The Salsa Onza Radar development kit is a BeagleBone Black compatible cape based on the XeThru X4 (6.6 GHz - 9.5 GHz) radar technology. The Onza 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 Onza 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 Onza 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: +5VDC
Power Consumption (Continuous Measurement):
Power Consumption (Continuous Measurement):
- 1.5 W (includes BBB) max
Operating Range: -40 to 85C
Rough Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5.5 cm
RADAR SPECIFICATIONS
XeThru X4 Transceiver- 2 Pulse Generators @ 7.29 & 8.748 GHz
- ETSI/FCC & KCC/FCC compliant, respectively
Max TX power:
- -14 dBm
RX Bandwidth:
- 6.5 – 10 GHz (-3dB)
- 6.4mm (23.328 GS/s locked sample rate)
- Sub-mm attainable
- 9.9 meter window
Memory
- 32 KB of EEPROM
- SD Card Slot
Physical Interfaces
- 1 CAN Bus
- 4 User controllable LEDs (1 Red, 1 Blue, 2 Green )
- 2 x 46 Pin Expansion Headers (BBB pin-out)
- 1 9-axis IMU