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RADAR/LiDAR

How many types of radar are there?

May 13, 2022 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

Radio detection and ranging (radar) uses reflected radio waves to detect and determine the distance, angle, and velocity of objects relative to the radar system. A basic radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwave spectrum (these can be pulsed or continuous), a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna (often […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), RADAR/LiDAR Tagged With: FAQ

How are sensors improving maritime navigation?

April 7, 2022 By Jeff Shepard

Of course, GPS is important, but radar and the automatic identification system (AIS) use various sensors to track and report on ship positions in real-time. Sensor fusion is being developed for autonomous shipping. And there are hydrophones combined with other sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to identify and track whale movements […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), GPS (Global Positioning System), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Other, RADAR/LiDAR, Sensor Fusion, Sensor Fusion Tagged With: FAQ

What sensors do you need to land on the moon?

April 6, 2022 By Jeff Shepard

NASA is developing several sensor systems and algorithms for use on Artemis moon landings. It’s called the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) technology suite. It consists of three primary elements: An inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a camera for terrain relative navigation. Second is Doppler LiDAR to determine the lander’s velocity […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, depth sensors, Distance, Electrical sensing, Featured, fiber optic, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), laser, Other, RADAR/LiDAR, Time-of-Flight, What's Hot Tagged With: FAQ

How do time-of-flight sensors work?

March 8, 2022 By Randy Frank

Using the time-of-flight (ToF) principle, a ToF sensor measures the distance between the sensor and an object. The sensor emits a signal that is reflected off an object and then detects the time for a round trip to occur. Typically, either light or sound waves can provide the transmitted signal.  In either case, the distance […]

Filed Under: Distance, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Image sensing, Infrared, laser, RADAR/LiDAR, Sonar, Time-of-Flight, Ultrasonic Tagged With: time-of-flight

How can you see through walls?

December 28, 2021 By Randy Frank

It depends on what you want to “see” and how much you want to pay. To locate a stud, the old school technique of tapping a tool on the wall for acoustic differences used hearing rather than sight and it was free. Initially, battery-operated stud finders used magnets to find screws and nails and provided […]

Filed Under: Capacitive, depth sensors, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Image sensing, Magnetic, RADAR/LiDAR Tagged With: Bosch

The role of ADAS sensors in automotive design

July 15, 2021 By Jeff Shepard

ADAS sensors

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are intended to prevent deaths and injuries by reducing accidents. Exemplary ADAS applications include: pedestrian detection/avoidance, lane departure warning/correction; traffic sign recognition; automatic emergency braking, and; blind-spot detection. This FAQ starts with an overview of the “levels of driving automation” and its relation to ADAS. It then reviews the role […]

Filed Under: Automotive, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), RADAR/LiDAR, What's Hot

Sensors, sensors everywhere. Now what do I do?

July 9, 2021 By WTWH Editor

By Moshe Sheier, Vice President of Marketing at CEVA Mobile computing has driven an explosion in product opportunities – smartphones, wearables, hearables, sports cameras, and more. Sensing will further extend opportunities in applications which must be environment-aware. Now it’s commonplace to think about object recognition and collision warning through visual, radar, or Lidar sensing. Short-range […]

Filed Under: Artificial intelligence (AI), Automotive, Featured, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), RADAR/LiDAR, Robotics, Sensor Fusion, Sensors Primers, Time-of-Flight

How do materials impact a sensor’s performance? Pt 2

June 21, 2021 By Randy Frank

The right materials are essential to achieve the desired sensor electrical performance, especially in many more demanding, high performance applications. Part 1 showed the performance impact of different sensor materials on infrared (IR) optical sensors. Radio frequency (RF) sensors also provide some interesting examples of a material’s impact on sensor performance. With expanding RF applications […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), RADAR/LiDAR Tagged With: sabic

What sensors make the latest Waymo Driver smarter?

May 31, 2021 By Randy Frank

You may read about the 5th-generation Waymo Driver but until you see one on the road, it is hard to appreciate the extent of its sensing capabilities. Sensors are visible everywhere on the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace SUV. In fact, each visible mounting location has more than one sensor. To consistently obtain the amount of information […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Image sensing, laser, RADAR/LiDAR, Vision systems Tagged With: waymo

What is the newest use for radar in automobiles?

May 27, 2021 By Randy Frank

The use of radar in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) including adaptive cruise control (ACC), automatic emergency braking (AEB), pedestrian and cyclist detection and more has been widespread for many years. In these external vehicle applications, radar detects the speed and range of objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and typically operates at 77 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), RADAR/LiDAR Tagged With: iee s. a.

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