Radarcape:Specification

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Radarcape

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