Radarcape:Specification

Radarcape

• The Radarcape consists of:
  • Beaglebone board
  • Radarcape Mode-S receiver
  • GPS module (optional)
  • Shared 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

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 T GPS module (optional)
• SMB GPS antenna connector

More Information: www.trimble.com