A Short Range Radar System using Arduino

Abstract

RADAR is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the characteristics of the detected objects such as: range, height, direction, or the speed of objects. This paper, is aimed at designing a radar system that uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect objects. The ultrasonic sensor is used to measure the distance between the radar and any object-based non-contact technology. This system is controlled through Arduino. Arduino UNO board is sufficed to control ultrasonic sensor and also to interface the sensor and display device. Whereas, the movement of the sensor is controlled by using a small servo motor. This radar is controlled using the Arduino Uno board as a microcontroller. The signal received from the sensor is processed using “Processing Development Environment Software". Ultra-sonic sensor is attached to the servo motor it rotates about 180 degree and gives visual representation on the software called processing IDE. Processing IDE gives graphical representation and it also provides angle or position of the object and distance of the objects on the PC or monitor.