipitation Monitoring.
Altimetry and Fight control System.
Guided Missile target locating Systems and
Ground Penetrating Radar for geological observations.
The Prototype of the System is implemented and
coding for Arduino control is developed.
Experimental results show that the system can
detect objects within the range successfully.
In this project using Arduino board the radar
system was implemented.
It succeed in helping to be widely used to help
detect objects in different environments.
In the future it can be updated to used for a
larger range and advancements.
