DIY Coffee Can Radar

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DIY Coffee Can Radar
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MIT student Timur Balbekov built this coffee can Doppler radar. Wanna build your own? MIT offers a free online guide telling you how. (Can anyone tell me what microcontroller Timur used?) [via Mr. Vacuum Tube]

14 thoughts on “DIY Coffee Can Radar

  1. Greg Whitmore says:

    Looks like a Cypress PSoC. The board is identical to the Cypress CY8CKIT-050 PSoC 5 Development Kit I am holding in my hand. It was offered as part of a Cypress contest a year or two ago. Nice hardware and super easy to program with the Cypress Creator IDE.

  2. Tim Balbekov says:

    It’s actually a Cypress PSoC 3 — this was made for a final project for MIT’s microcomputer project lab (6.115). As part of the final project, all code needs to be written in 8051 assembly (C51). The Cypress part is an interesting choice for this application since it offers mixed-signal capability (ADCs and op-amps) directly on the chip, so minimal external part count is required.

  3. Tim Balbekov says:

    Here’s a PDF of the design report:

    http://web.mit.edu/balbekov/www/diy_coffee_can_radar.pdf

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  6. MAKE | DIY Radar Kit Will Set You Back a Cool $600 says:

    […] While I’m a trifle puzzled how the kit could cost six hundred bucks, I love the idea of building a radar! It’s based off of Gregory Charvat’s coffee can radar project. […]

  7. DIY Radar Kit Will Set You Back a Cool $600 - IT Clips says:

    […] While I’m a trifle puzzled how the kit could cost six hundred bucks, I love the idea of building a radar! It’s based off of Gregory Charvat’s coffee can radar project. […]

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