{"product_id":"sparkfun-pulsed-radar-breakout-a111","title":"SparkFun Pulsed Radar Breakout - A111","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes your project require high-precision, cutting-edge distance measurement? Or maybe speed, motion, or gesture-sensing? We're not talking about simple ultrasonic or even infrared here, but 60GHz radar!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell say hello to the SparkFun A111 Pulsed Radar Breakout! The A111 is a single-chip solution for pulsed coherent radar (PCR) and comes complete with an integrated antenna and an SPI interface capable of clock speeds of up to 50MHz. Though the A111's primary use case is distance-sensing, it also supports applications in gesture, motion, material, and speed-detection at distances of up to two meters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSparkFun Pulsed Radar Breakout for the A111 includes a 1.8V regulator, voltage-level translation, and it breaks out all the pins of the pulsed radar sensor to both 0.1-inch and Raspberry Pi-friendly headers. The Pulsed Radar Breakout is designed to sit directly on top of a Raspberry Pi but it doesn't span all 40 (2x20) pins of a Raspberry Pi B+ (or later), but the 26-pin -- 2x13 -- header should be compatible with any Pi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcconeer has developed a visualization tool written in Python that demonstrates data collection in real time. It's called the Acconeer Exploration Tool and is an incredible resource when first starting out with the A111 Pulsed Radar. As an example it will graph distance or presence sensing, giving you a count of the number of sweeps, which communication port (SPI or I2C) data is being sent through, and much much more. The tool supports both Windows and Linux and requires Python version 3.6 or later. This tool is available through their GitHub Repository, go on over a take a look!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeads up!\u003c\/strong\u003e The A111 was designed to work with an ARMv7 to work at a minimum. SparkFun were able to get the sensor working on the Raspberry Pi 3, 3B+, and 4.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.sparkfun.com\/tutorials\/getting-started-with-the-a111-pulsed-radar-sensor?_ga=2.145059444.1120918215.1634735876-1145740810.1627900761\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet started with the A111 Pulsed Radar Sensor Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIncludes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x SparkFun Pulsed Radar Breakout Board - A111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x Female Header - 26-pin (2x13)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 GHz Pulsed Coherent Radar (PCR) sensor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated antenna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasurement distance up to 2m\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccuracy down to mm-range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSPI interface -- up to 50MHz SPI clock support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll SPI pins broken out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn-board 1.8V voltage regulator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.8V level translation to any voltage between 1.8V-5V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBypass jumper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevision Changes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Overall, the functionality between v1.0 for v1.1 is the same. Minor changes in v1.1 include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePTH for VCCIO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBypass jumper to set VCCIO to VIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilkscreen name change for input voltage (5V =\u0026gt; VIN)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproved logic level translation on the Raspberry Pi side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDocuments\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/4\/a\/8\/a\/b\/SparkFun_A111_Pulsed_Radar_Sensor_Breakout_Schematic_V1_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSchematic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/b\/0\/4\/b\/7\/SparkFun_A111_Pulsed_Radar_Sensor_Breakout_v1_1.zip\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEagle Files\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sparkfun.com\/assets\/3\/7\/2\/1\/b\/SparkFun_A111_Pulsed_Radar_Breakout_Board_Dimensions_v1_1.png\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBoard Dimensions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/learn.sparkfun.com\/tutorials\/getting-started-with-the-a111-pulsed-radar-sensor?_ga=2.148840695.1120918215.1634735876-1145740810.1627900761\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGetting Started Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/developer.acconeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAcconeer: Developer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/acconeer\/acconeer-python-exploration\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePython Exploration Tool on Github\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sparkfun\/SparkFun_Pulsed_Radar_Breakout_A111\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGitHub Hardware Repo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sparkfun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39494312001619,"sku":"SEN-16826","price":62.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0174\/1800\/products\/16826-SparkFun_Pulsed_Radar_Breakout_-_A111-02.jpg?v=1634739272","url":"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/en-eu\/products\/sparkfun-pulsed-radar-breakout-a111","provider":"Pimoroni Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}