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Grove Doppler radar

Python version of the library for communication with the Grove Doppler Radar is based on the BGT24LTR11. It's a simple continuous wave doppler radar capable of movement detection, speed measurement and direction of movement detection. More details and resources can be found in the official product wiki available here: https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Doppler-Radar

Quickstart

Install

Run from the directory containing setup.py file.

pip3 install .

Run a sample script

See the :doc:`page about communication <./communication>` for the details on establishing serial connection.

import serial

from BGT24LTR11.BGT24LTR11 import Radar

serial_ =\
   serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', baudrate=115200, timeout=2)

radar = Radar(serial_)
radar.set_mode_target()

target_info = radar.get_target_info()
if target_info['state'] != 0:
    print(f"Speed of the detected target is {target_info['speed']} m/s")

Contents

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   communication
   methods
   links