User's Manual

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2009-02-16 UMRR Documentation_v3 Page 6 of 18 February 16, 2009
3 Radar System Components
3.1 Individual sensors
The main task of the sensor component is the detection of any obstacles in the field of
view. Range, relative radial speed and angle of each object are measured. Its interface to the
central processor is the object list reported cycle by cycle.
Figure 1: Photograph of the UMRR Sensor
Each sensor comprises a CAN port for communication and an SPI port for data logging.
3.1.1 Sensor Hardware Identification
The individual sensors are referred to as
UMRR-P-xxdd-yy-zz
-P Platform Sensor
-xxdd (DSP Generation xx, Derivative dd)
-yy (Microwave Module Generation yy)
-zz (Antenna Type zz)
Example:
UMRR-P-0708-14-32
where UMRR means the Universal Medium Range Radar platform developed by s.m.s GmbH.