This Linux application can be used as a proof-of-concept for many surface or profile monitoring applications. As provided, it is not intended to form part of an industrial process monitoring system, but a demonstration tool to illustrate the performance that can be achieved. The source code for this application is available here and can be modified, or used as a basis for a customer solution.
This command line tool connects to a radar and will capture the raw “FFT” radar data output for a defined number of revolutions of the radar’s antenna. The software processes the received data through a CA-CFAR function to identify the key features of the radar’s field of view. Once this is done, a subsequent processing step resolves the data associated with each feature to return a single range measurement value associated with each of the radar’s 400 azimuths around its' complete field of view.
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argument (long) | argument (short) | Detail |
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--maxpeaks | -m | CFAR maximum peaks |
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This argument can be used to define the sub-resolution function applied in order to return the most accurate range value possible for a contiguous group of eligible points.
argument (long) | argument (short) | Detail |
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| 0= Navtech “NavMode” range subresolution |
A command line tool that can be used to losslessly record (and replay) raw radar data is accessible here:
https://navtechradar.atlassian.net/wiki/x/1gAvig
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