A111 Pulsed Radar Breakout

SKU: SPX-14811 Brand: Sparkfun

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Does your project require high-precision, cutting-edge distance measurement? Or maybe speed-, motion-, or gesture-sensing? Weâ€™re not talking about simple ultrasonic, or even infrared, sensors here, but 60GHz radar! Well say hello to our tiny, pulsed-radar friend: the Acconeer A111.

The A111 is a single-chip solution for pulsed coherent radar (PCR). It comes complete with integrated antennae and an SPI interface capable of clock speeds of up to 50MHz. The A111â€™s primary use case is distance-sensing, but it also supports applications in gesture-, motion-, material-, and speed-detection. It can see objects at distances of up to two meters.

Our breakout board for the A111 includes a 1.8V regulator, voltage-level translation between 1.8V and either 3.3V or 5V, and, of course, it breaks out all pins of the pulsed radar sensor to both 0.1-inch and Raspberry Pi-friendly headers.

The breakout board is primarily designed to interface directly with a Raspberry Pi â€“ Acconeerâ€™s SDK currently only supports ARMv7â€™s (e.g. a Pi) and ARM Cortex-M4â€™s (e.g. the nRF52832). Check out our Using the A111 Pulsed Radar Breakout tutorial, which explains how to use the sensor with a Raspberry Pi.

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Includes

A111 Breakout Board
26-pin (2x13) female header

Features

60 GHz Pulsed Coherent Radar (PCR) sensor
Integrated antenna
Measurement distance up to 2m
Accuracy down to mm-range
SPI interface â€“ up to 50MHz SPI clock support
All SPI pins broken out
On-board 1.8V regulator
1.8V level translation to any voltage between 1.8V-5V

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