Projects:2014S1-15 Inexpensive Portable Radar System - Revision history

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[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Final Year Projects]]
[[Category:2014S1|15]]

Project overview to be added

== Project information ==

=== High-Level Plan ===
* Aim 1 :
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* Aim 2 :
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* Aim 3 :
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== Team ==
=== Group members ===
* Mr Andrew Reed
* Mr Aaron Milne
* Mr Nathan Uebergang
* Mr Pavlo Potykan

=== Supervisors ===
* Dr Matthew Sorell
* Dr Brian W. Ng

== Resources ==
* Bench 16 in [[Projects Lab]]
* ML Server in EM211
** Can Radar from last year

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 == This Year's Work ==
-This year has been able to meet their first four aims to produce a more reliable well built radar system that is able to do real time processing and uses a Raspberry Pi to produce the signals needed to operate the radar system.
+This year has been able to meet their first four aims to produce a more reliable well built radar system that is able to do real time processing and uses a Raspberry Pi to produce the signals needed to operate the radar system. The new hardware is also using new batteries that are smaller and light weight which helps making the radar system more light and portable. The new radar system weighs 3.6kg with the casing.We were also able to get last years design working with their PCB. Both radar systems still need the use of a laptop to do the processing. The new screen of the radar system is able to work with the Raspberry Pi but the Raspberry Pi is not able to do the processing of the signal in a good amount of time but also doesn't have MATLAB to be able to do the real time processing, which is way the laptop is needed still.
 == Team ==

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 == Project information ==
 This project is an on going project from last year which was to build an Inexpensive Portable Radar System from the MIT design. Last year was able to have a working radar system that used two Milo cans as antennas, Laptop for processing, RF and electrical components for wave construction and mixing. As the world is being more technology advance people are turning to radar to do more everyday task e.g. helping detecting objects behind a car. With everyone trying to save designing/building a Inexpensive radar is idea and making it portable increases its functionality. Another end goal for this project is to build a radar system which can be used in level 3 RF practical's to give students a more fun project in learning about RF. The problems of last years radar system is that it needs a laptop connected to be able to do the processing which makes it less portable, the radar used a hardware made waveform which makes the radar restrictive to the ability of doing more complex sensing and the hardware was easily damaged which lead to issues with making it portable. One of the main issue was that the radar was not in real time which made it almost useless as a radar system which can be used for everyday tasks. This year we will try and fix most of these issues. The end goal for this project this year is to have the radar in real time with ability to produce different signals and be more portable by producing hardware onto a PCB and having a better casing for the whole radar system.
 === Master Plan ===
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 ** Milestone 2: Build the auto-system
 ** Milestone 3: Produce SAR image using auto-system
 == Team ==
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 * ML Server in EM211
 ** Can Radar from last year

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-=== High-Level Plan ===
+=== Master Plan ===
 * Aim 1 : Finish what last year started by removing the breadboard and replacing it with a working PCB.
 ** Milestone 1: Be able to produce a Range and Doppler shift image using unchanged radar
 ** Milestone 2: Produce same image as from Milestone1 but using the PCB in the new radar structure
 ** Milestone 3: Have the breadboard removed and PCB installed
-* Aim 2 : Make the radar process in real time using MATLAB.
+* Aim 2.1 : Make the radar process in real time using MATLAB.
 ** Milestone 1: Read in a 30second signal from the audio jack into MATLAB
 ** Milestone 2: Process pre-recorded data by only using MATLAB
 ** Milestone 3: optimal code to produce image in expectable time for a real time system
 ** Milestone 4: Process data from an object being 10m away in real time
-* Aim 3 : Use an embedded processor (e.g. raspberry pi or arduino) capable of controlling the waveform digitally.
+* Aim 2.2 : Make the radar process in real time using Simulink.
 ** Milestone 1: Obtain an embedded processor
 ** Milestone 2: Obtain all components for the waveform construction circuit
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 ** Milestone 5: Have the embedded processors producing the signal for the VOC in Doppler mode
 ** Milestone 6: Have the embedded processors producing the signal for the VOC in Range mode
-** Milestone 7: Produce new PCB which doesn’t produce a waveform and includes the circuit for the new wave construction.
+* Aim 3.2 : Use the raspberry pi to be able to do the processing of the signal eliminating the need for a laptop
 == Team ==

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 ** Milestone 5: Have the embedded processors producing the signal for the VOC in Doppler mode
 ** Milestone 6: Have the embedded processors producing the signal for the VOC in Range mode
 ** Milestone 7: Produce new PCB which doesn’t produce a waveform and includes the circuit for the new wave construction.
 == Team ==
 === Group members ===

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 === High-Level Plan ===
 * Aim 1 : Finish what last year started by removing the breadboard and replacing it with a working PCB.
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+** Milestone 1: Be able to produce a Range and Doppler shift image using unchanged radar
 * Aim 2 : Make the radar process in real time using MATLAB.
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+** Milestone 1: Read in a 30second signal from the audio jack into MATLAB
 * Aim 3 : Use an embedded processor (e.g. raspberry pi or arduino) capable of controlling the waveform digitally.
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+** Milestone 1: Obtain an embedded processor
+** Milestone 2: Obtain all components for the waveform construction circuit
 == Team ==
 === Group members ===

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 == Team ==
 === Group members ===
-* Mr Andrew Reed
+* Mr Andrew Reed (Project Manager)
-* Mr Aaron Milne
+* Mr Aaron Milne (Hardware Manager)
-* Mr Nathan Uebergang
+* Mr Nathan Uebergang ( Research Manager)
-* Mr Pavlo Potykan
+* Mr Pavlo Potykan (software Manager
 === Supervisors ===