How to build your own mini radar

Greetings. For this week’s DIY project, we will walk you through the process of building your very own homemade radar. It might seem overwhelming at first, how to even begin building a radar, right? But don’t be bamboozled by how complex such a mini radar appears.

Provided you use a little caution on what goes where, you will complete this small radar in no time! So, let’s begin. First of all, you will need a 3D printer and a soldering kit for this DIY radar project to come to life. If you don’t have these, consider purchasing (best outcome for your future projects) or renting/borrowing them. Apart from that, as always, the links to the code and templates are below.

To make a radar for yourself, you will need batteries, ultrasonic sensors, and something to make the sensors move so they scan through the environment. A simple servo motor will suffice for the latter part.

To feed you the information gathered, a 1.8″ TFT display will be necessary. And finally, an Arduino Nano will keep everything working together and store the software necessary. So can you make your own radar? The answer is yes, definitely.

We may not be the generation to colonize other planets, but still, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy today's tech revolution to the fullest.

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[sorryall]

A radar uses radiowaves and a sonar uses sound. "How to build your own mini sonar"would be more precise.

[BrilliantDesignOnline]

Actually sonar. Looks like many parts can be adapted especially the code.

[humanoid]

How can i connect this to my 8, 8 cm flack?

[pacotheglueater]

is there any way to increase the range of the ultra sonic sensor?

[bluephantom]

how do you increase the distance of the object tracking to reach LEO?

[OwlEmperor]

Where do u get the wiring panels and the welding tool

[haydencasteel]

This would be sonst not radar, non the less very cool

[realcarlspartacus]

can I do a bigger one to detect UFOs? Do exist upgraded higher range ultrasonic sensors?

[nethujaamarasekara]

what is lidrary we linstall from arduino softwear

[DSCISDmodellingclub]

struggling to find the PCB, anyone able to help?

[siddharthtiwary]

What should I call this?
A SONAR or Radar?

[Ibelieve]

whats the possibilities of making one good for up to 20 foot range?

[CasuallyYobudwilson]

Great easy to find someone in hide in seek

[HistoryShell]

What’s the difference between radar and sonar?

[zombieregime]

RAdio Direction And Ranging - RADAR. You are using ultrasonics to range a sonically reflective object. This is SOnic Navigation And Ranging - SONAR. Or more precise SOnic Direction And Ranging - SODAR.

Especially when using acronyms, the names for things are not colloquial, you cannot interchange them. Using the incorrect terminology is frowned upon in the STEM fields and you should feel bad. Shame on you.

[Stefan_Boerjesson]

What servo is used? Most servos will not run powered by a PP3 battery.

[Andre-oqnd]

What’s the cost for you to build one for Me?.

[supremeleader]

How to make radar like aircraft's radar

[Kevin_geekgineering]

it's not a radar: no radio waves, you know that right?

[benjamincarlsen]

is it possible to make it without a custom PCB, or just a PCB