As the old saying goes, ask and you shall receive. Well hold on to your oscilloscopes Tin-Can fans! Quonset Microwave's Radar Demonstration Kit is the first complete cantenna radar kit to hit shelves and it looks awesome!

Quonset Microwave has put together three different bundles depending on your preference of options that are currently available for pre-order, with an initial ship date of August 2013. The base kit includes all the necessities: Radar Board, cantennas (2), and the cabling kit. The other two kits build on this adding a tripod, mounting plate, and USB Battery Pack. To see how the kits and pricing break down check out Quonset Microwave's website here: http://www.quonsetmicrowave.com/QM-RDKIT-p/qm-rdkit.htm

Operating at the International 2.4 GHz ISM Band, the Radar Demonstration Kit provides two interfaces for control: USB and Bluetooth. You read that correctly, Bluetooth! We expect to see some interesting projects utilizing that feature. There is also a filter prototyping area on the Radar Board for developing custom filters! We can't wait to see what our Tin Can Radar Forum users can do with these kit!

Key Features of the Radar Demonstration Kit

• Operates in the International 2.4 GHz ISM Band
• Output Frequency Range: 2.25 GHz to 2.5 GHz
• Control through USB and Bluetooth
• Android application coming soon
• USB powered from your computer or optional USB battery pack
• Mounting platform with Tripod mount available
• Onboard speaker to listen to the received waveform (after downconversion)
• Signal strength meter
• Use preset filtering or use your own filtering in the filter prototyping area

Available Radar Modes

• CW (Continuous Wave)
• FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave)
• Doppler

Available Output Waveforms

• Single Tone
• Frequency Ramp
• Sawtooth

Check out our full official post here: http://glcharvat.com/tincan/?p=298

Awesome! Thanks for providing the Tin-Can crew with a coupon. We really appreciate that.

It's also great to know that you will keep an eye on our forum to provide some support to the community when the radar kits start rolling off the shelves.

Again, thanks!

@zwhite,

Do you have an idea when documentation will be available for the Radar Demonstration Kit? Some Tin-Can users may be waiting to see the documentation prior to considering this kit as an option for their experiments.

Thanks in advance!

Here's a link to the preliminary user manual for the Quonset Microwave Radar Development Kit: http://goo.gl/dgaOf

As always, questions and comments are welcome!