EcoSAR: Ecological Synthetic Aperture Radar Development

Methodology

To obtain data and look and the productivity of the radar instrument, our EcoSAR team has come up with a methodical way to build and test the radar and eventually be able to test the whole system of radars to conclude that it is working to its full capability. The EcoSAR system has a front and back side. Each side has 2 trays with 4 boxes on each tray. The EcoSAR amounts to four trays and 16 boxes in one rack. Each box has to be constructed and tested before it can be mounted onto a tray (see Figures 1-4).

Figure 1.

One box of EcoSAR

Figure 2.

One tray of EcoSAR

Figure 3.

Wiring of EcoSAR

Once the box is received back from the mechanical engineer, coax cables are fed through with SMA connectors to the motherboard of the radar box. Each cable has an identified place on the connection to the mother board. In the 4 holes in Figure 2, two punched out SMA connecters are fed the through the circular holes, a power connecter and 25 dB are inserted through these holes.

Figure 4.

EcoSAR box