The Salsa Ancho Radar development kit is a BeagleBone Black compatible cape based on the XeThru X2 (4.5 GHz - 9.5 GHz) radar technology. The Ancho is suitable for ranging, tracking, sensing, respiratory and positioning capabilities. Example markets include Building Automation, Agriculture, Construction Equipment, Machine Control and Health Monitoring. Applications can be written for the Ancho using the Salsa software suite.
Comes with Salsa software preloaded on a BeagleBone Black. Tri-pod and mounting plate included.
ANTENNA
Compact Linear Tapered Slot style antenna cape for the Ancho Chips+Salsa Radar development kit.Frequency Range: 5 – 11 GHz
Return Loss: < -10 dB (from 4.7 to 10.9 GHz)
Gain: 6 – 10 dBi (from 5 to 11 GHz)
3 dB Beamwidth (Azimuth Cut):
- 5 GHz: ~113 deg
- 6 GHz: ~93 deg
- 7 GHz: ~80 deg
- 8 GHz: ~71 deg
- 9 GHz: ~61 deg
- 10 GHz: ~56 deg
- 11 GHz: ~48 deg
- 5 GHz: ~56 deg
- 6 GHz: ~80 deg
- 7 GHz: ~46 deg
- 8 GHz: ~52 deg
- 9 GHz: ~39 deg
- 10 GHz: ~40 deg
- 11 GHz: ~34 deg
Configuration: Planar (thickness ~0.71 mm)
Size: 62.1 x 40.0 x mm
SYSTEM
Input Voltage: +5VDCPower Consumption (Continuous Measurement):
- 70mA @ 5V
- 130 mA @ 5V (650 mW)
Operating Range: -40 to 85C
Rough Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5.5 cm
RADAR SPECIFICATIONS
XeThru X2 Transceiver- 10 Configurable Pulse Generators
- 4.5 – 9.5 GHz (-10dB cutoff)
- Tunable down to 3 GHz
- 4mm (~39 GS/s)
- 1 meter window
Average TX Power
- -13 dBm @ 7 GHz
Memory
- 32 KB of EEPROM
- 64 KB of Flash
- SD Card Slot
Physical Interfaces
- 1 CAN Bus
- 1 I2C
- 4 User controllable LEDs 1 Red, 1 Blue, 2 Green
- 2 x 46 Pin Expansion Headers (BBB pin-out)
- 1 Temp sensor