Radarcape:Specification

Radarcape

• The Radarcape consists of:
  • Beaglebone (white) board
  • Radarcape Mode-S receiver
  • GPS module Trimble Resolution SMT
  • Common case
• Power Consumption
  • 5V external supply
  • Standard 2.1 mm DC connector (plus inside, minus outside)
  • without GPS, operating: typical 620mA
  • with GPS (including antenna): typical 720mA
• Case
  • Length approximately 92 mm (110 mm with antenna connector)
  • Width approximately 80 mm
  • Height approximately 45 mm
• Weight approximately 0.233 kg

Linux Distribution

The Radarcape operates with Angstrom Embedded Linux, it is using the pure root file system, not a Cloud9 system. Due to that, you may not see internal disk drives when plugging the USB. We do not guarantee stability with other Linux distributions than the one it became delivered, as there were already some issues.

Beaglebone Board (Rev. A6A)

• AM335x 720MHz ARM Cortex-A8
• 256MB DDR2 RAM
• 3D graphics accelerator (SGX530)
• 2x PRU 32-bit RISC CPUs
• Connectivity
  • USB client (mini B receptacle)
  • USB host (type A receptacle)
  • 100Base-TX Ethernet
  • 2x 46 pin headers (used by Radarcape board)
• microSD card with Angstrom Linux distribution

More Information: www.BeagleBoard.org

Radarcape Board

• FPGA based Mode-S ADS-B receiver
• SMA Mode-S antenna connector

GPS Module

• Trimble Resolution SMT GPS module
• SMB male GPS antenna connector

More Information: Resolution SMT web page