--- title: Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar | daily.dev description: The post discusses the design and implementation of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar. It explains the differences between FMCW and pulse radar, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the design and implementation of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar. It explains the differences between FMCW and pulse radar, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/viHT8lQUX.png og:image:alt: Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 55 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the design and implementation of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar. It explains the differences between FMCW and pulse radar, the advantages of pulse radar, and the maximum detection range of the pulse compression radar. The post also covers various aspects of the design, such as RF design, ADC and DAC, FPGA programming, and manufacturing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux"},"datePublished":"2024-04-04T22:17:49.367Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"The post discusses the design and implementation of a homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar. It explains the differences between FMCW and pulse radar, the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e5104b4b5535b608e93b6d405fedba0e?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e5104b4b5535b608e93b6d405fedba0e?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/homemade-6-ghz-pulse-compression-radar-viht8lqux","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT55M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Homemade 6 GHz pulse compression radar"}]} ```