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Project Report on
Ultrasonic Radar
System
ABSTRACT-
The application of radio detection and ranging in different places such as military installation,
commercial use is done with the help of RADAR SYSTEM which uses electromagnetic waves
for detection of different physical components such as distance, speed, position, range, direction,
size etc which can be either fixed or be in motion. Use of radar system has been developed
greatly specially in field of navigation. In this research we study about existing navigation
technologies and proposed an Arduino based radar system. It has advantage over other radar
system as kit reduces power consumption and connect programmer to wide range or Arduino
programmers and open source code. The system consist a basic ultrasonic sensor placed upon a
servo motor which rotates at a certain angle and speed. This ultrasonic sensor is connected to
Arduino digital input output pins and servo motor also connected to digital input output pins.
KEYWORDS- Arduino, Ultrasonic sensor, Servo motor, Simulation,

INTRODUCTION

We know everything produces sound wave just by existence and effect flow of air around
them with their natural frequency. These frequencies are beyond hearing range of humans. Wave
of frequency range of 20000hz and thereabouts are called ultra-sonic wave and these waves can
be detected by an ultrasonic sensor which helps us to get various knowledge.
An Ultrasonic detector usually has a transducer which convert sound energy into
electrical energy and electrical energy into sound energy. They are used for measuring object
position and orientation, collision avoidance system, surveillance system etc. Ultrasonic
technology provide relief from problem such as linear measurement problem, as it allows user to
get non-contact measurements in this way distance between object and its speed etc can me
easily measured.
Speed of travel of sound wave depends upon square root of ratio between medium density
and stiffness. Also, property of speed of sound can also be changed by natural environment
condition like temperature. So basically, an ultrasonic sensor sends ultrasonic waves which
travels in air and gets reflected after striking any object. By studying the property of reflected
wave, we can get knowledge about objects distance, position, speed etc.
A processing software and an Arduino software is used with hardware system for
detection of objects various parameters. One of the most common application of ultra-sonic
sensor is range finding. It is also called as sonar which is same as radar in which ultrasonic sound
is directed at a particular direction and if there is any object in its path it strikes it and gets
reflected back and after calculation time taken to come back we can determine distance of object.
in real life this method is used by bats.
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION OF RADAR SYSTEM

The figure shown below shows the development life cycle of Radar project which
involves various step such as design of different components, their testing, their implementation
and implementation of entire system and their testing. These steps can be enumerated into
following stages\

a) Hardware System Design.

b) Hardware Circuit Design.
c) Hardware System implementation.
d) Hardware unit testing.
e) GUI System Design.
f) GUI System Implementation.
g) GUI unit testing.
h) Entire system integration.
i) Entire system testing.

(A)Hardware system design for Arduino: hardware system consist of basically 3 components named
as Arduino, servo-motor, and ultra-sonic sensor. Ultrasonic sensor is mounded upon a servo
motor which helps it to move and provide it a turning mechanism. Both ultrasonic sensor and
servo motor are controlled and powered by Arduino. As given in above figure 2 we can see both
ultrasonic sensor and servo motor is powered by Arduino.

(B) System circuit design

Figure shows hardware system

design which was designed using
fritzing environment. It shows the
connection of different electronics
components. In the figure triggering
pins of ultrasonic sensor is connected
to D8 pin of Arduino, control line of
servo motor is connected to D6 pin of
Arduino and D7 pin of Arduino is
connected to echo pin. VCC pins of
servo motor and ultrasonic sensor is
connected to 5V pin of Arduino while ground pin of Arduino is connected to ground pin of both
servo motor and ultra-sonic sensor.

(C) System circuit implementation on bread board –

Above figure 4 shows complete

implementation of hardware system. It
can be seen that ultrasonic servomotor is
placed upon a servo motor and it is
placed above bread board. Arduino is
placed in breadboard in other side of the
breadboard and entire connection is
made between them. Arduino and servo
motor are stick to breadboard to stop it
from tripping over when servo motor
moves. Arduino IDE was used to write code and upload it in Arduino. Arduino code reads
position of servo motor and calculate distance of nearest object in the path

(A)Hardware system testing –

A cable was used for connecting Arduino to develop developing machine. From Arduino IDE
helped us to obtain result in serial monitor.
(B) GUI system design and implementation-
GUI was build in JAVA program language and it has 2 classes that are given in below
diagram in figure 5.

Object class of radar project

represent object that it encounters such as
distance, target/range and angle/direction
of position of object. Distance () method
(), angle () method, location () method
takes the required value such as distance,
angle and makes them on GUI to do
simulation.
Figure 6 shows line sweep from
one-direction to other and a smudge is
made is GUI where ultrasonic sensor sense
obstacles.

1.

WORKING- The aim of this project is to calculate the distance position and speed of the object
placed at some distance from the sensor. Ultrasonic sensor sends the ultrasonic wave in different
directions by rotating with help of servo motor. This wave travels in air and gets reflected back
after striking some object. This wave is again sensed by the sensor and its characteristics is
analysed and output is displayed in screen showing parameters such as distance and position of
object. Arduino IDE is used to write code and upload coding in Arduino and helps us to sense
position of servo motor and posting it to the serial port along with the distance of the nearest
object in its path. The output of sensor is displayed with the help of processing software to give
final output in display screen.

Hardware description:
Ultrasonic sensor
An ultrasonic sensor works similar as of sonar. It can measure distance of object by
sending sound waves. Sound waves are send at a specific frequency at a specific direction and
listen for sound wave to come back. time taken by sound wave to come back helps us to
determine distance of object

Servo
motor

Servomotor

A servomotor is a rotary actuator that allows for precise control of angular position,
velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor
coupled to a sensor for position feedback. It also requires a
relatively sophisticated controller, often a dedicated module
designed specifically for use with servomotors.
Servomotors are not a different class of motor, on the basis
of fundamental operating principle, but uses
servomechanism to achieve closed loop control with a
generic open loop motor. Servomotors are used in
applications such as robotics, CNC machinery or
automated manufacturing.

Arduino
The Arduino is an open source electronics
platform based on easy to use hardware and software.
The open source Arduino software makes it easy to write
code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, Mac
OS X and Linux. The environment is written in java and
based on processing and other open source software. This
software can be used with any Arduino board. The
Arduino software IDE contains a text editor for writing
code, a message area, a text console, a toolbar with
buttons for common function. It connects to Arduino and
Genuino hardware t+o upload programs and
communicate with them. Program written using Arduino
software are called sketches.
Bread Board

Bread board Breadboards are one of the most

fundamental pieces when learning how to build
circuits. In this tutorial, you will learn a little bit about
what breadboards are, why they are called
breadboards, and how to use one. Once you are done
you should have a basic understanding of how
breadboards work and be able to build a basic circuit
on a breadboard

ADVANTAGES
1. Radar procurable value is very low 2.
Working and maintenance value is low.
3. Distance active resolution is high
4. Radar’s jam is troublesome
5. It can work in any place
6. NASA uses radio detection and ranging to map the world and alternative plants
7. Activity gets updated in conclusion

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I would like to thank my professor Senthil murugan for his expert
advice and encouragement through this difficult project. I would also like to thank my friends
who always encouraged me throughout this period.
CONCLUSION :
In this paper a system radar system was designed with the help of Arduino, servomotor
and ultrasonic sensor which can detect the position, distance of obstacle which comes in its way
and converts it into visually representable form.
This system can be used in robotics for object detection and avoidance system or can also
be used for intrusion detection for location sizes.
Range of the system depends upon type of ultra-sonic sensor used. We used HC-SR04
sensor which range from 2 to 40 cm.

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