Electronically steerable antenna arrays (ESA), often called phased array antennas, are being increasingly used for radar, 5G, and satellite communications. This type of antenna allows beamsteering without mechanical movement. It can be capable of tracking multiple targets or dynamically nulling interference or intentional jamming.
This is the first video of a new series where we'll walk through how these arrays work, and how you can implement them for experimenting or prototyping. I'll give some theory/background on each topic, and then do an example, with real hardware, to demonstrate how that idea works and what the programming looks like to implement it.
0:00 -- Overview
5:15 -- Beamforming Concept
8:00 -- Beamsteering Equation
10:26 -- Hardware and Operation
17:00 -- Phased Array Demo (with the GUI)
23:25 -- IIO Programming Environment
25:56 -- Python Implementation
33:36 -- Conclusion and Future Videos
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Here are the links used in this video:
Phaser: https://wiki.analog.com/phaser
Beamforming Software: https://github.com/jonkraft/PhaserBeamforming