Manual

RaDeKL Radar ICD
107-201-001 ISSUE 2.10
MULTISPECTRAL SOLUTIONS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
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1 INTRODUCTION
This Interface Control Document (ICD) provides information on the design and operation
of Multispectral Solutions Inc.’s (MSSI’s) Wideband Transmitter (WBT) pulse Radar
Developer’s Kit – Lite (RaDeKL) radar. The WBT pulse radar provides a very low
radiated average power waveform in C-Band by using a low duty cycle, short pulse
waveform. The radar was initially designed to detect the intrusion of small targets within
a secure perimeter. The radar has subsequently been modified to provide the return
signal strength from reflections of objects within the antenna field of view as a function
of range. The user interface has been appropriately modified to provide received signal
magnitude as a function of range. This document provides the hardware level interface
commands to set radar control parameters, direct the radar to sample the environment and
collect the return data.
1.1 WBT Description
WBT refers to a technology based on short pulses of Radio Frequency (RF) energy. To
achieve such broad bandwidth waveforms, WBT signals utilize pulses that typically
contain nanosecond bursts of RF energy.
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Nanoseconds
Figure 1: Measured Time and Frequency Responses from MSSI C-Band
Transmitter
By virtue of their ultra short peak output and low duty cycle, WBT pulses typically
exhibit extremely low average power. For example, MSSI’s FCC approved 30 milliwatt