Re: GNU Radio for Radar Applications

[Jim Melton]

Kenneth,

Gig ‘em!

GNU Radio is designed to start with I/Q and perform in software all the steps 
that you would have done in hardware. So in that respect it is a good fit. 

Now, I’m a SW guy and the RF domain still makes my head hurt, but I suspect 
that digitizing and processing 77 GHz (!!) is computationally intractable. If 
your I/Q is IF and your sample rate is reasonable, then it is feasible. 

Also I have no experience with the TX side, but others do. 

For algorithm development using recorded data I think you’ll be pleased. 

Jim Melton, BQ ‘82

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> On Oct 21, 2021, at 8:48 AM, Kenneth Kruse <kenkruse@tamu.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Kenneth Kruse and I am in the second half of my Electrical 
> Engineering Senior Design class at Texas A&M University. We are trying to 
> implement TI mmWave Radar in our project, but we lack the knowledge of how to 
> read and process raw I/Q data (as the boards for processing from TI are 
> expensive). Is GNU Radio a good platform for this project with 77 GHz radar 
> that sends chirps? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and God bless,
> K. Kruse

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